National Treasure
NATIONAL TREASURE: Sugar Lee
SUGAR LEE INDIANA This week’s National Treasure is a double threat! Sugar Lee sings and dances into our hearts, known for being “not only sweet, but full of spice.” This Indiana-based performer is a classically trained singer and dancer who began the bump and grind in 2008 with Bustout Burlesque in New Orleans. “Dancing is […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Bambi La Fleur
BAMBI LA FLEUR FLORIDA Our Florida National Treasure has created a reputation bringing classic American glamour back in fashion: the flawless Bambi La Fleur, a corporate, high-end burlesque performer also noted for her Marilyn Monroe impersonations, has trained with many legends of burlesque. She currently studies the incorporation of magic in burlesque with Dusty Summers, […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Moxie Rhodes
MOXIE RHODES WISCONSIN Like the tattoo of Petunia on Pete & Pete, our National Treasure Moxie Rhodes has Divine’s likeness on her shoulder, and she’s just as likely to dance. Since 2006 Rhodes has performed burlesque in Madison, Wisconsin, and has been co-producing Peach Pie Caburlesque since 2011. “I feel lucky to be part of […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Bettysioux Tailor
BETTYSIOUX TAILOR RHODE ISLAND A lady who lives by the motto “Larger than life is just the right size,” Bettysioux Tailor visits us from the country’s smallest state Rhode Island! Besides being an award-winning burlesque performer — Bettysioux won “Most Beautiful” at the 2010 Great Boston Burlesque Expo — she also is a talented costume […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Audacious Miss Vivacious
VIVACIOUS MISS AUDACIOUS MICHIGAN Hailed as the “Whirlwind with the Crimson Grin,” the Vivacious Miss Audacious is a versatile entertainer out of Michigan. She excels in an array of performance art: from burlesque and hulahooping, to fire dance, partner acrobatics, and glamour modeling. A performer since youth, Miss Audacious used to hoop in contests at […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Swizzle Schtick
SWIZZLE SCHTICK VERMONT From the Green Mountain State, Red Hots Burlesque features “The Man Who Melts Pants Off Like Butta,” Swizzle Schtick. A performer of big top boylesque, Swizzle claims to have begun his burlesque career after hours at a popular nightclub where he worked as a bartender. Swizzle would crank up the music and […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Adele Wolf
ADÈLE WOLF OKLAHOMA Considered Oklahoma City’s Burlesque Queen, Adèle Wolf is arguable the busiest woman in Oklahoma burlesque. Heating up the Sooner State, Wolf is not only an award-winning burlesque performer, but also a nationally published model, actress and producer. Along with putting on the Oklahoma Burlesque Festival, Wolf produces her own Burlesque & Variety […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Zora Phoenix
ZORA PHOENIX OREGON Gender illusionist extraordinaire and described as a “one-woman whirlwind in six-inch heels,” Zora Phoenix comes to us out of Oregon. This drag dynamo began performing in her youth in Kentucky as a square dance caller, and today Phoenix is the powerhouse behind a host of burlesque shows in Portland that showcase the […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Tyler Fyre
TYLER FYRE WEST VIRGINIA “Burlesque is responsible for me settling down and having a family,” Tyler Fyre of West Virginia tells Red Hots Burlesque. After his day job as a sideshow man, Fyre steps into the burlesque world as an emcee. Burlesque is where he met his wife Thrill Kill Jill on Valentine’s Day 2006 […]
read moreNATIONAL TREASURE: Lola Pistola
LOLA PISTOLA ALASKA Called “The Smoking Guns of Burlesque,” Lola Pistola of Alaska has been doing big things in our country’s vastest state. Pistola, who describes herself as demanding, very to-the-point, but also very funny and very entertaining, founded VivaVoom Brr-Lesque in 2004, and her show has filled clubs since then. In fact, it was […]
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