49 stories by "Lucrezia Blozia"
When I first returned to DC "from abroad" in 2009 one of the powerhouses in the local burlesque scene was Li'l Dutch. Besides being an inventive and super fun performer (I laughed until I cr…
One of the things I love most about the variety arts is that since it's a retro art form there's a lot of room to be innovative. One of the most innovative performers I know is magician Davi…
Burlesque is an adult art form and as such interviews with burlesque performers include adult language. I met Reggie Bügmüncher (pronounced boo-moo-shay) when we both performed at a benefi…
The Nutcracker, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street… it's that Christmas Special time of the year when families gather around the plasma flatscreen and enjoy eggnog and gi…
If you missed Compound 50/50 Productions Barbarellesque last year at the Wind Up Space or this summer at the State Theatre you still have two chances to catch the super fun, super sexy send …
If you wear sexy costumes all year round you've got to really "raise the stakes" at Halloween. I chatted with Hot Night Productions Hot Todd Lincoln and Chérie Nuit and their guest artists …
One of the awesome things (perhaps the most awesome) about burlesque, sideshow, and variety is, in this age of speeding technological advances – they are retro art forms. And what evok…
I miss the weekly hosted horror movie shows like Elvira's Movie Macabre. If you also have fond mammaries, er, memories of those shows you should get to the Yellow Sign Theatre in Baltimor…
When I first heard the title Call Girl of Cthulu I envisioned H.P. Lovecraft meets Russ Meyer and thought, "Who are the geniuses behind that?" I got to chat with one of them, screenwriter Ji…
I don't know from Game of Thrones. I know a lot of people nerd out over it, hard, and it's got dudes with swords doing dude with sword things. Season One is on my tv bucket list as is eve…
BARK VICTORY! BOOBIES FOR BEBE BENEFIT SEPTEMBER 5 AT THE BIER BARON On September 5, 2014 some big-hearted burlesquers, sideshow folks and musical comedy acts are coming together to raise mo…
I had a chance to chat on Facebook recently with four of the five lovelies that make up Bawdy Shop Burlesque as they prepare for their maiden voyage, Goin' Downee Oshun!, a scripted burlesqu…
WHERE THE BOYLESQUERS GRRR… On a recent Friday night at Town Dance Boutique a large group of gentlemen gathered to watch a group of large gentlemen "bear" it all. Visiting from the City of…
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS) is holding auditions this Sunday and Monday, June 1 and 2 for "badass" actors, singers and dancers for their upcoming world-premiere, The Electric Pha…
Washington has long had a strong film community from over 70 annual festivals (including ROSEBUD which exclusively honors DC, Maryland and Virginia filmmakers) to professional networking org…
Astro Pop Entertainment is like a mad scientist's lab of pop art, burlesque and theatre. Jared Davis, who runs Arlington County Cultural Affairs Scene Shop along with spouse Kate Taylor Davi…
It may have been chilly temperature-wise in the courtyard next to Gallery O on H St., N.E. last Saturday evening but the performers kept the evening hot, hot, hot. Snake Oil, Holy Water a…
LA singer/songwriter Dudley Saunders’ IN THESE BOXES is an uncommon – and uncanny – mix of live music, narratives and video art that explores the human need to keep the dea…
"The blues and the jazz are … original, American music. And that's what the burlesque entertainers used." – Dixie Evans (1926 " 2013), "The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque", founder of t…
On the last day of January,  a group of big-hearted burlesquers got together for two shows at the Black Cat to raise money for GWU's LGBT Health Program. The GW LGBT Health Certificat…
Hot Night Productions Stocking Stuffers December 20th at the Bier Baron Burlesque is a lot of things " it's sexy, it's funny, it's retro, it's smart, it often relies on the performer's ot…
I'm a count your blessings kinda gal. I get to do some really cool stuff over the course of the year " why last year I played both Maria Von Trapp in a live onstage R. Kelly video (suck i…
Do the holidays give you the blues? The deep down dirty blues deep down there? Then you should have been at the Best of Burlesque(er)'s Down and Dirty Holigay Blues show on December 6th at t…
Charm City has never been so charming as it was on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Third Annual Baltimore Beauty Pageant. Hosts – the gorgeous Mr. Gorgeous and little (and also gorg…
