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Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin. It stars Cher , Christina Aguilera , Kristen Bell , Cam Gigandet , Stanley Tucci , Julianne Hough , Alan Cumming , and Peter Gallagher , and features cameos from Dianna Agron , and James Brolin .
This documentary film, directed by Leslie Zemeckis, explores the heyday of burlesque includes dozens of interviews with exotic dancers of the time, including April March, Lorraine Lee, Taffy O’Neill, Blaze Starr, Tempest Storm, Beverly Arlynne, Kitty West, Alexandra the Great '48, and many others; Mike Iannucci, burlesque performer Ann Corio's husband and producer of “This Was Burlesque ...
Burlesque is a musical with a book by Steven Antin, including additional material by Kate Wetherhead, and music and lyrics by Christina Aguilera, Sia, Diane Warren, Todrick Hall, and Jess Folley. It is based on Antin's 2010 film of the same name , and is produced by ADAMA® Entertainment Limited.
The theater, built in 1887, stood as a burlesque house until 1968 when it was razed for an urban renewal project. [ 1 ] In May 1968, weeks before its demolition, La Rose auctioned off memorabilia from the theater, including trunk loads of her own personal costumes from her early years in burlesque.
Shay Stanley, a teller from the bank, seeks out Preston and his employer Mr. Macintosh, after the realtor who sold the house to Macintosh deposits $300,000 cash with her bank. Shay, an undercover FBI agent investigating Biderman for money laundering, is suspicious of the sudden flow of cash that has come through Biderman's bank and follows the ...
In 2001-2, the Slipper Room became a "poster lounge" for reforming the city cabaret laws after twice being forced to close [7] due to the violation of New York City's Prohibition-era cabaret laws and regulations, under which it was illegal for people to dance without permission – on or off-stage – from the NY authorities. [7]
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The film depicted as much as censors would allow with respect to the nature of "bumps and grinds", as well as the slapdash nature of burlesque shows. When reviewing the film script, which still carried Gypsy Rose Lee's original title, Joseph Breen, head of the Production Code Administration, the movie industry's self-censorship board, commented ...