Doing Burlesque in Bushwick Takes Courage, Talent, and Lots of Girl Power

An exclusive look into the lives of three local burlesque performers.

Doing Burlesque in Bushwick Takes Courage, Talent, and Lots of Girl Power

It’s quite easy to catch a burlesque show in Bushwick; last Wednesday, I made it to two. The first was a performance in the back of tiki-themed Dromedary Bar. Later I took a 10-minute Uber ride to Bizarre Bushwick for a packed fetish show set to run until 4 a.m. I probably could have made it to a third, a raw-and-raunchy circus variety show with aerialists and who knows what else at House of Yes, but I didn’t learn about it until the next night. 

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