Recommended Burlesque Shows in New York
NYSB Showcases • Friends of the NYSB • About the NYSBThe New York School of Burlesque offers every student the opportunity to perform in front of a live and supportive New York audience on a regular basis. Additionally, many of our students have gone on to produce shows themselves! Bookmark this page and check back regularly to find out where you can see our students demonstrate what they've learned.
You can also read about past student showcases on Cultural Capital here and here!
The shows listed below feature instructors, alumni, partners, and supporters of The New York School of Burlesque. Information on most events are from the producers' emails and websites, and is all the information we have.
Headmistress Jo is performing at:
Champagne Riot February 10.Gotham Burlesque February 11.
Duane Park February 18.
Hotsy Totsy February 21.
New York School of Burlesque Showcases
Click here to see video of one of our awesome showcases!NYSB Student Showcase
Hosted by NYSB Headmistress Jo Boobs Weldon
Saturday, February 25, 8:00 pm
at the Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker)
F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker
$7 at the door
For years, the New York School of Burlesque has been presenting the freshest burlesque around! Come see our students as they bump, grind, and twirl their way through sexy, saucy, and innovative routines. Plus learn some tricks of the trade from Headmistress Jo Boobs herself!
Featuring:
NYSB Debuts
Returning Favorites
Special Guest Star Alumna
Stage Kittens
Assels and GoGo
And a very special Door Person
Stay tuned to find out who will make their burlesque debuts in this spectacular showcase!
New York School of Burlesque Alumni peform with Headmistress Jo Weldon at a benefit for Coney Island USA. Photo by Norman Blake
Just a Minute
Wednesday, February 29, 8-9.30 pm
at The Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street at Attorney
New York, NY 10002
$6 at the door
Many of New York's most popular and experienced burlesque and variety performers join us for an experiment in brevity, where all acts must be 60 seconds or less.
Friends of the NYSB
Drive Thru BurlesqueFridays: Late Night February 17 and March 9 from 11pm–3am
doors at 10:45
at The Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street at Attorney
New York, NY 10002
$10 for the whole night; $5 for just the Night Cap
NYSB Alums Sizzle Dizzle and Lefty Lucy are proud to bring Drive Thru Burlesque back to the Parkside Lounge in 2012! For more information about Drive Thru Burlesque, like them on Facebook.
Duane Park Burlesque Nights
Every Friday and Saturday--see site for more details
157 Duane Street between West Broadway & Hudson
New York, NY
Dinner show with live jazz!
This is the most glamourous and delicious burlesque dinner show in all of New York! Headmistress Jo, Gal Friday, Peekaboo Pointe, and other NYSB instructors are regular performers at this dazzling intimate venue. Check out the menu of shows and fabulous food on the website.
If you're not in New York, check out Dangerous Curves, Grab My Junk, or the Circus Emporium Roadshow on tour!
Click here for a more comprehensive list of burlesque shows in NYC.
About the New York School of Burlesque
The NY School of Burlesque combines direct training from the most glamourous performers of the 1940s–1960s with the mischief and creativity of the most prolific neo-burlesque scene in the world! We're doing our best to make the world a more fabulous, more daring, and more outrageously naked place.Includes a free onstage burlesque lesson!
For a list of previous NYSB showcases and other related shows, please click here.
