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Chloe Crawford - Murray Sawchuck - Lefty  by Frankie Tease Nov.2012, Las Vegas Show Review Murray Sawchuck is one of those people you relish meeting if not for his magic, then for his sheer fame. Tons of people remember him as he spoke these words on America's Got Talent in 2010 "America, this is the trick you'll be talking about tomorrow" and vanished a life-size real train in honor of his Canadian railroad-worker father. A slight-of-hand performer and title holder of World Champion Magician, Murray has been touring the planet for well over 20 years. Korea and Japan are just two of those places he's a favorite and his almost daily show is now at the Laugh Factory at Tropicana in Vegas. Partners include his wife Chloe Crawford, and long-time magic partner "Lefty". Other TV appearances you may know Murray from include: Celebracadabra, Celebrity Blind Date, Entertainment Tonight, Fast Track to Fame, The Jadagrace Show, Jerry Lewis Tel

Scotty the Blue Bunny at BHOF12  Craig Jackson Photography  There was one person you couldn't very-well miss in the halls of the Orleans  during BHOF 2012, that's Scotty the Blue Bunny (San Francisco) .  Wearing a shiny blue ultra-fitted suit, complete with over-sized bunny ears, The Blue Bunny  owns whatever area he's entering, without a hare of a doubt (har har). He manages his six inch (at least) clear stripper heels with ease, and this is what he told me about what it was like to host the 2nd half of the Tournament of Tease on Saturday at the Burlesque Hall of Fame 2012 Weekender. FT: What was your highlight in hosting the Saturday event, and how did you enjoy it? SBB: I loved it, and I'm honored to be here. I would have to say that I achieved my goal of not introducing the performers by gender, but introducing them as Performers and Artists. That was my goal was to sort of 'queer it up', sort of bring in a little... try and push the artist

While there is no  one  expert about Burlesque,  Jo Weldon aka 'Jo Boobs'  has been a massive contributor as the head mistress of the  New York School of Burlesque  which reigns as the world's most acknowledged, prolific, and prestigious school of this genre since 2003. Jo states on the school's website that  "Classes include movement, history, costuming, makeup, choreography, fitness, theatrical skill building, circus training, and confidence building"  [ http://www.schoolofburlesque.com/ ]. Jo has been an intrinsic member of the Miss Exotic World pageant (annually in Las Vegas), as well as running the New York school. This forerunner has an amazing online handbook and a full in-print burlesque handbook available. You can purchase your print copy online via  Harper Collins  directly, or visit her site for the online edition on the  School of Burlesque website . The book's release date was over a year ago, June of 2010, but this is a book that

Shanghai Pearl by POC Photo One of the most impressive performers I have ever seen once came on stage in a gorilla suit, and high heels (as seen on America's Got Talent ). By the time she took that suit off she was in a bikini eating a banana. Who could I be talking about? None other than jet- setting, world class international burlesque instructor, performer, and costume-maker extraordinaire: The Shanghai Pearl . Below is the interview I conducted by chat, long-distance, with this amazing individual, June 27, 2011. FT: Where are you originally from? SP: I was born in Taipei, Taiwan. FT: What year did you come to U.S., was it first Seattle? SP: I came to this country with my mom when I was three, and grew up in Arizona. I've lived in Seattle for almost nine years now. FT: What year did you begin performing burlesque , and what or who was your inspiration? SP: I graduated from Miss Indigo Blue's academy of Burlesque in 2006. Before that I was a p

Frankie Tease sat down with a local Portland Oregon patron of burlesque shows in town and across the nation, to find out what the heck the patron is thinking while sitting in the audience and enjoying the show. Here is what our new friend Rob had to tell us. FT: What do you do for a living? RJ:  I am Sr. V.P. at U.S. Bank. FT: You sound like my next sponsor!  I understand you are also a photographer. RJ:  I shoot in studio and landscape.  RPJoseph.smugmug.com  is a good way to see my work. FT: How long have you been in Portland RJ:  Originally I am from Missouri, but here via Phoenix Arizona. FT: What is the first burlesque show you went to? RJ:  Phoenix, 1989. I am not gay but I ended up at a gay burlesque show. FT: What was that like? RJ:  Comedy, stripping, drag, mostly drag. I like going to strip clubs but I always go with my wife. We always feel that it's a little sad, and it's younger women. Whereas burlesque is real women, older women, not as m

Frankie Tease sat down with burlesque dancer and pin-up model in Seattle and Portland:  Lucky Lucy O Rebel . The talk includes the Red Sox, burelsque, how to be cheeky, and why she loves burlesque so much.  FRANKIE How long have you been performing burlesque? LUCY Almost five years now. FRANKIE Did you get your start in Seattle, Wa? LUCY Yes, I started about six years ago as  pin-up girl and I graduated to being a burlesque performer. FRANKIE How does what you do in pin-up become usable in burlesque? LUCY That cheeky cheese cake factor, where you make light of everything, no matter how serious, you're trying to make people laugh and have a good time. FRANKIE What does burlesque dancing allow you to do and express that pin-up modeling does not? LUCY  It allows you to carry over. In pin-up modeling you have to get everything in one shot, you have to get that expression with every part of you with one shot. In burelsque I can take a few seconds to