BOOKS:

STRIPTEASE, Jessica Glasscock, (primer on the history of burlesque, includes neo-burlesque chapter)

BURLESQUE: THE NEW BUMP AND GRIND, Michelle Baldwin (this is the neo-burlesque bible and a new version is on the way)

QUEENS OF BURLESQUE and STARS OF BURLESQUE, both by Len
Rothe (resources for costumes and a who’s who of burlesque)

GILDED LILI: LILI ST. CYR AND THE STRIPTEASE MYSTIQUE by Kelly
DiNardo (not only a biography of Lili St. Cyr, but a great review of the
socio-political climate of 20th century America)

GIRL SHOW, A. W. Stencell (focusing on the less-than-glamorous carnival
girl shows)

HORRIBLE PRETTINESS: BURLESQUE AND AMERICAN CULTURE,
Robert Clyde Allen (heavy dissertation about burlesque)

LES GIRLS, Daniel Frasnay (large scale photobook about the
showgirls in the famed Lido in Paris)

SHIMMY MAGAZINE, BARRACUDA MAGAZINE and
JAVA’S BACHELOR PAD MAGAZINE
(Featured articles on burlesque dancers, both new and legends, as well
as the Penny Party Pages, written by Penny Starr, Jr. )

1000 DESSOUS and THE BEST OF AMERICAN GIRLIE MAGAZINES,
both published by Taschen (500 page photo compilations:
DESSOUS is a big book of undergarments through the ages and
GIRLIE MAGAZINES features pin-up mags from the 40’s and 50’s)

VA-VA-VOOM, Chris Chang (excellent book on
pin-up poses from the 30’s to 70’s)

 

FILMS

GYPSY (Warner Bros. Home Video) starring Natalie Wood and
Rosiland Russell, based on the Broadway musical about Gypsy Rose Lee.

TEASE-O-RAMA and STRIP-O-RAMA (Something Weird Video)
stag loops featuring Betty Paige, Lili St. Cyr, Tempest Storm.

BOOM BOOM: HOT BURLESQUE MOVES FOR COOL CHICKS,
BELLY DANCE BASICS and FAN-TASTIC (by Princess Farhana and
Augusta aka Penny Starr, Jr.) instructional dance videos with
belly dance and burlesque instructor Princess Farhana

GO-GO ROBICS I and II (by The World Famous Pontani Sisters)
go-go instructional dance videos with Miss Exotic World '08
Angie Pontani

TEASE-O-RAMA (teaseorama.com) compilation DVDs of this world
showcase of burlesque

THE VELVET HAMMER BURLESQUE, (produced and directed by
Augusta, aka Penny Starr, Jr.) documentary about the pioneering
Los Angeles neo-burlesque troupe, featuring the greats of
neo-burlesque: Kitten de Ville, Dirty Martini and Julie Atlas-Muz

CAMP BURLESQUE, (produced and directed by Antonio Marsico)
a collection of vignettes featuring neo-burlesque dancers

BROAD DAYLIGHT and SHINE ON SWEET STARLET,
(Guerilla Monster Films) vintage-style stag loops featuring
neo-burlesque dancers, shot by burlesquer Candy Whiplash

PRETTY THINGS, (directed by Liz Goldwyn) documentary featuring
Dixie Evans, Zorita and other greats from the heyday of burlesque

LADY OF BURLESQUE (aka THE G-STRING MURDERS)
based on the book by Gypsy Rose Lee

LA REVUE DES REVUE, (Kino International Video)  This is a silent
film that documents many nightclub acts from Montmartre in 1927,
featuring Josephine Baker.

GUYS AND DOLLS (MGM Home Video), world famous musical features
the character Miss Adelaide, a burlesque dancer.

SWEET CHARITY (Universal Home Video) Directed by Bob Fosse,
a musical about a dancer in a dime-a-dance hall in the 60’s.

CABARET (Warner Bros. Home Video), based on the Christopher
Isherwood novel about Berlin before WW2, this iconic film was
directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse.