FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first international Florida Burlesque Festival is coming to the state next month. Organizers say the festival is dedicated to the legendary pin-up model, photographer ...

Every seat in the house was packed opening night of the first ever Florida Burlesque Festival at Fort Lauderdale's Cinema Paradiso. Attendees scrambled to save seats for friends who were on their way.

Burlesque is about more than just buxom broads wearing nipple pasties and teasing audiences with feather boas. Granted, some would argue that this come-hither coquettishness is a big part of the draw, ...