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Quinn Lemley Headlines Sizzling Revue Burlesque to Broadway, February 5-8

The art of the tease used to be so titillating until everything around us became titillating. Singer/dancer Quinn Lemley, harks back to an actually more innocent time in her colorful and high-octane revue, Burlesque to Broadway, presented by Live Nation and playing four performances at the Gramercy Theatre (127 E. 23rd St. btw. Park & Lexington Aves.) February 5–8 at 8pm.

Quinn Lemley in Burlesque to Broadway“When people think of burlesque, they often think of striptease,” says stunning redhead Lemley, who previously set fire to national stages by channeling screen goddess Rita Haworth in The Heat Is On, “While that’s part of the fun, burlesque of the '20s and '30s had a broad cultural influence. Savvy female entertainers, such as Sally Rand and Gypsy Rose Lee, perfected the art of the tease. Their fame drove trends in fashion as they segued into vaudeville. 

“Influenced by burlesque,” she adds, “Mae West laid bare the double standards of the era with her roster of double entendres before becoming a screen sizzler. Comics launched careers in burlesque houses, and became major stars of radio and TV.”

Lemley says her concept for Burlesque to Broadway was “a way to show the influence of the burlesque and delve into feminine mystique, female empowerment, the battle of the sexes, and the art of seduction.”

She headlined major performing arts centers and theaters world wide, appeared on Good Morning, America and Oprah; and starred in the revues Sirens of the Silver Screen and Born to Rhumba!  

In Burlesque to Broadway, directed by Tony and Drama Desk winner Joseph Hardy, Lemley, along with four appealing sidekicks, takes audiences on an iconic and lightning-speed journey from the days of underground burlesque to its mainstream acceptance on Broadway and resurging popularity today.

Tunes run the gamut from showstoppers such as “When You’ve Got it, Flaunt It,” “She’s a Lady,” and “You Don’t Own Me” to Broadway classics such as Mary Martin’s famous tease “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” by Cole Porter from the revue Leave It to Me, Gypsy Rose Lee’s tease from Gypsy, 'Let Me Entertain You” by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields’ “Hey, Big Spender” from Sweet Charity, and “Ten Cents a Dance,” made famous by ’20s/’30s singer/actress Ruth Etting, "America's Sweetheart of Song."

Burlesque to Broadway

Dan Micciche music directs a 10-piece orchestra. The “bump-and-grind” choreography is by David Eggers (Broadway’s Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes revival) and Merete Muenter. Lavish costumes, glittering with sequins and flowing with feathers, are by Wendall Goings.

Burlesque to Broadway tickets are $30 - $49, with VIP Packages at $69 or $159.50, and are available at burlesquetobroadway.com. Doors open an hour before show time. Admission is restricted to 16 and over, unless accompanied by an adult.

For more information on Lemley and the show’s just-released original cast CD, visit  QuinnLemley.com.

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