We do not go in for burlesque much in Washington, but to our northern neighbors in Charm City, it is a big deal. Burlesque is so much in the fiber of Baltimore that its chief sage and poet, the great H.L. Mencken, invented a term to describe the art: ecdysiast, meaning "an artist who, while [...]
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:20AM on July 16, 2012