Waiting To Be Alive
Their venues are closed and their stages are dark, but New York City’s burlesque performers are itching for the return of feathers, tassels and harnesses.
I pitched this personal project to The New York Times because I wanted to explore the financial and psychological impact the Covid-19 pandemic was having on the city’s burlesque performers, many of whom I consider friends. Julia Carmel reported the piece with me.
