About the Show

Bustout Burlesque brings back authentic 1950s-style burlesque by presenting beautiful and talented striptease dancers accompanied by a live traditional jazz band. With a comic emcee, singer, and variety acts, the show truly brings you back to the glory days of Bourbon Street.
Bustout Burlesque routinely features national headliners from across America such as Ginger Valentine (Queen of Burlesque 2011), LouLou D’vil of Finland, Michelle L’amour (America’s Got Talent Semi-Finalist, Miss Exotic World 2005), Catherine D’lish (Showgirl of the Year, Miss Nude USA, Miss Exotic World), Coco Lectric (Queen of Burlesque 2010), Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey, Lola Van Ella, Ruby Joule, Charlotte Treuse, Angi B. Lovely, and other celebrities such as Jessica “Sugar” Kiper (CBS-TV’s Survivor: Gabon).
Bustout Burlesque’s own Perle Noire, the Black Pearl, is its breakout star, after having won Best Debut at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in 2008, and the “Queen of Burlesque” at the New Orleans Burlesque Festival in 2009. She performs internationally, and on tour with Burlesque Superstar Dita Von Teese. She has appeared on television (Travel Channel’s Extreme Competition, MTV’s My Super Sweet 16) and film (Burlesque Undressed).
Bustout Burlesque premiered on March 13, 2005 at One Eyed Jacks in the French Quarter. Since then, Bustout Burlesque had weekly runs at Tipitina’s French Quarter and the Royal Sonesta Hotel. At the Sonesta, Bustout Burlesque brought burlesque back to Bourbon Street for the first time in decades! In March 2007, Bustout Burlesque moved to the main stage at House of Blues, where the show continues to perform monthly.
In July 2o1o, Cointreau presented two sold-out shows of “Dita Von Teese and Special Guests in association with Bustout Burlesque” at the House of Blues. It was the opening celebration of Tales of the Cocktail. Bustout Burlesque continues to be at the forefront of the local and national scene, bringing you the most beautiful and talented stripteasers from coast to coast, dancing to the sounds of a hot New Orleans jazz band!

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RICK DELAUP (Creator/Producer) Rick Delaup, a New Orleans native, is the creator and producer of Bustout Burlesque, and the annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival. Delaup has been researching and writing about the history of New Orleans burlesque for 15 years. He has spoken on the subject at festivals and events, including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Tennessee Williams Festival, Tease-O-Rama, Tales of the Cocktail, the Burlesque Hall of Fame, and The Tour Guides Association of Greater New Orleans.

In 2003, Delaup was the creative director of the burlesque revival show, the Shim Sham Revue. In 2005, he created Bustout Burlesque, listed as one of the Top 10 Burlesque Shows Worldwide by Travel Channel. In 2009, he founded the New Orleans Burlesque Festival.

Delaup has been interviewed about burlesque by the Los Angeles Times, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Gambit Weekly, Where Magazine, Big Easy Magazine, Where Y’at Magazine, and for the book, Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind (2004). He was acknowledged in Dita Von Teese’s book, Burlesque and the Art of the Teese (2006), The Burlesque Handbook (2010), and Mr. New Orleans – The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend (2010). In 2001, he worked behind the scenes on A&E’s It’s Burlesque!, and has been interviewed about burlesque on WDSU, WYES, WWL-TV’s Morning Show, Canada’s SexTv, The Jay Thomas Show on Sirius Satellite Radio (2009). He has been a judge at both the Burlesque Hall of Fame’s Miss Exotic World competition, (2006) and The Kansas City Burlesque Festival (2011, 2012).

In April 2012, Delaup brought Bustout Burlesque to The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas as part of the 15th Annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender.
MATT BELL (Musical Director) Following an ever-growing thirst for music, deep rooted and real, Matt Bell has found his place in New Orleans. A musician for 18 years, he harbors a fondness for collaborating with artists of different disciplines. Bell has participated musically in groups ranging from tribal belly dance to circus, to theater and cabaret. It is no surprise to find Matt now filling the musical chair of bandleader, guitarist, and arranger of the Bustout Burlesque jazz band.
DOLLIE RIVAS (Choreographer) Dollie Rivas, a native of Crowley, Louisiana, choreographs select striptease acts for the Bustout Burlesque dancers. She has worked with the show since its inception in 2004. Formerly, she was a Las Vegas showgirl who opened the long-running Jubilee! at the MGM Grand. Rivas also performed in Wayland Flowers’s Madam Goes To Harlem at the Sahara Hotel, which featured the famous Nicholas Brothers. She was also a JET Magazine centerfold. Outside of Bustout Burlesque, Rivas works as a dance educator and movement instructor.