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The East Village and the Lower East Side in Manhattan form the primary seat of burlesque in New York. Tompkins Square Park originally hosted Wigstock , where neo-burlesque legends such as World Famous BOB and Dirty Martini performed, and recently hosted burlesque events at the Howl Festival . Clubs frequently featuring burlesque include the Slipper Room , with the city's longest-running burlesque show, Rififi, which features weekly shows Starshine Burlesque and Sweet And Nasty , Kitty Nights at Bar on A, frequent burlesque and performance art events at Mo Pitkins and The Bowery Poetry Club , and the adult vaudeville of The Box . My School of Burlesque operates at 440 Lafayette at the edge of Greenwich Village , across the street from Joe's Pub , where burlesque shows often take place. (For info about other burlesque shows in New York City, see Ed Barnas' New York Burlesque Calendar .) However... "A planned burlesque nightclub reportedly financed by musicians...