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Went to Apollo Variete to see the Burlesque - Stars & Straps show tonight with my boyfriend. After…read morehearing a lot about the show I wanted to check it out and see what all the fuss is about. My expectations weren't to high as I've been to Moulin Rouge in Paris which I thought was amazing and have yet to see anything close to comparable. I will say that the woman singing in the beginning of the show did impress me as she was singing live and not lip-singing and she had a great voice. She's also a great dancer and I couldnt take my eyes off her whenever on stage, maybe cause shes so tall. You never even notice the other girls on stage with her. The woman prancing about as the Queen of England bothered me because the song playing was Let Freedom Ring which is an American song..??! Why would that be playing alongside the Queen of England, but then I realized as the show went on that her entire act was pretty horrible. I didnt find it funny at all. Just boring, but the German's seemed to find it entertaining so maybe thats just my different taste. I just dont find comedy that fitting in a burlesque show which should concentrate on the dancing and music. I understand they do it to give the performers time to change but I think they should get more better performers than filling the gaps with randomness. Louise De Ville had some beautiful costumes and was great with the crowd. She did a multitude of acts and was never boring to watch. She did a really cool silhouette dance in the beginning. I do feel that being a burlesque show there should be more acts like this and more girls, usually one is the star but there are always others as well as the star. I enjoyed Judita who came out cracking whips as a man and then transformed into a girl. She did a great job acting and was funny in the right way. Loved that. The two girls that were doing the acrobatics were stunning and did an amazing job and had a great selection of music behind them. Their costumes were also very eye catching. The guy with the box, music candles, baloons, random jokes and thick German accent I didnt find entertaining at all. I spent most of his acts on my phone. Would have much rather seen a real magician and not a wannabe one, someone with actual skills. But again the German's were cracking up and I just dont understand how they found him funny. It also didnt help that I didnt really understand anything that he said. The only impressive thing he did was eat apples he was juggling but I feel like any skilled juggler could do that. The girl in the second act with the hula hoop was not bad. The show kind of reminds me more of a circus variete rather than a burlesque variete but I believe the show does come from circus roots. I had to plug my ears with the damn comedian woman horribly singing opera music. So bad and not funny. Deafening I think is the actual word. The two comedic acrobats in the second act were pretty good. Compared to Cirque Du Soleil.. no. But for a show like this, very impressive. They pulled some really hard balancing stunts. Overall the show was sub-par. I think it has a lot of potential to be much better, but again I'm comparing to some of the best shows in the world.