There was no actual burlesque [[or "burlesk") at the Stone, at least not by the time I was in there. Just XXX films and an eerie silence. Given the size of the place [[tiny) it's hard to imagine that there ever was, but on the basis of all evidence, there must have been live acts in the past.

The National on Monroe, on the other hand, operated as a live Burlesque house into the mid-70s [[albeit with XXX movies between acts). Just long enough for me to sneak in there as a slightly underage kid with some older friends of mine. It was a pretty sorry scene by that time.