For Your Consideration: An Oscar Nominated Burlesque

Hollywood’s classiest awards show gets the burlesque treatment on Friday night. While this year’s Oscars stars (Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Rock, etc.) won’t be in attendance, Spokane’s newly formed La Petite Marquise Burlesque company plans to perform original dance numbers, including musical covers and arrangements, interpreting the stories from 2016’s Oscar-nominated films — everything from the recent Star Wars to The Revenant (yes, the bear attack will be involved in some way). The “For Your Consideration” show features local jazz singer Julia Keefe, recently back from Los Angeles, along with a live band. Our only question: Can print journalists (we’re talking Spotlight here) be sexy?