Burlesque

Burlesque is a play in three acts co-written by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins. While described as a "play with music" and not strictly speaking a musical, the show did include songs with music by Albert Von Tilzer and Peter De Rose, and lyrics by Joe Trent and Edward Grant. A backstage drama set in the 1920s, the play tells the story of a husband and wife performing duo, Ralph "Skid" Johnson and Bonny King, who are smalltime burlesque theater performers in the United States. Their marriage is tested when Skid lands a job as leading comic in a hit Broadway show and the couple finds that success and fame come with a cost.