Byrlesque At The Byrd Part II: The Photos

by | May 18, 2012 | ART

No sooner had I finished editing and posting yesterday’s review of the gala extravaganza that was Byrlesque At The Byrd than I discovered several as-yet-unread emails containing photos from the event that I had not seen. I considered adding some of these to the review post, but there were just too many good pictures in the batch–I realized that they really deserved a post of their own. Therefore, we now present a further photographic illumination of that historic burlesque performance, which took place on Sunday May 6 at The Byrd Theatre in Carytown. Take it away, photographers!


No sooner had I finished editing and posting yesterday’s review of the gala extravaganza that was Byrlesque At The Byrd than I discovered several as-yet-unread emails containing photos from the event that I had not seen. I considered adding some of these to the review post, but there were just too many good pictures in the batch–I realized that they really deserved a post of their own. Therefore, we now present a further photographic illumination of that historic burlesque performance, which took place on Sunday May 6 at The Byrd Theatre in Carytown. Take it away, photographers!

The following photos (and the one at the top of the article) are by Dave Parrish:

These photos are by Carl Brightly:

And here are some more photos from staff photographer Todd Raviotta:

A big RVAmag thank you goes out to Miss Deanna Danger for making our coverage of Byrlesque At The Byrd possible, and for putting on such an awesome event in the first place! A DVD of this performance is coming soon–check out boomboombasics.com for details!

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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