BC/EFA's BROADWAY BARES: WINTER BURLESQUE to Heat Up XL Nightclub, 1/26

The calendar may say January, but the show on stage will be as hot as summer when Broadway Bares: Winter Burlesque kicks off the 24th season of Broadway Bares (#bwaybares) with two sizzling performances on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at XL Nightclub (512 West 42nd Street, NYC). The evening is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

This year's Winter Burlesque show, dubbed Calendar Girl, will be based on last summer's Fire Island Pines sensation and inspired by 1999's Broadway Bares IX: Calendar Girl. More than two dozen of New York theatre's sexiest dancers will take the stage in a stimulating strip-a-month journey through the calendar. There will be two performances of Calendar Girl: 8 PM and 10 PM.

Tickets, which start at $25, go on sale today. A limited number of VIP tables and reserved seating are available. For more information, go to broadwaybares.com or broadwaycares.org/winterburlesque.

Winter Burlesque starts a steamy Bares season that also will include Broadway Bares: Solo Strips in May and Broadway Bares 24 in June. Dates and other details about those shows will be announced next year.

Broadway Bares: Winter Burlesque will be directed by Michael Lee Scott. Tony Award-winning director and choreographerJerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots) is executive producer and creator of Broadway Bares.

Broadway Bares is presented by M·A·C VIVA GLAM and generously sponsored by United Airlines.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $250 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.