When Somen “Steve” Banerjee started the male strip club Chippendales in 1979, he wanted subversion. The first few episodes of Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales” track this journey, with Banerjee (Kumail ...

Murder! Arson! Male strippers! Welcome to the mad origin story of the Chippendales, the famed dance troupe known for its male striptease performances, founded by late Indian entrepreneur Somen "Steve" ...

Jay Schwartz, a producer of the famous Chippendales club in New York during its heyday, says there would be no Magic Mike if not for the burlesque club he helped run in the 1980s that happened to also ...

In the first four episodes of "Welcome to Chippendales," the titular club, owned by Steve Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani), only has one Black dancer: Otis, played by Quentin Plair. The show depicts him ...

Adding to the plethora of true crime shows out there, Hulu has recently released Welcome the Chippendales, which tells the wild story of Steve Banerjee, and the turbulent history of the club, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Roanoke club will provide refunds to Chippendales fans after a show it scheduled turned out to be fake. Media outlets report that 202 Market canceled Wednesday’s sold-out show ...

Screaming drunk secretaries, gyrating hunks in G-strings and mountains of cocaine populate “Welcome to Chippendales,” Hulu’s wonderfully lurid drama about the rise of “the world’s greatest ...

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Actor Quentin Plair tells IndieWire about intertwining power, desire, and racism as the club's only Black dancer in Hulu's series. But the Chippendales story is rife with conflict. Episode 4 puts the ...

Jay Schwartz was a co-producer at the New York club and shares details about what went down in the '80s. Jay Schwartz, a producer of the famous Chippendales club in New York during its heyday, says ...