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A Burnaby resident is onstage starting this week in a neo-burlesque musical in Vancouver. Michael Kovac appears in Lost Girls of Neverland, which plays at the Anza Club from Feb. 16 to March 3.

A Burnaby resident is onstage starting this week in a neo-burlesque musical in Vancouver.

Michael Kovac appears in Lost Girls of Neverland, which plays at the Anza Club from Feb. 16 to March 3.

"Set during Mardi Gras, this contemporary musical comedy is guided by modern pop music, dynamic dance numbers and fabulous costumes," producer Cameron Fatkin said in an email. "The story follows the trials and tribulations of The Lost Girls, a dance troupe working at New Orleans' hottest gentlemen's club, Neverland.

The beautiful and innocent Wendy Darling is thrust into the spotlight, encountering sex, love and the jealous and vain Tinkerbell. Meanwhile, across town at the Mermaid Lagoon, Madame Hook plots her revenge against her archenemy Mistress Pan, whom she has held a grudge against for years."

Michael, who's been involved in both the theatre community and film industry in Vancouver for years, appears as Pan's best