Absurdity. Extravagance. Fashion. Mystique. Physique.

These are the shared ingredients that make up the seemingly incongruous pairing of lucha libre and burlesque that local company Lucha VaVoom de La Liz has offered the public for over two decades at Downtown L.A.’s the Mayan theater.

That run will come to an end at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22, with VaVoom’s “The Good, the Bad and the Fabulous” showcase. While the cadre of talent at VaVoom is here to stay, the Mayan is permanently closing its doors at the end of September after 35 years under its current management.

The 98-year-old venue’s shuttering was announced in a social media post in July. Its president, Sammy Chao, shared a statement with The Times about its closing.

“[T]he past five years have delivered an unrelenting barrag

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