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- For the town in France, see Vaudeville, Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. An evening's "bill" (or schedule of performances) could run the gamut from acrobats to mathematicians, from song-and-dance duos to trick high divers. Indeed, the scope of the presentations was unique in the history of American live performance: music, comedy, feats of athleticism, magic, animal acts, opera, Shakespeare, banjo, acrobatics and gymnastics, and lectures by celebrities and intellectuals of every scale.
A bill usually began with a dumb act (e.g., acrobats, trick bicyclists), allowing late arriving audience members to find their seats without interrupting important dialogue; peaked in the penultimate spot with the "headliner" (the biggest draw on the bill and focus of that week's publicity effort); and might conclude with a "chaser", an act considered admirable enough to feature but dull enough to chase the audience from the theatre, an important role in houses that offered continuously revolving performances.
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"oh how i remember the vaudeville sity tweets." -me as jerry stiller
Disclosure2012 (UFO Enthusiast) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:49:56 -0000
"oh how i remember the vaudeville sity tweets." -me as jerry stiller
@bardorobot lol - tweets on vaudeville
Disclosure2012 (UFO Enthusiast) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:47:28 -0000
@bardorobot lol - tweets on vaudeville
I really want to master Beethoven's Variations On Swiss Folk Song and play it at the next show. #vaudeville #nyc
ignatzz (Ignatz) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:42:40 -0000
I really want to master Beethoven's Variations On Swiss Folk Song and play it at the next show. #vaudeville #nyc
@wilw I concur. We're mourning the death of Vaudeville over here. Much as we mourned the death of Aeofel a couple weeks ago.
Slcmalec (Sara Malec) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:18:49 -0000
@wilw I concur. We're mourning the death of Vaudeville over here. Much as we mourned the death of Aeofel a couple weeks ago.
@gretamorgan vaudeville performer. not the most clever, but the most appropriate.
mandapandatime (Amanda.) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:54:41 -0000
@gretamorgan vaudeville performer. not the most clever, but the most appropriate.
@trash and vaudeville shopping for reg clothes not a dam costume
SaintChic (Gingie McLeod) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:16:51 -0000
@trash and vaudeville shopping for reg clothes not a dam costume
American Variety Stage - Vaudeville and popular entertainment from 1870-1920. Site from the Library of Congress.
Meta Description: [ The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870 - 1920, collection is a multiformat collection of selected materials from the popular stage and allied arts. Photographs and memorabilia of Houdini; English playscripts; Yiddish playscripts; a selection of playbills and progra... ]
American Vaudeville Museum - Site devoted to biographies of famous Vaudeville performers.
Arthur Lloyd - Biographical information on Arthur Lloyd, major 19th century UK music hall performer and song writer, with details on related Halls and Theatres.
Meta Description: [ Music hall site dedicated to Arthur Lloyd, star of the halls 1839 - 1904, with a great deal more Theatre and Music Hall information contained within, including subjects such as Variety, Vaudeville, Pantomime, and some of their related Artistes. There is also a vast amount of information and imag... ]
Betsy's Backyard Follies - Vaudeville entertainment from the 30's and 40's.
Meta Description: [ Betsy's Backyard Follies. Vaudeville entertainment from the 30's and 40's. ]
Grinn and Barrett - These comic jugglers perform for festivals and corporate events.
Jeff Gardner - Home page for veteran Broadway actor, and vaudeville comedian.
Juggler and Comedian Mark Nizer - Won the International Juggling Championships and has taken his one man show to thousands of venues around the world.
Meta Description: [ Juggler Mark Nizer, winner of the world juggling championships and comedy entertainer of the year. A perfect performer for your performing arts event, corporate event or college shows. Learn to juggle here or shop our online juggling store. ]
Legends of Vaudeville - Musical comedy tribute show starring Jeff Gardner who recreates famous routines by Jimmy Durante, Al Jolson, Abbott and Costello, and Groucho Marx.
Mini-Chekhov - Offers Chekhov's one-act comedies: The Bear, Marriage Proposal, Wedding, and Tobacco.
Meta Description: [ Farces ]
National Music Hall and Variety Festival - Will be held in Weston-super-mare, UK, during April and May 2004.
Meta Description: [ A Celebration of Music Hall and Variety in aid of the prestigious Grand Order of Water Rats ]
Royal Variety Performance - Main source of funding for the Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund, and Brinsworth House, a residential and nursing home for retired members of the entertainment profession.
The UFOs - High energy variety show based in Texas featuring magic, juggling, comedy, live music and unforgettable characters. Includes list of past and current shows as well as booking information.
Vaudeville - Movies, MP3s, and links.
Meta Description: [ Vaudeville! History, Development, and Evolution of Vaudeville Stage from it's roots in variety theater and shows with Vaudeville movies, vaudeville MP3's, and vaudeville hypertexts. ]
Vintage Vaudeville and Ragtime Show - Site recreates a vaudeville show with authentic audio and video clips of actual Vaudeville performers.
Meta Description: [ The internet's Vaudeville and Ragtime Show - Featuring early ragtime and vaudeville performers. Manyragtime and vaudevile songs and routines to enjoy! ]
Windyridge Music Hall CDs - Issues CD's of old songs of the British music halls taken from material originally recorded on 78rpm gramophone discs and phonograph cylinders.
Meta Description: [ British Music Hall.
Original 78rpm recordings of songs and monologues reissued on CD ]
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