Celebrated local playwright Jeffrey Neuman has long been drawn to vaudeville. “So much of what we have inherited in American pop culture comes to us from the vaudeville stage,” Neuman says. “It has a ...

With the help of Vaude d'Gras, Happyland Theater once again became a vaudeville theater after 88 years during the performance of Vaude d'Gras at Happyland Theater in New Orleans Friday. Vaude d'Gras ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Virtually every West Michigan community has an interesting story to tell. Grand Rapids is “Furniture City” and “Beer City, USA.” But plenty of smaller cities have things that ...

CEDAR FALLS — The piano may be small, but it looms large in vaudeville history. Manufactured in New York, the miniature piano is a little battered, but well-traveled after decades on the road, carted ...

Think back over the past half century and identify the stars of electronic media. You’ll find that it’s surprisingly difficult to do. For those of you with good memories, though, there are a few names ...

BroadwayWorld spoke with Katharine McPhee about playing a vaudeville star in the new Gilded Age-era series The Artist, who also shared the best advice she has received as a performer. Check out the ...

Pt. 1. The singers -- Maggie Cline -- Lottie Gilson -- Eva Tanguay -- Anna Held -- Stella Mayhew -- Bonnie Thornton -- Vesta Victoria -- Ada Reeve -- Emma Carus ...

As ideals changed in American society, trends in what Americans considered entertaining changed as well. A shift from a vaudevillian aesthetic to a narrative one of comic realism was necessary in ...