Film comedies of the 1920s through the 1940s used talent from the vaudeville stage and followed a vaudeville aesthetic of variety entertainment, both in Hollywood and in Asia, including China.

Oct 8, 2025 · The term vaudeville, adopted in the United States from the Parisian boulevard theatre, is probably a corruption of vaux-de-vire, satirical songs in couplets, sung to popular …

Mar 31, 2024 · Vaudeville was a form of variety entertainment that was popular in the United States and Canada from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. It was characterized …

Oct 8, 1999 · Vaudeville was a fusion of centuries-old cultural traditions, including the English Music Hall, minstrel shows of antebellum America, and Yiddish theater. Though certainly not …

A vaudeville show comprised a series of unrelated variety acts such as comedy, singing, dancing, juggling, acrobatics, illusion, ventriloquism, puppetry performed solo or in groups.

May 17, 2018 · Vaudeville, a collection of disparate acts (comedians, jugglers, and dancers) marketed mainly to a family audience, emerged in the 1880s and quickly became a national …

Feb 21, 2025 · Vaudeville was a popular form of entertainment in the United States from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. It featured a variety of acts, including musicians, …

The thousands of items in the collection represent one of the largest archives of vaudeville materials in the country and prepares the way for the University of Arizona to become the …

A brief overview of the history of Vaudeville, excerpted from Vaudeville Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performances in America, by Frank Cullen, Florence Hackman, and …

What began as a Vaudeville theatre in 1926 is now the Capital Region’s destination for major Broadway national tours, cutting-edge film festivals, special events and everything in between.