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- vaudeville, a farce with music. In the United States the term connotes a light entertainment popular from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s that consisted of 10 to 15 individual unrelated acts, featuring magicians, acrobats, comedians, trained animals, jugglers, singers, and dancers.
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Sep 23, 2024 · 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 airs in the 15th century in the Val-de-Vire (Vau-de-Vire), Normandy, France.
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Vaudeville (/ ˈ v ɔː d (ə) v ɪ l, ˈ v oʊ-/; [1] French:) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets.
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 by a series of...
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Vaudeville is descendent from variety, which occurred in music halls and saloons, and the lyceum circuit, which prospered in the U.S. from the 1830s- 1870s. Variety gave vaudeville its mix of acts, while the lyceum offered vaudeville a vision of the road, as well as the idea that Americans liked seeing various types of entertainment. If variety was...
Three men are commonly associated with transforming vaudeville from a form of entertainment for the lower classes to an evening out for the middle classes or those with middle class sensibilities. They are Tony Pastor, a former circus ringmaster, B.F. Keith, a former circus performer, and E.F. Albee, a former ticket collector for P.T. Barnum. Tony ...
Some of the biggest names of the mid-20th century got their start in vaudeville. Eddie Cantor, Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, George Jessel, Burns and Allen, Milton Beryl, Burt Williams, James Cagney, Will Rogers, Bob Hope, and Ethel Merman are just a few names that cut their teeth in vaudeville and then made it big on Broadway, the radio, in movies and...
In the 1930s, vaudeville began a steady decline and by the end of the decade it was dead. Why did this occur? The Depression certainly hurt attendance and the birth and popularity of talking (and singing) movies that seemed to bring stars to town instantly provided some fierce competition. Ironically, it was Keith and Ablee who first starting showi...
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.
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...
May 17, 2018 · In the United States vaudeville acts performed variety shows, using music, comedy, dance, acrobatics, magic, puppets, and even trained animals. This form of stage entertainment was based on popular acts that could be seen in British music halls and bar rooms during the nineteenth century.
