Extractions: Advocates Community Theatre Costuming Dinner Theatre ... Talkin' Broadway - Theatre Discussion: Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, national tours, London's West End theater, Broadway history; cast recording reviews, performance reviews, schedule of Broadway and Off Broadway productions, interviews with Broadway stars, actors, and actresses. Theatre Development Fund - Non-profit service organization for the performing arts. Discount ticket sales, marketing strategies, novice producer training programs. American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Exclusive live coverage of the 54th Tony Awards, get backstage with Tony Cam access to Radio City Music Hall and chat with Broadway Stars CurtainCall - Unique web design service specializing in official sites for actors in musical theatre, plus extensive links to external UK theatre sites. TheatrePedia - "The ELAC Internet Theatre Library. An online Library of theatre documents, history, craft and other theatre resources." TheatreNet.com
Ad Lib Australia - 29/06/01: The Palais (Goodnight Pretty Maid ) was part of Lea Redfern's ABC 'radio Eye' program were asked to join the Urban Theatreproject at mature musicians from such traditions as vaudeville when music http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/sounds/8.htm
Extractions: Aural Trad One Man Band Songs on His Fingers Two Dogs Fighting The Palais The Domain Belmont Hymn Nosejob Crow Impression Rounds School of The Air Medley Inkat'irbirberintjaka Stalin Swim Swim Swan Song Trumpet and Foot Busker Postiche Narranbang Street Waltz Neighbours Desert Mischief The Alter Rebbe's Nigun Heures Roses Fisarmonica Phenomenological Trickster Backyard Unfinished Business The Tromba Mariner The Palais Belmont Hymn Laughter Crow Impression Whipping School of The Air Medley Inkat'irbirberintjaka Ehm Ehm Swim Swim Swan Song Percy's Laundry Organ Whistling Rufus Arf Arf Untitled 118,120,122 (part one) Angel Cafe Milton and Bill Redolent Interludes Triclops 2001 An extract of a the song 'Goodnight Pretty Maid' featuring Ted Jay (tenor) and Audrey Jay (soprano) with Joy Dhammapala, piano accompaniment. This recording was part of Lea Redfern's ABC 'Radio Eye' program, 'The Palais'. That program was a documentation of an Urban Theatre Project undertaken at Parramatta Town Hall in the year 2000 with Richard Vella as composer in residence.
Vaudeville Links vaudeville performers who appeared in films; vaudeville performers who appeared onradio; vaudeville at the Orpheum theatre, San Francisco; Why did Vaudevillians http://members.rogers.com/vaudeville/links.htm
RadioSpirits.com On The Radio Though he got his showbiz start in vaudeville and later found http://www.radiospirits.com/onradio/ontheradio.asp?source=mb3home
Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre Eddie Cantor Comedy theatre (comedyvariety). (Syndicated by ZIV-TV, 1955) Vaudevilleand radio comedian Eddie Cantor was long associated with the song If http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/eddieCantorComedy.html
BBC Online - Radio 2 - Country - Artist Database - Macon, Uncle Dave and guitarist Sid Harkreader, the two of them teaming to perform at the local Loew'sTheatre, then moving on to tour the South as part of a vaudeville show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/country/artistdb/maconuncledave.shtml
Extractions: David Harrison Macon was born 7th October, 1870 in Smart Station, Tennessee. He grew up in a theatrical environment, his parents running a Nashville boarding house catering for showbusiness folk. Following his marriage to Mathilda Richardson, Macon moved to a farm near Readyville, Tennessee, there establishing a mule and wagon transport company which he operated for around twenty years. A talented banjoist and comic, he played at local functions for many years, but always on an amateur basis. He remained unpaid until 1918 when, wishing to decline an offer to play at a pompous farmer's party, he asked what he thought was the exorbitant fee of fifteen dollars, expecting to be turned down. But the fee was paid and Uncle Dave Macon played his first paid function, being spotted there by a Loew's talent scout, who offered him a spot at a Birmingham, Alabama theatre. He appeared in the 1940 film Grand Ole Opry and toured regularly throughout the 1940s. Even though he was at that time in his seventies, he maintained a heavy schedule. Often undertaking long haul trips in package shows with Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Curly Fox and others. He died aged eighty-two 22nd March, 1952 in Readyville, just three weeks after his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. Uncle Dave had never learned to drive a car, and even said in one song, 'I'd rather ride a wagon to heaven than to hell in an automobile.'
Theatre/Drama - Imagination - Themepark Visit a Greek theatre and learn about how Greek plays were performed, about theGolden Age of Greek drama, and more. vaudeville ActorVintage Ragtime and http://www.uen.org/themepark/html/imagination/theatre.html
Extractions: Folk and Fairy Tales ... Web Design Theatre/Drama Greek theatre, Roman spectacles, medieval miracle plays, Chinese opera, Elizabethan comedies and dramas and historical plays, Japanese Kabukitheatrical entertainment and art has been around for centuries. It is a product of imagination. Sample some of the following activities to learn more about theatre. Places To Go People To See Things To Do Teacher Resources ... Bibliography Places To Go The following are places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out about theatre. The ELAC Guide to Ancient Greek Theatre
Musicals On Television Lux radio theatre was just one series that adapted hit films for broadcast,usually with one or more of the original screen stars on hand. http://www.musicals101.com/tv.htm
Extractions: by John Kenrick Mary Martin performs "I'm Flyin'" during her landmark TV version of Peter Pan There have been hundreds of musicals produced for television, many of which were written specifically for the medium. Though seen by millions of people, little has been written about these shows and few soundtrack recordings have made it on to CD. As a result, most are forgotten. Preface: Musicals On Radio While the songs from musical shows and films were omnipresent on radio in the 1930's and 1940's, evidence suggests that only a very few musicals were written for radio. The Gibson Family was a musical situation comedy series that ran on the NBC Red Radio Network for thirty-nine weeks in 1935, featuring songs written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz . That same year
The Marx Brothers: Harpo Harpo was so upset that after they had toured the show in vaudeville for awhile andwere playing (according to Harpo) the theatre in Champagne, Illinois, Harpo http://www.marx-brothers.org/de/living/harpo.htm
Extractions: Les Marsden had some more information about Harpo's 'speaking career': Harpo was given the name Adolph, but changed it to Arthur during World War I because it was too 'German'. Through Alexander Woollcott the theater critic, who was responsible for their first big success in New York, Harpo became a member of the Algonquin Round Table In 1936 he married actress Susan Fleming. They adopted four children Bill, Alex, Jimmy and Minnie. Minnie is married to Jim Eagle Alex retired from his career as a submarine mechanic with the military. He and his wife Carol and two stepdaughters live in Vallejo. Jim owned a pottery shop and separate studio in San Luis Obispo. The shop was called 'Mudslingers'. He lost the store in a divorce about 1980 and is now happily remarried (different wife) and works at the San Onofre Nuclear Plant in security.
HISTORY OF THE STATE THEATRE and the largest booking agency for vaudeville acts in RCA renamed its new subsidiaryRadioKeith-Orpheum, RKO. The State theatre continued to thrive well into http://www.statetheatre.com/general/history.htm
Extractions: The historic State Theatre is a magnificently renovated 1921 vaudeville and silent film palace that is today a premier center for the performing arts. The State Theatre offers something for everyone including: international orchestras, soulful jazz, Broadway musicals, world-class dance, stand-up comedy, nostalgic big bands, glorious opera, children's events, educational programs, world music and more. The long and colorful story of the State Theatre begins at the dawn of the roaring 20s ... On Monday afternoon at two-thirty I will have both the honor and pleasure of presenting to the citizens of the City of New Brunswick and surrounding territory what I consider the finest theatre in the State. So declared theater manager Walter Reade in a quarter-page announcement in the Daily Home News of December 20, 1921, as he proudly launched the State Theatre into the cultural life of central New Jersey. Designed by noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb to offer both movies and live entertainment, "Reade's State Theatre" was one of the biggest, most lavish and modern theaters in the region. The opening matinee audience, who willingly paid the twenty-, thirty-, and fifty-cent admission, was treated to a live orchestra concert and a tenor rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner." The first feature presentation was the silent film
Performing Arts News - Free Theatre, Film, TV & Radio Ezine Clown is a part of theatre, so how can one learn more about clown and Two vaudevilleclowns, one of whom I got to meet and talk with. That was Brian Tate. http://www.performingartsnews.com/articles/who_loves_lucy.htm
Extractions: WHO LOVES LUCY? ...CLOWNS AND FROWNS By Ira Hal Seidenstein The USA-Australian filming of the life of Lucille Ball is due soon to begin. If you are an actor, in the Western world, there is a rather good chance that you are more than familiar with her work. Lucy (Lucille Ball) was a dancer turned film actress. She may be also one of the greatest clowns. She and her husband, the musician, actor and comedian Desi Arnaz, were also leading producers and corporate managers. It takes one to know one, is the preferred place to start, that is from the personal professional experience. Since clown is a huge and varied field, I will really be addressing clown's relation to theatre and acting (inclusive of film and TV). The way it is taught especially to actors is often quite mediocre, mini-cult like (one agrees and disagrees on cue) and as with many theatre subjects it is taught with a limiting barrier rather than as an open field of discovery. Certainly, many teachers will mouth the words 'try whatever you like'. Little by little though through their own psychological attitudes, the teacher will corral the student into a distinct and fundamentally limited viewpoint of what type of clown you (the student or actor) really are.
Hershey Theatre At its inception, Hershey theatre was more central Pennsylvania's answer to RadioCity Music Hall than to the Broadway stage. vaudeville ran with two changes a http://www.hersheyarchives.org/part1/hertheatre/hertha.html
Extractions: The Hershey Theatre owes its existence to entrepreneur and philanthropist Milton S. Hershey. Milton Hershey realized the importance of providing opportunities for recreation and entertainment for his workers and residents of the community he had created. One of his earliest dreams was the construction of a community building, housing a large, well-equipped legitimate theatre, built for the benefit of the people in the area; indeed, when he first planned the town in 1903, he reportedly incorporated such a structure in the initial plans. Henry Hershey, Milton's father, was as much a visionary as his son. He supposedly told school students in the Greiner School House (replaced in 1906 by the two story, limestone McKinley building) that someday his son would build a large community building on the very site on which they stood. Milton's father, who died in 1904, never saw the dream reach fruition, though he clearly foresaw it. As early as 1915, Milton Hershey possessed architect's drawings for the construction of a community building, but the arrival of World War I overclouded any such construction venture. As Mr. Hershey tightened his belt, the architect's plans were put away and virtually forgotten. The Hershey Community Building and Theatre, originally planned for construction in 1916, would not be constructed until 1929. The Community Building and Theatre were constructed during the Great Depression as part of Hershey's great building campaign. The Community Building and Theatre were built following the original 1916 plans drawn by C. Emlen Urban, a noted Lancaster, PA architect, with construction under the supervision of D. Paul Witmer. When completed, the building solidly stood in the center of town, spanning the block between Chocolate and Caracas Avenues, and bordered by Cocoa Avenue. It occupied sites once owned by Milton Hershey's mother and the McKinley School.
Soviet Performanc of the two leading experimental theatre groups in drawn from popular culture vaudevilleroutines, TV and dance routines, gangster films, radio variety shows http://www.irondale.org/press/articles/soviet.htm
Extractions: Productions Press Reviews Index THE ST. PETERSBURG/IRONDALE COLLABORATION Marvin Carlson During the period between October 10 and October 28, 1990, an unusual and highly entertaining example of contemporary Soviet-American theatrical collaboration was on display at the RAPP Arts Center in New York City. The two companies involved were the Irondale Ensemble of New York and the St. Petersburg Theater Salon of Leningrad. Irondale, recently hailed by New York magazine as one of the two leading experimental theatre groups in the city, has for a number of years been offering its own radically reworked versions of such classics as Poor Gynt As You Like It , and Peter Pan , freely mixing traditional literary texts with improvisation and parody, and with a wide variety of elements drawn from popular culture vaudeville routines, TV talk shows, commercial advertising, popular song and dance routines, gangster films, radio variety shows, and so on. The results have been enormously entertaining, and often moving and enlightening re-readings of familiar material, definitely post- modern in the mixture of high and low culture, the playful parodic tone, and the delight In the constant shifting of stylistic approach. The Uncle Vanya Show The Irondale Ensemble Project/St. Petersburg Salon Theatre, RAPP Arts CEnter, New York
Durango Colorado Melodrama - Diamond Circle Melodrama And Vaudeville A professional cast and lively production that will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart.Category Regional North America Durango Arts and Entertainment Step into the theatre and feel the magic all around the late 1800's and a lively LiveRadio Show will be followed by the famous Diamond Circle vaudeville Revue http://www.diamondcirclemelodrama.com/
Extractions: Durango's BEST Live Entertainment! Located in the Historic Strater Hotel, 7th and Main, Downtown Durango, the world famous Diamond Circle Melodrama is a wonderful excursion back in time, to a bygone era of heroines, villains, and oh yes, the hero too. Step into the theatre and feel the magic all around you, there's an excitement in the air, the curtain is rising and the show is about to begin! Our cast of professionals from across the country is sure to please you. You'll enjoy this year's productions of After Dark and The One for the Mohave Kid each followed by the famous Diamond Circle Vaudeville Revue. For more details, go to the 2003 Schedule Page Cheer the Heroes! Go see The Melodrama and you will leave all your troubles at the entrance. You will return to a former time of sing-alongs, slap-stick comedy, villains, heroes and beutiful heroines. You will find exciting entertainment that appeals to all ages. The shows are fun-filled family entertainment!
Extractions: New Deal Stage Manual for Federal Theatre Projects of the Works Progress Administration , October, 1935. Federal Theater First Production Conference of New York City. Poughkeepsie, New York , July 22-23-24, 1936. The Work Program, Works Progress Administration, Federal Theatre Project for New York City A Brief Delivered by Hallie Flanagan, Director, Federal Theatre Project, Works Progress Administration before the Committee on Patents, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. , February 8, 1936. Origin and Chronology of Drama Relief in New York City from January 1934 to January 1937. The Federal Theatre Project was the largest and most ambitious effort mounted by the Federal Government to organize and produce theater events. It was an effort of the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to provide work for unemployed professionals in the theater during the Great Depression which followed the stock market crash of October 1929. The Federal Theatre Project was one of four (subsequently five) arts-related projects called Federal Project Number One, established under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during Roosevelt's first term. The WPA was created through Executive Order No. 7034 issued on May 6, 1935. The FTP was administered from Washington, D. C., but its many companies stretched the full breadth of the Nation. It functioned from 1935 to 1939 when its funding was terminated. In that brief period, it was responsible for some of the most innovative staging of its time.
ACTWON THEATRE vaudeville What people watched before Movies Television theatre,899. vaudeville theatre, Movies, Music, Houdini, more 12-99. http://www.actwon.com/more/theatre.htm
Extractions: Playwrights Theatre Broadway Opera ... Search William Shakespeare .com Duck! William Shakespeare Works Plays William Shakespeare Works Plays William Shakespeare Timeline, Bio, Festivals, Cool links, more... William Shakespeare StudyWeb William Shakespeare Resources U. of Virginia Library William Shakespeare Movie list IMDB William Shakespeare Movie list Yahoo! William Shakespeare Hand i Links William Shakespeare G o o g l e search William Shakespeare G o o g l e directory WebRing Gilbert Sullivan Light Opera Mikado, Pirates of Penzance Gilbert Sullivan Bio Movie Robert Morley Maurice Evans Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Playwrighting G o o g l e Playwrights Theatre Broadway Opera ... Search Internet Theatre Database Internet Broadway Database Internet Movie Database American Theater About British Theater About William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Yahoo! William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre G o o g l e Musicals 101 Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film Theater .com News, Tickets, Shop, Clubs, Jobs, Sites... Theatri copia Shows Lyrics Jill Hobgood Theatre pedia ELAC Internet Theatre Library Theatre Library Association , New York Theater Playbills and Programs Library of Congress Theater Theatre Buy tickets for shows in NY, Toronto and England
Fargo Theatre- Our History vaudeville ended in the late 1920s, and organists were the fulltime organist at WDAYRadio and continued event programs from the Fargo theatre's Wurlitzer for http://www.fargotheatre.org/history.html
Extractions: On September 15, 1925, the T.F. Powers and Company construction firm began work on the Fargo Theatre at 314 Broadway, formerly the site of a fruit store known as the Idlekope Building. At a total cost of $350,000 for land, building improvements, and equipment, it took six months for completion. Henry Orth, of the architectural firm Buechner and Orth, designed the Theatre in the Baroque or Renaissance Revival style. The front facade of the building was clad in red brick and sat on a base of limestone. Entrance doors and a box office occupied the center at street level, and were flanked by a small storefront shop and a pair of exit door on each side. Above the exits, stone consoles visually supported cornices, each of which were terminated at the top with a decorative cartouch. The second level featured large windows, topped by arched stone hood moldings. Protruding from the wall between the arches were stone faces with grotesque expressions, their mouths open to accept the hanger rods of the marquee. Directly above, stone dentil work formed a decorative building cornice. Inside, a central lobby opened to a mezzanine level richly adorned with colored mirrors, a large crystal chandelier, and numerous art panels. The auditorium was furnished with seats of Spanish leather and seated 1300 patrons on the main level and in a balcony.
Say Goodnight Gracie In Say Goodnight Gracie, theatre audiences will of New York City, to his career invaudeville, his wooing their rise to success on stage, screen, radio, and TV http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/gracie.htm
Extractions: Tina M. Newhauser Say Goodnight Gracie is a new play by Rupert Holmes about the life and career of George Burns, the vaudeville comic/straight man who became a star of radio, television, nightclubs, and films. Burns partnered with his wife Gracie Allen throughout much of his career. This description of Say Goodnight Gracie comes from the press materials: "In
McCoy's Guide To Theatre And Performance Studies Guide to resources in theater and performing arts includes information for actors, technicians, playwrights, and fans. first began to research theatre sites on the internet, it there were very few theatre people who had taken an http://www.stetson.edu/departments/csata/thr_guid.html
Extractions: The ILShakeFest Font used in the creation of the title is freeware, thanks to Pete Guither and Scott Mann (Illinois State University). Other Guides In 1993, when I first began to research theatre sites on the internet, it was a difficult and laborious project. Sites were hard to find, search engines were underdeveloped, there were very few theatre people who had taken an interest in, or even knew about the internet. Obviously, things have changed. Now the World Wide Web is easily accessible through a variety of web browsers, making specific knowledge of such utilities as telnet, ftp, and gopher more or less obsolete. There are now so many theatre-related sites that keeping a truly comprehensive guide to resources theatre on the internet, compiled and maintained through human intervention, is incredibly time-consuming. The area of performance studies is even more of a problem, with its incursions into popular culture, communication studies, and hundreds of other (legitimate!) tangents.
