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Vaudeville, old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performers in America

2007; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 44; Issue: 09 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.44-4777

1943-5975

Frank Cullen, Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly,

Music History and Culture

Contents include: GENRES: Acrobats Aerialists Bicyclists and Roller Skating Acts Blackface & Whiteface Clowns Comedy Teams Contortionists Ethnic Acts Female Impersonators Jugglers Magicians Mind Readers Monologuists Pantomimists Percussive Dancers (Clog, Buck, Tap, Acrobatic Tap) Skirt Dancers Song & Dance Men Stand-up Comics Sword Swallowers Torch Singers Ventriloquists VENUES: Borscht Belt Burlesque Cabaret Circus Comic Opera Medicine Shows Minstrel Shows Music Hall Nightclubs Saloons Tab Shows USO Variety PERFORMERS: Al Jolson Alberta Hunter Ann Hampton Calloway Anna Pavlova Anna Russell Babe Ruth Belle Baker Bert Lahr Bert Williams & George Walker Bessie Smith Bette Midler Bill Bailey Bill Irwin Billie Burke Bloo Lips Bob Fosse Bob Hope Buck & Bubbles Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Buster Keaton Butterbeans & Susie Cab Calloway Carmen Miranda Charles Honi Coles & Charles Cholly Atkins Charles Ludlam Charlie Chaplin Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) Dan Rice Danny Kaye Dewey Pigmeat Markham Divine Dolly Sisters Earl Snakehips Tucker Eartha Kitt Eddie Cantor Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Edith Piaf Enrico Caruso Eric Bogosian Ethel Merman Ethel Waters Fanny Brice Fats Waller Flying Karamazov Brothers Four Chocolate Dandies Fred Astaire Gallagher & Shean George Burns & Gracie Allen George M. Cohan George Raft Georgie Jessel Ginger Rogers Gracie Fields Gypsy Rose Lee Harrigan & Hart Harry Houdini Helen Morgan Hoagy Carmichael Imogene Coca Irwin Corey Isadora Duncan Jack Benny Jackie Gleason James Cagney Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara Joe E. Brown John Leguizamo Jonathon Winters Josephine Baker Judy Garland Judy Holliday Katherine Dunham King Rastus Brown Laurel & Hardy Libby Holman Lillian Russell Lily Tomlin Little Egypt Lottie Lenya Louis Armstrong Mabel Mercer Mae West Marlene Dietrich Martha Raye Martin & Lewis Marx Brothers Maurice Chevalier Mike Nichols & Elaine May Milton Berle Moms Mabley Nicholas Brothers Pearl Bailey Pee Wee Herman Peg Leg Bates Penn & Teller Phil Silvers Phyllis Diller Pinky Lee Redd Foxx Ritz Brothers Robert Benchley Robin Williams Ruth Etting Sally Rand Sarah Bernhardt Senor Wences Sid Caesar Sophie Tucker Spaulding Gray Spike Jones Texas Guinan The Three Stooges Van & Schenck Vernon & Irene Castle W.C. Fields Weber & Fields Whoopi Goldberg Will Rogers Williams & Walker Zero Mostel