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Before ‘talkies’ in the movies and long before television, there was vaudeville. Troupes of singers, dancers, musicians and comedians entertained live, on stage, in theaters. The Orpheum Circuit, for ...

“I am not a Vassar girl. I never went to school a day in my life. I was raised, if you wish to call it that, in vaudeville, going from town to town, playing with musicians, acrobats, dancers, even ...

Birmingham's Lyric Theatre opened in 1914 as a vaudeville house, showcasing acts that included singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, jugglers, magicians, animal acts and more. During the theater's ...

The days of vaudeville aren’t over — not at Westerly’s United Theatre. But you have to act fast if you want to catch this free show of dancers, acrobats, music and performances headlined by the ...