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1. usdiscoveryhub.com › vaudevilleVaudeville: Reviving the Golden Age of Entertainment ...

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   Mar 19, 2023 · Modern vaudeville is a revival or reinterpretation of the traditional vaudeville style of variety entertainment that was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It combines elements of traditional vaudeville, such as music, comedy, dance, and magic, with modern performance styles and techniques.

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3. www.pbs.org › history-vaudeville-and-broadway › 31History ~ Vaudeville and Broadway | Make 'Em Laugh | PBS

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   Dec 2, 2008 · The Golden Age of American stage comedy would be further diluted by the advent of sound film as many idiosyncratic stage comedians and Broadway writers went West.

4. www.schultz-hill.org › golden-age-of-vaudevilleGolden Age of Vaudeville - schultz-hill foundation

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   2019 Golden Age of Vaudeville The Schultz-Hill Foundation | 1616 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City New Jersey 08401 | Phone: 609.344.3112 | Fax: 609.344.5244 | Join us on Facebook

5. filmforum.org › series › the-marx-brothers-theTHE MARX BROTHERS & The Golden Age of Vaudeville

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   DUCK SOUP. Thursday, September 29. 10:00. THE MARX BROTHERS & The Golden Age of Vaudeville FEATURING NEW RESTORATIONS FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS This series features brand new restorations of the Marx Brothers’ five films from Paramount Pictures, now part of the Universal library: The Cocoanuts (1929), Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business ...

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6. www.broadwayworld.com › article › What-Was-theWhat Was the Golden Age of Broadway?

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   • What Was The Golden Age of Broadway?
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   • Which Composers Wrote Golden Age Musicals?
   • Which Musicals Were A Part of The Golden Age of Broadway?
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   Widely regarded as the greatest period of growth for musical theatre as an artform, the artists of the Golden Age are to thank for the creation and development of musicals as we know them today. Musicals existed long before the Golden Age, with operettas and vaudeville-style shows being some of the most popular forms of entertainment of the late 19...

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   Rodgers and Hammerstein officially launched the Golden Age with their trailblazing Oklahoma! in 1943. The musical, which is considered Broadway's first blockbuster, ran for an unprecedented (at the time) 2212 performances and triggered a change in musicals that would remain for decades to come. Broadway boomed in post World War II America, as audie...

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   The Golden Age was defined by writing teams that would go on to influence generations of artists to come, the most popular being Richard Rodgers and Oscar HammersteinII. Their work not only triggered the movement, but dominated Broadway at the time. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe were also major contributors, as well as luminaries like Leonard...

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   Just some of the many include: Oklahoma! (1943) On the Town (1944) Carousel (1945) Annie Get Your Gun (1946) Brigadoon (1947) Finian's Rainbow (1947) Kiss Me, Kate (1948) South Pacific (1949) Guys and Dolls (1950) Paint Your Wagon (1951) The King and I (1951) Wonderful Town (1953) Kismet (1953) The Pajama Game (1954) My Fair Lady (1956) Damn Yankee...

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   Learn more about the Golden Age of Broadway with documentaries like 'Broadway: The American Musical' and 'Rick McKay's "Broadway: The Golden Age':

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7. www.goodreads.com › book › showAmerican Vaudeville As Seen By Its Contemporaries - Goodreads

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   Oct 12, 1984 · 3.95. 20 ratings3 reviews. A compellation of articles, excerpts from books, etc. that refer to the Golden Age of Vaudeville by the people who were there, wrote the reviews, and quite a lot of the ones who made it great. Divided into five sections: Beginnings.

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   When did vaudeville die?

   • Sound film provided the final resting place for vaudeville; many historians claim May 7, 1932 as the funeral date, when the Palace, New York’s most prestigious vaudeville house switched from two-a-day shows to the lower rent four-a-day shows, interspersed with short films.

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   Why was vaudeville a popular form of entertainment?

   • Vaudeville was the next logical extension of the music hall, a popular form of urban entertainment in the mid-19th Century, which provided for a variety of acts to perform in front of an all-male audience, while it enjoyed a beer or two. Music hall (or variety, as it was also called) was basically a theater with a saloon attached.

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   What was a vaudeville show?

   • Shows in vaudeville featured almost a dozen different artists, or acts, at a time, performing all kinds of material—songs, comedy routines, magic, acrobatics, novelty acts, dramatic readings–on what were called “bills.”

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   What happened to 'vaudeville'?

   • Perhaps, at least at the beginning of vaudeville’s demise, Broadway inflicted more wounds than did the motion pictures. Broadway revues were becoming increasingly upscale after World War I, and more competitive with each other. (Variety magazine added a category called “Legit” to distinguish these classier productions from “Vaude.”)

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9. teatromartinifl.com › 2023/06/13 › from-vaudevilleFrom Vaudeville to Teatro Martini: A Captivating History of ...

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   Jun 13, 2023 · The Golden Age of Vaudeville: During the early 20th century, vaudeville reached its peak, becoming the premier entertainment medium of the time. Renowned performers like Charlie Chaplin, Mae West, and Houdini honed their skills in vaudeville before achieving widespread fame.