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Vaudeville

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What IS Vaudeville?

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An intorduction to VAUDEVILLE

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Judy Garland & Gene Kelly - Ballin' the Jack

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Mad World - Vintage Vaudeville - Style Cover ft. Puddles Pity Party & Haley Reinhart

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Theater Acting : What Is Vaudeville?

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment. It was especially popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. A typical vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, ventriloquists, strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobats, illustrated songs, jugglers, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and movies. A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a "vaudevillian".
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