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 ...

Before the silver screen, there was vaudeville—the vibrant form of entertainment that captivated audiences with its variety of acts. In early 20th-century San Diego, the vaudeville scene was a ...

Celebrated local playwright Jeffrey Neuman has long been drawn to vaudeville. “So much of what we have inherited in American pop culture comes to us from the vaudeville stage,” Neuman says. “It has a ...

Leland Stanford (California governor from 1862-63), believed a galloping horse had all four legs off the ground at one time and hired photographer Eadweard Muybridge to find a way to prove it.

CEDAR FALLS — The piano may be small, but it looms large in vaudeville history. Manufactured in New York, the miniature piano is a little battered, but well-traveled after decades on the road, carted ...

"Miss Pittsfield," Miss Martha E. Hick, who crowned herself with glory at the Atlantic City pageant last week by winning high ranking prizes or honorable mention in every contest in which she was ...

Star Time (produced by Paul Small) is a creaky vaudeville coupé kept moving only because Lou Holtz, a tireless master of ceremonies, is between the shafts. There is one big-time act: the gracefully ...