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G. William "Bill" Oakley, Jr. (March 19, 1937 – October 30, 2010) [1] was a theatrical producer-director-actor and seminal figure in the revival of early American theater, melodrama and vaudeville with theaters in Colorado and Missouri.
The Melodrama is staffed with anywhere from 250 to 300 volunteers every single year. This includes anyone in the cast and crew, even the directors. Audrey Mayfield and Brad Goodman have teamed up ...
This is a partial list of vaudeville performers. Inclusion on this list indicates that the subject appeared at least once on the North American vaudeville stage during its heyday between 1881 and 1932. The source in the citation included with each entry confirms their appearance and cites information in the performance notes section.
Vaudeville (/ ˈ v ɔː d (ə) v ɪ l, ˈ v oʊ-/; [1] French: ⓘ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. [2] A Vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs ...
Antonio Pastor, father of Tony, was a fruit-seller, barber, and violinist from Spain. [4] [5] His family was reputed by contemporaries to be "of gypsy blood". [6]He met his future wife, Cornelia Buckley, who was from New Haven, Connecticut, after he came to New York.
Legitimate theatre [a] is live performance that relies almost entirely on diegetic elements, with actors performing through speech and natural movement. [2] [3] Traditionally, performances of such theatre were termed legitimate drama, [4] [2] [3] while the abbreviation the legitimate refers to legitimate theatre or drama and legit is a noun referring both to such dramas and actors in these dramas.
Gallagher and Shean, a popular vaudeville act of the 1920s. Though vaudeville lasted into the 1930s, its popularity waned because of the rise of motion pictures. Some failed to survive the transition to movies and disappeared. By the 1920s, double acts were beginning to attract worldwide fame more readily through the silent era.
Benjamin Antier, real name Benjamin Chevrillon, (21 March 1787 – 25 April 1870), was a 19th-century French playwright.. An author of melodramas and vaudevilles written in collaboration with other dramatists, he is mostly known for his drama L'Auberge des Adrets, premiered in 1823.