Thursday, February 11, 2010

Mae West: Viva Vaudeville

MAE WEST and other vaudeville legends were fondly recalled in a Canadian article that draws attention to an ambitious variety show being planned in Ontario. Performers are needed.
• • Laurel Beechey begins "Vaudeville show planned for Annandale" by offering some history. She writes: What form of entertainment included the following: singers, dancers, musicians, comedians, trained animals, impersonators, comedians, jugglers, acrobats, lecturing celebrities and short one act plays? Here is a hint. If you were bad they threw tomatoes and other produce at you! You are right — — Vaudeville!
• • There are not a lot of people around anymore who know what Vaudeville was all about, but that will be rectified by Annandale National Historic Site's Vaudeville exhibit this summer. To top off the exhibit, the museum would like Theatre Tillsonburg to help by producing a Vaudeville show.
• • So let me give you some background on Vaudeville so you can work up the perfect act for the show. ...
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• • Article: "Vaudeville Show Planned for Annandale"
• • By Laurel A. Beechey
• • Published by: Tillsonburg News [P.O. Box 190, 25 Townline Road, Tillsonburg, N4G4H6, Ontario, Canada]
• • Published on: 11 February 2010

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• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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