Directory of Vaudeville Resources

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Vaudeville shows are often light comic theatrical pieces that often combine pantomime, dancing, dialogue and song. Performances on a Vaudeville stage may range from animals, acrobats, comedians, dancers, singers and mimes.

Resources in This Category

• American Variety Stage

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/
  Vaudeville and popular entertainment from 1870-1920. Site from the Library of Congress.

• American Vaudeville Museum

  http://vaudeville.org/
  Site devoted to biographies of famous Vaudeville performers.

• Arthur Lloyd

  http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/
  Biographical information on Arthur Lloyd, major 19th century UK music hall performer and song writer, with details on related Halls and Theatres.

• Betsy's Backyard Follies

  http://www.backyardfollies.com/
  Vaudeville entertainment from the 30's and 40's.

• Jeff Gardner

  http://www.jeffgardner.net/
  Home page for veteran Broadway actor, and vaudeville comedian.

• Juggler and Comedian Mark Nizer

  http://active-media.com/nizer
  Won the International Juggling Championships and has taken his one man show to thousands of venues around the world.

• Mini-Chekhov

  http://method.vtheatre.net/doc/intro.html
  Offers Chekhov's one-act comedies: The Bear, Marriage Proposal, Wedding, and Tobacco.

• Vintage Vaudeville and Ragtime Show

  http://www.bestwebs.com/vaudeville/
  Site recreates a vaudeville show with authentic audio and video clips of actual Vaudeville performers.

• Windyridge Music Hall CDs

  http://www.musichallcds.com/
  Issues CDs of old songs of the British music halls taken from material originally recorded on 78rpm gramophone discs and phonograph cylinders.

 

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