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Trent Armand Kendall, one of our NYMF guest artists in Travesties of 2012 opens his own show in the festival tonight! For tickets and more info see NYMF.org
Today is the opening day of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, otherwise known as NYMF. In addition to my own show, opening in (ulp!) ten days, there’s around 30 other great shows …
New York Musical Theatre Festival and Trav S.D.'s American Vaudeville Theatre (Est. 1995) present JULY 19-28 "Variety at its finest" – -Time Out New York "One of the best entertainment…
Today is Ringo Starr’s birthday! For my full post on Ringo Starr, Vaudevillian go here. Â Here’s one of my favorite of his songs, co-written by George Harrison. The song has al…
I am a big fan of Ten Directions and also a Titanic buff so it was inevitable that I would go see their co-production of this show with Tribeca Lab. I didn’t get my fill of either from…
Today is the birthday of Australian swimmer, vaudeville performer and film actress Annette Kellerman. The clip above is from her 1914 silent film Neptune’s Daughter and includes …
Today is P.T. Barnum’s birthday (for my full article on him go here). Major American show business figures don’t have stature unless there is a preposterous, dreadful Hollywoo…
Today is also the great American songwriter Stephen Foster’s birthday. (see here for his bio). Here’s some of his music done with a twist. No matter who the composer is, Chet Atk…
Today (among other things to be celebrated) is George M. Cohan’s birthday (for his full bio go here). Sadly he hated the recording arts, so there’s very little film of him de…
Today is the birthday of the great stage and screen comedian Leon Errol, most famous for his comic drunk portrayals. (For more on Errol go here). Here he is in the 1931 film One Heavenly …
Look, I won’t “jive” you, as today’s young people say. I had some trepidation about listening to the Electric Mess’s second album, Falling Off the Face of the E…
Well, it was 95 degrees last night and I just finished a new book, so the Countess (who knows how to take care of me) dragged my dazed carcass down to Coney Island for a little diversion. I&…
Renaldo The Tonight at The Living Room at 11pm
Today is the birthday of the late Harry Blackstone Jr. (for more on this great second generation magician, go here). His most famous illusion is the “Floating Light Bulb”, so wel…
Today is the birthday of funny lady Joan Davis of “I Married Joan” and much more (for a full bio go here). Now here she is performing “Olga from the Volga” from the 1…
The always out of hand Killy Dwyer has having her shoutrageous party tonight and Saturday to celebrate the release of her new CD! (Details below). And don’t miss July 19 at 9:30 …
Today is the birthday of screen comedienne Polly Moran (for her full bio go here). Here she is along with Slim Summerville and Charlie Murray in the Mack Sennett classic Her Painted Hero�…
In the mid 1970s if you asked me who my favorite comedians were I would have said Steve Martin and the Unknown Comic. The latter’s identity at the time was a well kept secret. I didn&#…
Today is the birthday of crazy-legged comedienne Charlotte Greenwood (for her full bio plus a clip of her with Buster Keaton go here). In the clip below from Down Argentine Way she follows t…
Today is the birthday of “The Street Singer” Arthur Tracy (for a full bio go here). Now here he is singing one of the better known tunes from his repertoire: To find out more abo…
2 p.m. today! Go here for all the details!
Good news for Ernie Kovacs fans! Kovacs’ archivist Ben Model recently came across an unreleased set of Percy Dovetonsil recordings made by television’s original genius and left j…
Go figure: Iron Mike gets a Broadway show and I get to guest-blog at the New York Times! Well, stranger things have happened – - and to me! At any rate, my piece is here, at http://art…
