Alfred Lunt

There were a great many in vaudeville - people who never quite came through. But they had their place, and they filled it. They kept theatres open. Those pan-timers, those interstate-timers, those four-a-dayers, those six-a-dayers - they were an integral part of that endearing merry-go-round called vaudeville.

American Director

Matt McGorry

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville.

American Actor

Julie Andrews

When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that.

English Actress

Michael Dirda

I once read that in vaudeville, it was often the straight guy who got paid more than the comic because that's the tougher job. He has to set up the jokes in just the right way.

American Critic

George C. Wolfe

Musicals spring forth from minstrelsy, vaudeville, melodramas; it was all these things combined to create the form.

American Playwright

James Broughton

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

Ann Reinking

Bob's work gleaned from hoofing, from vaudeville, from ballet.

American Actress

Larry Gelbart

If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.

American Writer

Anna Held

I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.

Polish Entertainer

Ralphie May

American Comedian

Vaudeville refers to an entertainment style that's not common today but was popular in the past.

Era Specific

Understanding vaudeville is important for grasping the development of American theatre and comedy.

Cultural Nuance

Vaudeville was a mix of many kinds of performances, not just one type.

Multidisciplinary

The adjective form is used when something resembles vaudeville entertainment.

Entertainment Context

Saying something has a 'vaudeville' style may imply it's deliberately old-fashioned or nostalgic.

Old-fashioned Flair

Vaudeville as an adjective suggests a blend of different comedy or performance genres.

Mix of Genres

 the human face is symbolic of heart or emotion that circus gets more popular clowns get more popular the pantomime world is coming together the circus reaching a golden age and eventually where all this pays off a mass entertainment scale is with vaudeville

This Clown Philosopher...

 with the latest technologies of our time, is the closest experience that can bring the archival story of the 1901 fair out of boxes and into life. Stories, like Tannie and Henrietta, a husband and wife vaudeville duo in love

Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe...

 tap dance has grown up in the world of American popular entertainment. From minstral shows and vaudeville, to night clubs, musical theater, and movie musicals, tap dance has held a featured role.