Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

258 books were found.

ROY HUDD'S CAVALCADE VARIETY ACTS

ROY HUDD'S CAVALCADE VARIETY ACTS

Author: Roy Hudd, OBE
ISBN: 9781861052063
Format: Paperback
$28.44

A look at Variety Theatre and light entertainment 1945-60, where Roy Hudd recounts details of many acts, including...  Read More >>

Tony Pastor Presents: Afterpieces from the Vaudeville Stage

Tony Pastor Presents: Afterpieces from the Vaudeville...

Author: Susan Kattwinkel
ISBN: 9780313304590
Format: Hardback
$141.95

Issues addressed in each play are analyzed, such as prevailing societal attitudes, including those toward class...  Read More >>

The Tap Dance Dictionary

The Tap Dance Dictionary

Author: Mark Knowles
ISBN: 9780786403523
Format: Hardback
$145.20

The language of tap dancing is as rich and varied as that of any art, and different choreographers, teachers and...  Read More >>

The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque from the '40s and '50s

The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque from the '40s and...

Author: Len Rothe
ISBN: 9780764306037
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Len Rothe has again pulled from his collection of original photographs of entertainers this delightful selection...  Read More >>

Pun-filled Variety Sketches: A Comedy Revue of Vaudeville Type Skits

Pun-filled Variety Sketches: A Comedy Revue of Vaudeville...

Author: Hugh Smith
ISBN: 9781852052263
Format: Paperback
$12.81

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ROY HUDDS CAVALCADE OF VARIETY ACTS

ROY HUDDS CAVALCADE OF VARIETY ACTS

Author: Roy Hudd, OBE
ISBN: 9781861051158
Format: Hardback
$87.12

Variety theatre was ousted in most people's lives by television at the end of the 1950s. Roy Hudd recounts virtually...  Read More >>

Popular Music in England 1840–1914: A Social History

Popular Music in England 1840–1914: A Social History...

Author: David Russell ,  Peter Martin
ISBN: 9780719052613
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s

The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the...

Author: Len Rothe
ISBN: 9780764304491
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Magic Hour: A Life in Movies

Magic Hour: A Life in Movies

Author: Jack Cardiff ,  Martin Scorsese
ISBN: 9780571192748
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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American Original: A Life of Will Rogers

American Original: A Life of Will Rogers

Author: Ray Robinson
ISBN: 9780195086935
Format: Hardback
$69.95

An account of Will Rogers, who played a prominent role in American culture and society in the 1920s and 1930s as...  Read More >>

Music and Concert Hall Acoustics: Conference Proceedings from MCHA 1995

Music and Concert Hall Acoustics: Conference Proceedings...

Author: Yoichi Ando ,  Dennis Noson
ISBN: 9780120595556
Format: Paperback
$306.24

Music and Concert Hall Acoustics examines the fundamental relationship between the music, the concert hall, and...  Read More >>

An Evening at the Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in Seattle

An Evening at the Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in...

Author: Don Paulson ,  Roger Simpson
ISBN: 9780231096980
Format: Hardback
$132.95

Within the pages of this book lies the story of the community of lesbians and gays that blossomed around America's...  Read More >>

Berlin Cabaret

Berlin Cabaret

Author: Peter Jelavich
ISBN: 9780674067622
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Fads and fashions, sexual mores, and political ideologies—all were subject to satire and parody on the cabaret stage....  Read More >>

The Best Burlesque Sketches: As Adapted for Sugar Babies and Other Entertainments

The Best Burlesque Sketches: As Adapted for Sugar Babies...

Author: Ralph Allen ,  Peter Larkin
ISBN: 9781557831897
Format: Paperback
$39.47

THE BEST BURLESQUE SKETCHES  Read More >>

Liberace: A Bio-Bibliography

Liberace: A Bio-Bibliography

Author: Jocelyn Faris
ISBN: 9780313293832
Format: Hardback
$120.00

Born in Wisconsin in 1919, Wladziu Valentino Liberace began his career as a performer at roadhouses, bars, stag...  Read More >>

Tap!: The Greatest Tap Dance Stars And Their Stories, 1900-1955

Tap!: The Greatest Tap Dance Stars And Their Stories,...

Author: Rusty Frank
ISBN: 9780306806353
Format: Paperback
$63.36

"""From the vaudeville era, through the Astaire-Rogers movies, to the intricate artistry of bebop, tap has dominated...  Read More >>

Eleanor Powell: A Bio-Bibliography

Eleanor Powell: A Bio-Bibliography

Author: Margie Schultz
ISBN: 9780313281105
Format: Hardback
$120.00

Eleanor Powell began her notable career at age 12, with an appearance at a supper show at an Atlantic City hotel....  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Vaudeville

Encyclopedia of Vaudeville

Author: Anthony Slide
ISBN: 9780313280276
Format: Hardback
$316.67

Product information not available.  Read More >>

From the Bowery to Broadway

From the Bowery to Broadway

Author: Armond Fields ,  L.Marc Fields
ISBN: 9780195053814
Format: Hardback
$90.00

The early history of Broadway and the American theatre is explored in this biography of one of its first innovators...  Read More >>

Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Author: Herbert G. Goldman
ISBN: 9780195057256
Format: Hardback
$47.95

A biography of Fanny Brice which chronicles her entire stage career from childhood amateur shows to national fame....  Read More >>

Jolson

Jolson

Author: Herbert G. Goldman
ISBN: 9780195063295
Format: Paperback
$23.95

Offering an insight of the early days of Broadway and talking pictures, this biography of Al Jolson explores both...  Read More >>

Stand-Up Comedy: The Book

Stand-Up Comedy: The Book

Author: Judy Carter
ISBN: 9780440502432
Format: Paperback
$26.99

All the world loves a clown and whether you want to clown around at parties or make a living as a standup comic,...  Read More >>

Jolson

Jolson

Author: Herbert G. Goldman
ISBN: 9780195055054
Format: Hardback
$54.95

Offering an insight of the early days of Broadway and talking pictures, this biography of Al Jolson explores both...  Read More >>

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