Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

Invites us to step back into an era when the hourglass figure was in vogue and striptease was a true art form. This...  Read More >>

Mervyn Conn is one of Britain's most successful and colourful music impresarios of the last century. Show business...  Read More >>

"Dunham is the straight man to some of the funniest partners in show business. ""All by My Selves"" is the story...  Read More >>

Offers an analysis of what makes people laugh, and why. This book looks at humour from various possible angles:...  Read More >>

Featuring contributions by new and established nineteenth-century theatre scholars, this collection of critical...  Read More >>

Examines popular culture's reliance on long-standing stereotypes of black men as animalistic, hypersexual, dangerous...  Read More >>

"Full of revealing portraits of many of the best-known comedic talents of the 1970s, ""I'm Dying Up Here"" is also...  Read More >>

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Funny, irreverent, and irresistible, This Time Together is filled with engaging anecdotes about Burnett's childhood;...  Read More >>

Offering a survey of variety musical theatre, this title chronicles the social history and class dynamics of the...  Read More >>

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Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed...  Read More >>

According to critics of his time, Bert Williams was the Greatest Comedian on the American Stage. A black Bahamian...  Read More >>

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From the early days of minstrelsy to Black Broadway, this book presents the story of African American entertainment...  Read More >>

The boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns...  Read More >>

A versatile performer, Eddie Foy contributed to the development of popular theater from the Civil War to the Roaring...  Read More >>

Letterman, Leno, Robin Williams, and many other soon to be stars were once young, broke and funny in 1970s L.A....  Read More >>

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Whenever stripper Gypsy Rose Lee encountered public criticism, she spoke frankly in her own defense. Frankel's lively...  Read More >>

Gypsy Rose Lee was the first - and the only - stripper to become a household name, write novels, and win the adulation...  Read More >>

Written by the author who following her public announcement that she was gay, was at a loss for work in the late...  Read More >>