Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

256 books were found.

Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present

Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth...

Author: L. Hass ,  F. Coppa
ISBN: 9780230607880
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking...  Read More >>

The Moulin Rouge and Black Rights in Las Vegas: A History of the First Racially Integrated Hotel-Casino

The Moulin Rouge and Black Rights in Las Vegas: A History...

Author: Earnest N. Bracey
ISBN: 9780786439928
Format: Paperback
$49.50

The Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino is easily overlooked by modern-day visitors to the Las Vegas strip. This book...  Read More >>

I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Standup Comedy's Golden Era

I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Standup...

Author: William Knoedelseder ,  William Dufris
ISBN: 9781400151844
Format: Audio
$65.97

David Letterman, Jay Leno, Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Garry Shandling, and many other soon-to-be-stars...  Read More >>

Pantomime Book

Pantomime Book

Author: Roy Hudd, OBE ,  Roy Hudd, OBE
ISBN: 9780720613193
Format: Paperback
$19.99

In this, the first ever--and still the only--published collection of pantomime sketches and gags, actor Paul Harris...  Read More >>

Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern

Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping...

Author: Jayna Brown
ISBN: 9780822341574
Format: Paperback
$68.51

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Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern

Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping...

Author: Jayna Brown
ISBN: 9780822341338
Format: Hardback
$250.67

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When the Laughing Stopped: The Strange, Sad Death of Will Rogers

When the Laughing Stopped: The Strange, Sad Death of...

Author: John Evangelist Walsh
ISBN: 9781602230293
Format: Hardback
$71.15

The sudden death of renowned American entertainer Will Rogers inspired a national mourning not seen since Lincoln's...  Read More >>

A Prairie Home Companion: The Final Performance

A Prairie Home Companion: The Final Performance

Author: Garrison Keillor
ISBN: 9781598876017
Format: Audio
$52.67

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No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance: A History of the American Musical Theater

No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance: A History of the American...

Author: Sheldon Patinkin
ISBN: 9780810119949
Format: Paperback
$118.80

"Traces the American musical from its rich beginnings in European opera. This book talks about the infancy of the...  Read More >>

Horribly Awkward: The New Funny Bone

Horribly Awkward: The New Funny Bone

Author: Edwin Page
ISBN: 9780714531526
Format: Paperback
$32.95

A celebration of contemporary comedy which focuses on the trend for discomfort and the extreme. This title looks...  Read More >>

A Prairie Home Companion: Anniversary Album

A Prairie Home Companion: Anniversary Album

Author: Garrison Keillor
ISBN: 9781598876000
Format: Audio
$52.67

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A Prairie Home Companion: Tourists

A Prairie Home Companion: Tourists

Author: Garrison Keillor
ISBN: 9781598876055
Format: Audio
$39.47

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The Music of George Gershwin for Clarinet

The Music of George Gershwin for Clarinet

Author:
ISBN: 9780711913325
Format: Book
$25.85

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A Prairie Home Companion: Hope

A Prairie Home Companion: Hope

Author: Garrison Keillor
ISBN: 9781598876079
Format: Audio
$36.83

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A Prairie Home Companion: Faith

A Prairie Home Companion: Faith

Author: Garrison Keillor
ISBN: 9781598876062
Format: Audio
$36.83

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The Velvet Hammer Burlesque

The Velvet Hammer Burlesque

Author: Michelle Carr ,  Hendrik Hellige
ISBN: 9783899552027
Format: Hardback
$171.60

"The Velvet Hammer Burlesque has put the ""tease"" back into striptease. Based in Los Angeles and founded by Michelle...  Read More >>

Grace, Beauty and Banjos: Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes

Grace, Beauty and Banjos: Peculiar Lives and Strange...

Author: Michael Kilgarriff
ISBN: 9781840021165
Format: Paperback
$68.51

A backstage look at music hall, variety and vaudeville, illustrated with the posters and the photographs of thetime....  Read More >>

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Author: Steve Martin
ISBN: 9780743569729
Format: Audio
$79.07

Unabridged audiobook of legendary comedian and actor Steve Martin's memoir of his early years in showbusiness, read...  Read More >>

Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star

Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and...

Author: Camille Forbes
ISBN: 9780465024797
Format: Hardback
$72.60

From the traveling troupes of the Wild West all the way to the...  Read More >>

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