Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

258 books were found.

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

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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: 9780822341574
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque...  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: 9780822341338
Format: Hardback
$250.67

Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque...  Read More >>

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

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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 >>

Common As Muck!: The Autobiography of Roy 'Chubby' Brown

Common As Muck!: The Autobiography of Roy 'Chubby' Brown...

Author: Roy Chubby Brown
ISBN: 9780316029872
Format: Hardback
$79.07

The frank, funny and astonishing story of Roy 'Chubby' Brown, one of the UK's most popular (and filthiest!) comedians...  Read More >>

Showband!: Mahora and the Maori Volcanics

Showband!: Mahora and the Maori Volcanics

Author: Mahora Peters ,  James George
ISBN: 9781869691592
Format: Audio
$105.60

The incredible international success story of Maori showbands comes to life here through the experiences of Mahora...  Read More >>

Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville

Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville

Author: Armond Fields
ISBN: 9780786430543
Format: Hardback
$145.20

"From his early success as the owner of Tony Pastor's Opera House to his role as ""Little Man Tony"" following the...  Read More >>

Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915

Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals and the Mass Marketing...

Author: Andrew L. Erdman
ISBN: 9780786431151
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Reveals the often racy, ribald, and sexually charged nature of the vaudeville stage, looking at an array of provocative...  Read More >>

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