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• Justilicious Revue ~ Act I:I

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 173
  Heyhey, So i along with the rest of SL have been waiting with bated breath for the latest Designers United event and yay, its finally here! I’ll be posting looks from the collection throughout the day however there are other amazing new releases that I HAD to also post. My friend Micah just released fabulous new ...
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• ..as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 173
  MILK MOTION FOR DESIGNERS UNITED III . VAUDEVILLE My Vaudeville Hat By Milk Motion (DU III) My Vaudeville Coat by Milk Motion (DU III) My Vaudeville playsuit by Milk Motion (DU III) Other . Hair by *booN Alexia skin in grey pale by Lara Skin Monocole by -NALA- Leggings by (P-K) Riding ...
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• "Who’s On First" For English Majors, Word Nerds and Grammar Nazis!

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  Proper nouns Lou and Alex go PROnoun. English Majors, Word Nerds and Grammar Nazis: this ones for you! A twist on the classic "Whos On First" by Abbot and Costello. Directed and edited by Who? No! Directed and edited by Ballard C. Boyd - http://www.ballardcboyd.com
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• Stars of Vaudeville #96, 97 & 98: Belle Baker, Fay Templeton & Evelyn Nesbit

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  While many of us celebrate Christmas today, up in show business heaven, certain lovely ladies of the theatre are celebrating their birthdays. Neither Kings nor Wise Men, let us nonetheless contemplate the gifts of these three paragons of the vaudeville era . BELLE BAKER A transplant from the Yiddish theatre ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #95: Jimmy Savo

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  JIMMY SAVO, “THE MIDGET STRONG MAN” No one knows when Jimmy Savo was born, so let’s celebrate him today! so little he is – e.e. cummings Jimmy Savo’s success was the living embodiment of the evolutionary principle known as neoteny.  With his large, soulful eyes, and dwarfish body, as a grown man ...
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• Dance-hall days on 14th Street

  
  Ephemeral New York — Authority: 518
  Fourteenth Street near Union Square has gone through many incarnations. In the late 1800s it hosted New York’s theater district, home to theaters and music halls as well as piano and organ salesrooms.  You can see the Steck Pianos sign and a sign for Estey, and organ manufacturer, in this 1880s photo of 14th ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #94: Dan Leno, “The Funniest Man on Earth”

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  This legendary music hall artist was a major influence on all subsequent British comedians. Born George Galvin in 1860, he made his stage debut at age 4. He became a star of the English panto in such productions as Jack and the Beanstalk (Surrey Theatre, 1886) and Babes in the Woods (1888, Drury Lane). In the 90s, ...
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• Cattle Decapitation and GAZA Plot April 2010 Tour

  
  Braingell Radio — Authority: 150
  Salt Lake City’s GAZA will support CATTLE DECAPITATION on a week of shows in April 2010 that sees the bands traverse almost the entire US. Cattle Decapitation dates with GAZA : April 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ Area 702 April 19 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre April 20 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #93: Horace Goldin

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  Today, we celebrate the birthday of Horace Goldin, the magician who, more than any other, popularized the trick of sawing a woman in half, which he did from the late 19 th century until his death in 1939. He is equally famous for his p.r. stunt of driving through town in an ambulance with a sign that said “in case ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #92: The Duncan Sisters

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  Vaudeville encyclopediast Anthony Slide calls them “one of the greatest sister acts on the vaudeville stage”. Though they were known and loved for their wholesomeness, reportedly Rosetta (1896-1959) was an alcoholic lesbian and Vivian (1899-1986) was married to a closet gay who wanted to involve her in three-ways. ...
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• Uuuuh…. sure, we’ll say this is a Day 16 Post: A Very Dickens Christmas

  
  Who let the dorks out? — Authority: 116
  So, I second what Pau said. We seem to all be very busy and/or sick right now. It’s all I could do to release some Victorian inspired poses, from Olive Juice , right before Christmas. Now these can be used for a few things, but “A Stroll With Jane” and “Dapper Darcy” are very Austen-meets-Dickens, and can ...
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• Megan Mullally All Set To Perform At West End Stage

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  By Gina GomezDec.16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American actress and singer Megan Mullally is all set to make her debut appearance at the West End stage next year, where she would be performing along with her musical band Supreme Music Program. The much anticipated event is scheduled to commence from the month of February next ...
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• The Morning Benders Sign to Rough Trade Records

  
  Raised On Indie: Raised on Indie — Authority: 143
  New album Big Echo to be released March 9th; Spring US headline tour announced. - – - We are very excited to announce that The Morning Benders have just signed with Rough Trade Records . Their sophomore effort, Big Echo , will be released in North America by Rough Trade on March 9, 2010 Coming off ...
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• Let It Show, Let It Show, Let It Show!

  
  NBC Chicago Street Team — Authority: 115
  Janelle Rominski, NBC Chicago Street Team Chicago is an amazing city for many shows to shine. Whether it is a pre-Broadway production, post-Broadway tour or a one night only concert – this city has many wonderful options to choose from. With Guy Laliberté, Founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil Cirque du ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #91: Lillian Roth

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  Have you ever watched Animal Crackers and wondered why the ingenue was so expansive and arch, as though she were one of the stars? The reason is, she was one of the stars. Though not as big as the Marx Brothers, Lillian Roth was well-known to audiences of her day. At age 9 she and her sister Ann formed a ...
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• Henny Youngman

  
  Life Upon the Sacred Stage — Authority: 125
  "I thought about becoming an atheist, but gave it up. There are no holidays." -- Henny Youngman To read other blog postings, visit http://uponthesacredstage.blogspot.comCopyright 2009 Retta Blaney
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• Stars of Vaudeville #90: Barbette (and a little plug)

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  It doesn’t get much more vaudevillian than this. Barbette was a female impersonator/ trapeze artist. Born in 1904 (real name Vander Clyde), he spent his childhood practicing trapeze skills as a hobby. At age 14, he answered a job ad placed the Afaretta Sisters, the “World Famous Aerial Queens”. To get the job, ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #89: Sammy Davis, Jr.

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  I think we can all agree that Sammy was one dynamite cat. You don’t get to be A-1 unless you got the moves and the pipes, baby – and Sammy swung from the moment he arrived on this crazy, spinning planet. (Alright, I’ll stop.) He was born in Harlem at the height of its Renaissance in 1925. His father (Sammy ...
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• Zuppa: The Next Course

  
  Odin's Aviary — Authority: 109
  Traditionally, we know what our Zuppa del Giorno show is going to be at least a year in advance, if not more. That seems funny to write, especially with how much I write about the process starting from nothing at the beginning of the rehearsal process. Yet both are true. We never start out with a show, ...
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• Trav S.D. at MoSex December 16

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 123
  Bet you never thought you’d read THAT headline! The delicious (and generous) Molly Crabapple often cites No Applause as an inspiration for her work, including her new graphic novel, penned with her partner John Leavitt Scarlet Takes Manhattan . We’ll be talking about such matters as hubba, hubba-hubba, and ...
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