Not long ago, venues across the country were selling out houses and packing in crowds- and it wasn't for plays, musicals, or concerts as we know them today. Vaudeville, while its time in the spotlight ...

Aerialists and animal acts. Comics, clowns and magicians. Singers, strongmen, dancers and a dog that supposedly talked, counted and predicted the future. And then, there were names like Armstrong, ...

BAY CITY, MI-- From 1908 to 1927 magicians, singers, comedians -- and even strippers -- graced the stage of the Bijou Theatre, in forms of entertainment known as vaudeville and burlesque. Although ...

Historian and writer Trav S.D. visits Coney Island. (Photo by Bill Scurry) There truly is no business like show business. The late-19th and early-20th centuries witnessed the birth of vaudeville ...

Pt. 1. The singers -- Maggie Cline -- Lottie Gilson -- Eva Tanguay -- Anna Held -- Stella Mayhew -- Bonnie Thornton -- Vesta Victoria -- Ada Reeve -- Emma Carus ...