A shift from a vaudevillian aesthetic to a narrative one of comic realism was necessary in order to sustain an audience.The vaudeville aesthetic dominated comedy. It was a variety show of short ...

The Vaudeville plays host to comedy nights once a month and has seen such Denver acts as Andrew Orvedahl, Phil Palisoul, Elliot Woolsey and more. Fitzgerald is one of the higher-profile Glenwood ...

a vaudeville comedy; the new three-act piece that is not improper. some details of the story contained in it--other points about the representation. share full article. nov. 26, 1886.

There’s a misleading — some might say maddening — word association with “vaudeville’’ as interpreted by some folks these days. That word often conjures images of pie-in-the-face ...

If you ever enjoyed an evening of vaudeville, comedy, cartoons, or any of the bizarro programming at the old Steve Allen Theater, you have Amit Itelman to thank. “We were the L.A. clubhouse for ...

We were lunching at Musso & Frank's, which is a glorious old restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard once filled with luminaries from the worlds of literature and cinema, but almost empty on this ...

Vaudeville comedy now seems out-of-date and out-of-touch. A veteran critic who died in 1938 predicted that vaudeville comedy was not going to age well: "It must be remembered that old vaudeville ...

THE SUNSHINE BOYS. May 2-17, 2025. A comedy by Neil Simon. Directed by Michael Serrecchia. Willie Clark and Al Lewis are an aging vaudeville comedy duo whose partnership ended bitterly after over ...

He knows young people might not even be familiar with the term ‘vaudeville,’ the mix of song, dance, comedy and specialty acts that comprised popular entertainment in the early 1900s.

For Phil Palisoul and stand-up comedy, it was love at first laugh. “I did three minutes at an open mic night at The Comedy Works downtown [Denver], and that was almost 25 years ago,” he said. “If ...