Yiddish Theatre and Vadeville #YiddishTheatre Re: SAMUELS #yiddish
Hilary Henkin <hilary@...>
Dear Robin,
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No, not a lot of people had vaudeville houses as their destination. A vaudeville house would've been a theatre with live performances - comedians, singers, dancers.. Individual acts combines into a live variety show. Vaudeville was a very popular form of entertainment for a long time; Bob Hope started out in vaudeville, as did a very young Sammy Davis Jr, and a lot of others. The beginning of the musical "Gypsy" depicts a vaudeville theatre/house. Theatres have been called "houses" for quite a long time; even today, the "house" refers to the audience area. The lights over the audience area are called the "house lights", and "How's the house?" means "How much of an audience do we have tonight?" With this in mind, vaudeville houses weren't places where someone could reside. (Those places would be "flophouses". <g>) Hilary Henkin Atlanta, Georgia
At 09:46 PM 3/1/2006, Robin ESP wrote:
Hello,
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