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Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Vaudeville Tonight written by and published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald Nachman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520268016
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Download or read book Right Here on Our Stage Tonight! written by Gerald Nachman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nachman provides a three-dimensional portrait of the man and the show that were part of our national consciousness for over two decades...a detailed analysis on why Sullivan mattered; Nachman is a natural storyteller...a nuanced description of Sullivan's America. Nachman's style is always accessible...a delight for anyone interested in popular culture"—Ron Simon, Curator of Television and Radio, The Paley Center for Media "A shining gem....One of those rare books you can open anywhere...and be highly entertained. As Ed himself might have said, 'Don't miss it if you can.'"—Dick Cavett, talk show host and online columnist for NYTimes/Opinion
Author : David M. Sutera
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810891786
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)
Download or read book Vaudeville on the Diamond written by David M. Sutera and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last couple of decades, minor league baseball games have shown substantial attendance figures, with more than forty-one million spectators in both 2010 and 2011. With all the high-tech, live-streaming, fast-paced entertainment available to consumers, what is it about minor league baseball that still holds appeal with today’s audiences? With access to major league games broadcast on countless cable networks, what draws fans to small stadiums to watch obscure players struggle to make the big time? Sports historian David M. Sutera set out to answer these questions by visiting fourteen minor league baseball parks around the country. In Vaudeville on the Diamond, Sutera discusses the lure of minor league baseball with fans, players, and team representatives, examining how teams have survived and thrived in today’s competitive entertainment world. Combining interviews with game-day observations, Sutera argues that minor league baseball’s key to survival lies in the creation of on- and off-field attractions that invoke the traditions of vaudeville with their unique and quirky spectacle. From inviting fans to participate in dizzy bat competitions and races against the mascot to featuring Star Wars theme nights and monkeys riding border collies, teams have created a multifaceted form of entertainment that transcends the game itself. Part study and part travelogue, Vaudeville on the Diamond features numerous photographs of on-field entertainment, showcasing the vaudevillian side of minor league baseball. A light-hearted and engaging look at the minor leagues, this book will appeal not only to scholars and students of popular culture, sports and leisure studies, and sports management but to all fans of baseball and minor league sports.
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Total Pages : 1468 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Download or read book Vanity Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Hamiltonian written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 556 pages
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Download or read book New York Star written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jason Manning
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466827416
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gunmaster written by Jason Manning and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first shots of the Civil War echoed opportunity to young Ben Thompson: the same traits that had earned him notoriety as a civilian--steady nerves and deadly aim--could win him respect as a soldier. For a while he found it, riding with the famous Second Regiment, Texas Mounted Rifles. But it was in the murderous gambling dens south of the Rio Grande that Ben Thompson made his reputation. That reputation would follow him for the rest of his life: as he stared down Wild Bill Hickok in the saloons of Abilene, Kansas, as he battled for control of Colorado's railroads alongside Bat Masterson, and as he cleaned up Austin's streets as a tough-as-nails lawman. He only wanted respect for himself and his family, but it seemed that every cowboy looking to make a name would come looking for Ben Thompson...and it seemed all those names ended up marking fresh graves.
Author : Phil Stong
Publisher : eNet Press
ISBN 13 : 1618867695
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)
Download or read book State Fair written by Phil Stong and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a year, a tent city springs up overnight around the exhibition halls in Des Moines as farmers and their families pour in from across Iowa to attend the State Fair. After months of hard and often lonely work, farm families are given the chance to step out of their rural routines — picnic and gossip, sing and dance, take a chance at the hoopla stands, and strut their stuff in stiff competition for ribbons and prizes. When the close-knit Frake family set out from Brunswick, Iowa, Abel's hog, Blue Boy rode proudly in the back of the truck — manicured, curried and rubbed to enameled perfection — ready to compete and win the sweepstakes, the highest honor which any hog could attain. Melissa, Abel's wife, had her hopes set on beating the competition with the prize-winning quality of her pickles. Their teenage children, Wayne and Margy, found themselves faced with a pickle of another kind. Although committed to sweethearts in their hometown, brother and sister are each seized by a new love that sweeps them along, secretly and illicitly, somewhere between the sweet taste of cotton candy and the breathtaking plunge of a roller coaster ride. State fairs were a subject that Phil Stong knew well. For several years his grandfather had been superintendent of the swine division at the Iowa State Fair and, as a reporter for the Des Moines Register, Stong was assigned to cover the evening stock shows at the fair. Iowa held its first state fair in 1854, and for some time fairs were held at various locations around the state before permanently settling in Des Moines. State Fair is very much an Iowa book, filled with incidents and details from the author's own life. Although State Fair suggests a deep satisfaction and fondness for rural life, it shocked some readers in 1932 and was banned in the city library of Keosauqua, Iowa (Stong's hometown) for twenty-five years after it was published. However, judging from the success of the book and the enthusiasm shown for the movies that followed, most readers were captivated by the Frakes' down-home talk and whimsical humor and commended the author's portrayal of rural America.
Author : Rick DesRochers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441132325
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy written by Rick DesRochers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century. By tracing the history and legacy of the vaudeville era and performance acts, like the Marx Brothers and The Three Keatons, and moving through the silent and early sound films of the early 1930s, the author looks at how comic writer/performers continue to sell a brand of themselves as a form of social commentary in order to confront and dispel stereotypes of race, class, and gender. The first study to explore contemporary popular comic culture and its influence on American society from this unique perspective, Rick DesRochers analyzes stand-up and improvisational comedy writing/performing in the work of Larry David, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and Dave Chappelle. He grounds these choices by examining their evolution as they developed signature characters and sketches for their respective shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and Chappelle's Show.
Author : John Mahoney
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1934938580
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nights at the Dream Cafe written by John Mahoney and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dream Cafe, a popular neighborhood restaurant, is a welcoming haven for all kinds of people. The owner feels that the cae's exceptional nighttime goings-on should be preserved, so he asks Tom Gibbs, a young writer, to be its official scribe. Spanning the calendar year before the United States' involvement in World War II, the novel is comprised of a series of chronological stories--narrated by Tom Gibbs--each describing events at the cafe on a single night. John Mahoney, himself a young man during the time period evoked, brings vitality and veracity to the novel's mood and content. Anyone wishing to relive--or discover--the pre-WWII era will enjoy reading "Nights at the Dream Cafe."
