Saturday, June 8, 2013
Here’s a project that deserves your support. Dancer/ choreographer Cori Olinghouse is currently working on a live series of interlocking ghost and shadow characters that conjure ele…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:19PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of the great comedienne Joan Rivers (b. 1933). I want to take the occasion to recommend the 2010 documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, a peak behind the curtains at…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:10AM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2013
PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT presents MANNA-HATA by Barry Rowell performed in spaces throughout THE JAMES A. FARLEY POST OFFICE future home of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Station 425 Eighth Avenue…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:57AM[SHARE]Had a chance to “first act” Strange for Hire last night, the new weekly variety show in the Crypt Cafe at Times Scare put on by Todd Robbins and Donny Vomit. It was an amaz…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:21AM[SHARE]Filed under: BROOKLYN, Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, Rock and Pop Tagged: burlesque, Catcalls and Gutterballs, The Gutter
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:20AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Charley Bowers (1877-1946). Bowers is rare among the silent comedians for possibly being more well known and appreciated NOW then he was during the silent era. This …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:30AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti, 1917-1995). Do you know anyone who doesn’t like him? I don’t. I think of him as the embodiment of a certain kind of show…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:22AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 6, 2013
Just learned the news that Esther Williams died today at the age of 91. Williams was of course the foremost exponent of that unique Hollywood subgenre, the All Swimming Musical. Naturally, s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:25PM[SHARE] THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES; OR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOM THUMB THE GREAT BY HENRY FIELDING JUNE 6TH* THROUGHÂ JUNE 30TH WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS ALLÂ 8PMÂ CUR…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:11AM[SHARE]Filed under: African American Interest, Blackface & Minstrelsy, Contemporary Variety, Dixieland & Early Jazz, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Bernando LaPallo, Champagne Riot, Slipper R…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:00AM[SHARE]Originally posted in 2009 TED LEWIS, "THE JAZZ KING" Ted Lewis was the original party animal. His catchphrase "Is ev'rybody happy?" still rings on the lips of millions who never even h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:14AM[SHARE]Originally published in 2011 Rosa and Carmella Ponzillo are a couple  of the very few performers who rose through the ranks on the popular stage, in this case, vaudeville, to achieve a pl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:06AM[SHARE]Originally posted in 2012. Today is the birthday of the great equestrienne matriarch May Wirth (1894-1978). The product of several generations of circus folk, the Australian born W…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:00AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Shirley Mason (Leonie Flugrath, 1900-1979). The youngest of a trio of movie acting sisters (the others ere Viola Dana and Edna Flugrath), her screen career coincided…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Good news! (For me at least). On June 15 at 3pm, your correspondent will be appearing at What Cheer Antiques and Vintage, 180 Angell Street in Providence to talk silent films, and screen a c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:16PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Spalding Gray (1941-2004). I really wish I had gotten to meet him. I’d seen him perform of course, and even passed him once on the street (not long before he d…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Tony Richardson (1928-1991). His relevance to the themes of this blog rests on three of my favorite movies, all directed by him: The Entertainer (1960) stars Laur…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:37PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Tony Jackson (1876-1921). This seminal musician came up in the Storyville section of New Orleans, where from his teenage years he was to be one of the most sought af…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:31AM[SHARE]Born on this day in 1863, Sam Bernard is cut of the same cloth as his friends Weber & Fields. He hailed from the same Lower East Side neighborhood, debuted the same year (1876, at…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:01AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Paul Swan (1883-1972). Swan is not only one of the most remarkable people I’ve come across in my research, but I think it can be safely said that he was one of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Last night’s benefit for the Theatre Museum at the Players Club was a humdinger, and no mistake. Hats off to Mr. Broadway Stewart F. Lane (of the Palace Theatre, and Chair of the Theat…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:47PM[SHARE]Filed under: Indie Theatre, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Blind Pig, Fourth Arts Block
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:36AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of pianist and composer Erno Rapee (1891-1945). Born and trained in Hungary, he began his career as a conductor there and in Germany. He toured America first as a co…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:02AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Robert Earl Hughes (1926-1958). Along with General Tom Thumb, Hughes was one of the first famous “human anomalies” I was ever aware of. This is because d…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:34AM[SHARE]Monday, June 3, 2013
Originally posted in 2009. A sinuous idol that enslaves and incites mankind…it was as though the jazz, catching on the wing of the vibrations of this mad body, were interpreting, word …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:30AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Lili St. Cyr (Willis Marie Van Schaack, 1918-1999). Having studied ballet as a child in her native Minneapolis, she first broke into show business as a chorus girl. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:16AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Leo Gorcey (1916/1917-1969). If there is a second edition of Chain of Fools (and I hope events warrant one!), one major thing I’d change is to include a sectio…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:00AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of visionary show biz entrepreneur Chuck Barris (b. 1929). Â We celebrate him for many reasons today. In chronological order: His uncle Harry Barris was a member of t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:21AM[SHARE]Today MAY be the birthday of Paulette Goddard. No two accounts of her early years are alike, and there is much murk surrounding her actual date of birth, her birth name and other aspects of …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:05AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of  Maurice Evans (1901-1989). One of the great Shakespearean actors of the 20th century he is of course chiefly known in the U.S. for his cheese, namely his role as…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:38AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 2, 2013
Filed under: HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, MEMORIALS & PARADES, Horror (Mostly Gothic), PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: NYC Zombie Crawl
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