Part of the fun of being a performer in the Lazer Vaudeville show, Cindy Marvell said, is keeping the audience guessing. Another is bringing kids onstage and teaching them a skill. Marvell and her two ...

Sylvester Z. Poli bought the former YMCA property at 220 Wyoming Ave. The theater he built on that site became one of the premier vaudeville houses in the country. An independent theater operator from ...

To the creators of the new show “-Lazer Vaudeville,” mixing modern effects like black lights and lasers with old-fashioned acts like juggling and -magic isn’t just a way to keep vaudeville alive. It’s ...

In the culinary world, crisp autumn days and nights turn some chefs’ minds to soup. They know a certain magic takes place when disparate elements mingle and combine in a common pot, creating a certain ...

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Vaudeville isn't dead—it just started wearing spandex and moved from the theater to the pro wrestling ring. The violent, dramatic action that WWE produces each week is in many ways a continuation of a ...

For a dead art form, there’s a lot of life left in vaudeville. A turn-of-the-century theatrical experience that put the emphasis not so much talent as personality, exuberance and speed, vaudeville may ...