In the late 1800s and early 1900s, one of the most popular forms of live theater was vaudeville, which presented a variety of acts within the same show, including singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats ...

CLEVELAND — It once lit up Lorain Avenue with laughter, applause, and the sparkle of showbiz. The Variety Theatre, a west side Cleveland landmark, was one of many venues that made the city a major ...

Packed into dark parlors that were wet with sweat and thick with pipe smoke and booze fumes, immigrant laborers caroused amid a bawdy stew of singing, dancing and the unadorned fringe of theater. This ...

Vaudeville, long since pronounced dead, had never looked more alive. Last week, on the boards of its old stronghold, Manhattan’s Palace Theater (which surrendered to the movies in 1932), vaudeville ...

The live show “The Great Mr. Swindle’s Traveling Peculiarium and Drink-Ory Garden” — an attraction that blends acrobats, vaudeville comedy, and beer drinking — is coming to Boston Oct. 12-Nov. 6 for ...