11,878 stories by "Trav S.D."
After years of desk jockeying for “the man”, this Gal Friday decided to take her talents and apply them to the stage. Gal had the honor of performing at Miss Exotic World in …
Tonight at 8:30, join Sweet Soubrette for a full band performance at Jalopy to celebrate the release of their new video, "What's My Desire?" which will be screened at the show. Brooklyn-base…
The Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. Today is the birthday of Charlton Heston (1923-2008). When I …
The Countess and I caught this musical parody of Silence of the Lambs the other night, in the Elektra Theatre, a venue that is to die for, in the Times Scare complex (the former Show Worl…
TCM has been paying crazy big dividends lately. Sleep deprived last night from having stayed up til 2am the previous night to watch Dante’s Inferno (1935) (the last remaining mov…
This 1964 movie has a reputation for being an “early gore film”, but not to worry (if you’re worried–I was) , it contains very little of what a modern viewer would co…
ALBERT CADABRA: The Great Deceiver is a professional, award-winning, comedy sideshow magician who delivers powerful, amazing and devilishly wild magic. Albert pushes and twists the bounda…
Never mind the Presidential debates tonight (although they may be monstrous enough)! This evening TCM is showing a KILLER line-up of classic horror movies from the 30s and 40s. (Pun intended…
Today is the birthday of magician Harry August Jansen (1883-1955), originator of the magic words “Sim Sala Bim!” Interestingly, the phrase is not Arabic, as one would assume, but…
This is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…
Today is the birthday of Josephine Sabel (nee Domingue, 1866-1945). A native of Lawrence, Massachusetts, she performed in vaudeville (and the music halls of Europe)Â from the ’80s th…
Actor/Dancer/Stripper/Performance Artist James “Tigger” Ferguson (primarily known for live work) has performed in New York & abroad since 1988. A Pioneer in the 1990s burlesq…
Today is Bud Abbott's birthday (1895-1974). I apologize for spelling his name wrong in No Applause. I am one of the few people who prefer Abbott over Costello, and by a pretty wide margi…
Today is Groucho’s Birthday With the possible exceptions of Ed Wynn and Fred Allen, no vaudeville comedy act ever attracted more highbrow approval than the Marx Brothers. A…
Neither the small Scotty dog from The Wizard of Oz, nor the rather embarrassing 70s' rock band, nor the later Italian movie star, this Toto was a successful clown who conquered many ki…
Today is the birthday of George “Spanky” McFarland (1928-1993). Unspeakably adorable at age three, he was less so at 13 when he neared the end of his reign as leader of Our Ga…
Join me and host Halli Casser-Jayne tomorrow, Wednesday October 3 at 3pm on the The Halli Casser-Jayne Show as we explore the bumps and grinds and every aspect of burlesque old and new wi…
The most famous patronymic in the annals of burlesque management was to arrive late in the game — was indeed to oversee both burlesque’s Renaissance and demise all in one feel sw…
GLASS EYE PIX, in association with FEAR-MONGERS presents TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE live at DIXON PLACE TONIGHT, Tuesday October 2nd at 9:30 PM featuring RAM KING by Joe Maggio (Bitter Feast…
Class act Andrea Louisa "Angie" Pontani began her career as a teenager in New York dancing in the Dutch Weismann Follies in the mid 1990s. After Dutch Weismann's closed, she went on…
Measured in terms of popularity and longevity, one can safely say that this is the most successful act in the history of show business. Over the past 80 years, their popularity has only grow…
This is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor…
Today is the birthday of universally-beloved singer-actress Julie Andrews (born 1935). Her stage and screen career is well known. We would just like to point out today the lesser known fact …
