Knock On Wood!
Given the number of things that can go wrong with a production, it’s no wonder that performers are a superstitious bunch. Today Soundcheck dives into the world of superstitions -- from The Apollo’s...
View ArticleBree Benton: In Studio
Since 2005, Bree Benton has been performing as "Poor Baby Bree" - a Victorian-era character she developed after years of studying the golden age of vaudeville. Bree Benton's latest show starring her...
View ArticleBeer Talk: The Two Man Gentlemen Band
Vaudeville swing duo The Two Man Gentlemen Band recorded some of the first Soundcheck jingles earlier this summer. Now, Andy Bean and Fuller Condon, (the gentlemen in the band), return to our studio...
View ArticleBefore It Was Trendy, It Was Scandalous: Burlesque Star Gypsy Rose Lee, 1957
Few writers begin their appearance at The Herald Tribune's prestigious Books and Authors Luncheon series by doing a striptease, but Gypsy Rose Lee feels it is expected of her. After taking off her...
View ArticleConjoined Twins, Vaudeville Stars: Rejected and Celebrated, Together
Academy Award-winning director Bill Condon and actors Erin Davie and Emily Padgett discuss the new Broadway musical Side Show. The show tells the true story of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins,...
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Julie Andrews
We often think of Julie Andrews as the prim nanny from Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, but her personal path may have the greatest resemblance to one of her Broadway roles: Eliza Doolittle in My...
View ArticleAustin’s weekly vaudeville combines politics and magic
Video produced by Chelsea Hernandez.Step into the writer’s room for Esther’s Follies, and you’ll likely find them singing around a table about the Supreme Court and the 2016 presidential election. The...
View ArticleHow One Con Artist Swindled Hitler in 1937
Political journalist Walter Shapiro tells the true story of how his great-uncle Freeman Bernstein, a con artist and vaudeville performer, managed to swindle Hitler and the Nazi government out of 35...
View ArticleSpooky Scary Studio 360: Alice Cooper
In anticipation of Halloween, Studio 360 is sharing some of our favorite spooky segments from our archive.No musician has died more often or more dramatically in front of more people than Alice Cooper....
View ArticleAn NYC Sword Swallower's Fearless Life
There are a few dozen people in the world who can claim the title "professional sword swallower." And over the weekend, the world lost the legendary performer Johnny Fox. He was 64 years old, and died...
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