Forward, December 2nd, 2005
Weiss, Anthony Forward 12-02-2005 For a limited time only, vaudeville is back. The movement brought America such acts as the Marx Brothers, Harry Houdini and "talkologist" Julius Tannen; featured the talents of Sophie Tucker, Duke Ellington, and Daisy and Violet Hilton, the saxophone-playing "Siamese Twins"; played host to the invention of tap dancing, jazz and stand-up comedy, and trained a generation of radio, television and movie stars. Now it's featured in the exhibition Vaudeville Nation, currently on display at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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