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Ropes, Whips and Songs About Cows—Definitely Not Just for Kids
Monday, July 23rd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Eight year-old Chris McDaniel longed to be a cowboy. “I tried to ride the family dog.” Growing up in a generation where Wild West heroes crowded
Travesties of 2012—Vaudeville Shenanigans
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Welcome to the strangest comic relief available without prescription” begins our Host, Trav S.D. in full Captain Spaulding* regalia- pith helmet, painted mustache and all.
Water for Clowns
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
If a chorus of octogenarians in clown make-up, big shoes, and terry cloth bathrobes dancing in raggle taggle unison to hip-hop music doesn’t immediately draw
Tetragrammaton—Vaudeville in Stages
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Tetragrammaton is vaudeville with a through line; indie theater; tall tales, superstition, stereotype, a bit of music; flim flam men, the old switcheroo, caricatures, comeuppance.
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