Why Is The Term Vaudeville Important In The History Of Entertainment?
Vaudeville was one of the popular light entertainments in the United States. It was taken place in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Vaudeville was consisted with 10 to 15 unrelated acts. It was featured by magicians, acrobats, comedians, trained animals, dancers as well as singers. The Vaudeville was formed from the common variety shows used to happen in beer pubs and halls. In its starting period the shows was opened only for male viewers. In the year of 1881, Tony Poster founded a ‘clean variety show’ in his New York City theatre. The ‘clean variety show’ influenced other units to follow its success. The chain of the Vaudeville theatres was built in the early 1900s. It was spread around the whole country and included famous Martin Beck’s Orpheum Circuit. New York Palace theatre (1913-1932) was the famous among all. The Vaudeville era gave birth of some world famous entertainer, such as Mae West, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Buster Kea ton, Charlie Chaplin, Marx Brothers, Bob Ho
