All posts tagged "vaudeville"
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6.4K1Arts and LeisureFred Allen Jokes His Way Through Dirty Old Boston
Before Groucho Marx, before Johnny Carson and before Saturday Night Live, there was Fred Allen. A wildly popular radio comedian, he created...
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18.9KArts and LeisureWhen Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Honeymooned (and Partied) in Westport, Conn.
In 1920, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald honeymooned in Westport, Conn., so he could write, she could swim and they could both party...
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21.0KArts and LeisureThe Outrageous Comical Brown Comes to Town
If you live in a New England town with town hall, a school, a church or an opera house, chances are good...
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14.9K2Crime and ScandalWho Killed William Dean? A Tale of Spies, Swindlers and Politicians
In August of 1918, someone murdered Dr. William Dean. His killer or killers tied up his body and submerged it in a...
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8.7K4New England PlacesThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Six Historic Opera Houses
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
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14.8K3New England PlacesThe New England Summer Theater — Six of the Oldest
Summer theater has been a feature of New England resort towns since a Maine entrepreneur started staging plays in a former skating...
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