This site features information on the development of American vaudeville. It includes images of show posters, photos of theaters, and links to essays discussing various aspects of vaudeville. There is an extensive music section that provides the opportunity to listen to vaudeville music ranging from New York Blues, the accordion "hit" of 1917, to street piano music.
At the time of publication of Lincoln Center Institute's Window on Robert Post, YouTube featured a number of clips of Sid Caesar's work from different stages in his career, from the The Show of Shows to Sesame Street to Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Sid Caesar home page includes several video clips from Caesar's work in television. High and low resolution files are available for playback on Quicktime and RealPlayer.
This biography of Sid Caesar, from the Museum of Television and Radio's Web site, provides a list of his TV, stage, and film work, as well as a list of books for further research.
Learn how to tango with EHow’s primer to this seductive Argentinean dance.
What is comedy? Fact Monster gives an introduction to the history of this art form, starting with ancient Greece's theater and leading up to modern-day comedy.
Many of Post’s pieces started with the desire to improvise with particular objects, such as the pots he uses in Pasquale’s Kitchen. These creative prop-based improvisation exercises provide further insight into Post’s process.
In an exclusive LCI interview, Robert Post revealed that, although he had never acted before, his performance Rhinoceros for his freshman year class on Absurdist Theater was so well received that it caused him to embark upon a career in the performance arts.
For Tango, Robert Post partners with a pair of red long johns to dance the tango. Watch this video of two dancers and observe how Robert adapted--and exaggerated--certain poses and moves to make them funny. This page also provides links to related YouTube videos.
Want to learn more about the visual history of puppets? New York Public Library has a digital archive of images that includes leather puppets and shadow puppets.
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