Step right up.(performing arts exhibition)(Brief article)
American Theatre, March, 2006
NEW YORK CITY: One month left to go, folks. You can still yuk it up at the Vaudeville Nation exhibition which runs through April 1 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. See Fanny Brice looking like a lump of wet bread in a wedding gown and hear her sing "Shall I Do It or Not?" Check out Sophie Tucker in her brokeback outfit touted as "the most notable attraction of the season" in a green 1913 poster for Marcus Loew's Theatre.
Listen to Eddie Cantor on the radio, Fats Waller's theatre-organ music and Eubie Blake on piano. Touch a screen and ...
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