Vaudeville is a theatre genre that includes different types of entertainment.It was popular in the U.S.A and Canada from the 1880s until the 1930s. A vaudeville performance is typically made up of a series of unrelated performances grouped together. Types of performances have included musicians, singers, dancers, comedians,magicians, one-act plays and scenes from plays.
Vaudeville was developed from different sources such as freak shows and concert saloons. Vaudeville was one of the most popular types of entertainment in America for several decades being Called "the heart of American show business.”
Before the civil war theatre was dominated by burlesque and had many risqué things Theatre was not only a place to entertained, theatre was also a place for men to have a drink. Theatre was mainly aimed towards a male auditions. In 1881 Tony Pastor said that theatre shouldn’t be just for men and shows should have a wide variety of different performances. Pastor went on to ban drinking in the theatre, perform Shakespeare, acrobats, singers, and comedy all in the same show. He also removed all the risqué and inappropriate content and aimed to make it for everyone. Pastor discovered he could make a huge amount of money if they kept putting on performances like this. As the years went on more amusements became available. However when Silent movies started to be released for cheaper prices , Vaudeville started to have a big competitor. Slowly Vaudeville became less popular and they could not support themselves as much as they used to.
However Vaudeville still exists today with shows such as ‘Britain's got talent’ and Royal Variety performances. We also have kept the comedy sketches that were bought to life by Vaudeville This is called New Vaudeville .
What makes it new Vaudeville
*Over the top physically
*Comedy sketch type performance
*No character relationship with the audience
*Often recognise your audience. Acknowledging the they are there.
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