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Tomorrow: Meet The Clowns of Vaudeville 

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The first week in August is always National Clown Week, first inaugurated crazily enough by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Be that as it may, I’ll be honoring the day tomorrow with a special Zoom talk on vaudeville clowns and slapstick screen comedians. As always it will be free to my Patreon supporters and $5 per to the general public via paypal (travs1965@yahoo.com). Log-in info will be sent once you’ve enrolled.

August 1, 2pm (EST): The Clowns of Vaudeville 

Here’s the Patreon campaign. Hope to see you there! https://www.patreon.com/travsd

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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe’s Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I’ll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.

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  1. […] Noted Vaudevillologist Trav SD will be giving a very informative and entertaining Zoom Lecture about the Clowns of Vaudeville.  It starts at 2 pm Eastern on Saturday August 1.  And costs just $5 to attend, and it’s free for his patreons.  (So you could join his patreon for $1 a month and then see the lecture, if you were a super cheapskate!)  More info here […]

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