travsd

In Which We Bow Before Queens

Hey Queens fans, boosters, and inhabitants! Queens is the closest NYC borough to me these days geographically, so naturally of late its the one I’ve explored most actively. Don’t miss my upcoming talk on the high points of show business in your favorite NYC borough, a collaboration with the Greater Astoria Historical Society! It’s happening next Monday, April 26 at 7pm — info and tix here.

Also: The Queens Gazette features a recent interview with yours truly on the topic. Check that out here: https://www.qgazette.com/articles/local-express-381/

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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.