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One Week From Today: A Special Program on Bert Williams

One week from today (March 4, 2022) will mark the centennial anniversary of the passing of the great black comedian Bert Williams. To observe this milestone I’ll be presenting a podcast about the man, his life and career — and what was lost when the world lost him. I hope you’ll join me. One thing, though — this podcast presentation will be available only to members of my Patreon Posse. You can join for mere pennies a month. Here’s where to do it, and I hope you will, as it promises to be a one of a kind presentation.

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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.