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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.
May 27, 2022 travsd

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For World Redhead Day: Movies About Lucy

May 26, 2022 travsd

The Rise of George Rosener

May 25, 2022 travsd

William Muldoon: The Solid Man

May 25, 2022 travsd

The Making of Marie Doro

May 24, 2022 travsd

Gay Marshall is Back on…Second Avenue

May 24, 2022 travsd

Dick Curtis: Of Stooges and Stages

May 23, 2022May 27, 2022 travsd

This Week: Don’t Miss The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 travsd

Catching Up with the Clooney Clan

May 22, 2022 travsd

Portrait of Richard Benjamin

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