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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.
April 16, 2021 travsd

3 Great Reasons to Virtually Visit the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Now Through Sunday

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 travsd

Thoughts on the 2021 Oscar Nominees

April 15, 2021April 16, 2021 travsd

James J. Jeffries: The Boilermaker

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Theatre is Back! And Two New Talks

April 13, 2021April 15, 2021 travsd

Pieces of a Woman, Sound of Metal

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Charles Napier: From Eden to Archer

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 travsd

On Joel Grey (and His Father and Daughter)

April 10, 2021April 14, 2021 travsd

Promising Young Woman

April 9, 2021 travsd

April 19: A Crash Course in Classic Comedy

April 9, 2021April 11, 2021 travsd

Milt Larsen: More Than Magic

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