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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.
September 15, 2021September 23, 2021 travsd

50 Years of the NBC Mystery Movie

September 15, 2021 travsd

Roy Acuff: King of Country Music

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 travsd

R.I.P. Norm MacDonald

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 travsd

3 Cheers for American International Pictures

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 travsd

The Mysteries of Margaret Gibson

September 14, 2021October 4, 2021 travsd

The Ubiquity of Sid Marion

September 13, 2021 travsd

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass

September 13, 2021November 14, 2021 travsd

Defoe and De Movies

September 13, 2021September 28, 2021 travsd

Vera White: Portfolio of a Society Pilot

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 travsd

Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm

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