Posts Tagged ‘vaudeville’
Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater pays tribute to the vaudeville
Before every 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekend screenings at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater, Gordon Pratt pays tribute to the vaudeville–an act made obsolete by technological advancements in sound. While the ushers are still cleaning up spilled popcorn and the audience is beginning to file in, Pratt plays a few tunes on the pipe organ–a complex musical instrument, which has seen its best days fly by.
Read MoreImprov, vulgarity, stage battles, a random badger–it’s the weird Tourettes Without Regrets show
Tourettes Without Regrets is a monthly performance extravaganza of lewd audience contests, dirty haiku battles, and onstage improvisation. Reporter Dylan Bergeson takes a turn as a TWR judge to figure out what makes this raunchy vaudeville show so popular.
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