vaudeville

Evie Grace Devlin grew up being forced to perform in vaudeville performances by her fame-obsessed mother, and at seventeen, she left that life behind to go to nursing school in Galveston, Texas. But when the school learns of her past, Evie isn't allowed to graduate and recieve her nursing certification. At the height of the Great Depression, Evie is in need of a job and finds one caring for a troupe of marathon dancers, and she soon becomes partners with the star of the show, Zave Cassidy. As Evie and Zave connect on and off the dance floor, Evie begins to fall for her partner, but she soon discovers a secret that could put them all in danger.

In Berlin on the cusp of World War II, eighteen-year-old Hilde leaves her orphanage and takes a job at a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers where she finally finds a place to belong until seeds of unrest force her to decide what's best for her future.

"On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Caf? Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the caf? denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Caf? Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what's best for her future...and what it means to love a place on the cusp of war"--From the publisher's web site.

Explores the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins born in 1908, abandoned by their mother, and placed on exhibition. Follows the girls as they travel from Brighton, England to Australian amusement parks and to American sideshows, where they eventually became famous on the vaudeville circuit. Also discusses who Violet and Daisy were as individuals and their lives after retiring from the stage.

In 1920s Chicago, night club sensation Velma Kelly and fame-hungry Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together--Velma for murdering her husband and sister after catching them in bed together, Roxie for murdering the man who tricked her into thinking he could make her famous--and compete for the same fame that will keep them from hanging.

"In 1913, young Teresa dreams of leaving her life in Vermont and hitting the road to join a vaudeville troop and sing in theaters across the country. Once she does, however, she finds the job and the country is not as glamorous as she once believed"--Provided by publisher.

The year is 1908 and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan, to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.

While the shepherd sleeps, the sheep sneak away to perform in a vaudeville show.

Journeys into vaudeville's beginnings and its heyday by recalling the performers and the places where they performed.