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| Artsedge helps artists, teachers, and students find and share information , resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum. The site offers a daily… (The Kennedy Center, supported by Department of Education) | |
| Bob Hope and American Variety looks at Hope’s life as a vaudeville actor, comic monologist, dancer, singer, sketch comedian, and master of ceremonies. The site showcases Bob Hope memorabilia and offers a list of… (Library of Congress) | |
| Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century presents nearly 8,000 publicity brochures, ads, and talent circulars for more than 4,500 lecturers, teachers, preachers, politicians, actors, singers, magicians and others who… (Library of Congress) | |
| The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 is a multimedia anthology illustrating the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and… (Library of Congress) | |
| Yiddish Radio Project preserves recordings from the golden age of Yiddish radio (1930s-50s). Online exhibits include “Yiddish melodies in Swing,” the history of Yiddish radio, “Rabbi Rubin’s Court of the… (Sound Portrait Productions, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) | |
| Broadway: The American Musical is the companion website for a film chronicling the evolution of the Broadway musical (1904-2004). Discover the historical, musical, and cultural influences of the Broadway musical… (Thirteen/WNET New York, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) | |
| Porgy and Bess: An American Voice is the companion website for a documentary tracing the history of Gershwin’s opera from DuBose Heyward’s novel, “Porgy,” in 1924 to the opera’s premiere in 1935 and subsequent… (University of Michigan and WNET, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) | |
| Celebrating Stephen Sondheim helps introduce students to one of the most influential figures in musical theatre history. In addition to lesson ideas and learning activities, it offers a biography of the… (ArtsEdge, supported by Multiple Agencies) | |
| The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939 presents thousands of images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project, established during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the Works Progress… (Library of Congress) | |