Vaudeville: America’s Vibrant Art Form with a Short Lifetime
…rent forms of entertainment met to create a new form. Visionaries Pastor’s company toured but called NYCV home. Three men are commonly associated with transforming vaudeville from a form of entertainment for the lower classes to an evening out for the middle classes or those with middle class sensibilities. They are Tony Pastor, a former circus ringmaster, B.F. Keith, a former circus performer, and E.F. Albee, a former ticket collector for P.T. Ba…