Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer ...

Strict adherence to the Rogers formulagives The Arkansas Traveler ... became an itinerant laborer, vaudeville comedian and hobo until he joined the Marines in 1917. Most noteworthy achievement ...

Entertainer Will Rogers never had an official capacity in government, though he was named honorary major of Beverly Hills for two days in 1926. Still, the legendary vaudeville actor and humorist ...

Comedian Dave Chappelle and rapper Killer Mike will take a note from vaudeville when they bring their Still Talkin That S—! tour to set off the festive season. Announced late last month, the Bay Area ...

A hospital created for Vaudevillians stricken with tuberculosis, the National Vaudeville Association Hospital was renamed the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in 1936, as a tribute to Will Rogers. The ...

For a decade, Kay Laurell was one of the best known Broadway starlets and silent film actresses in the country. This ...

But, long before Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire had another dancing ... for the stage and began touring run-down theatres on the vaudeville circuit. It wasn’t glamorous and the children worked ...

He started as a child actor in vaudeville, and as a teenager began ... Still, he continued to perform, appearing on stage in "The Will Rogers Follies," "Lend Me a Tenor," "Crazy for You," and ...