Download or read book Vaudeville Wars written by A. Wertheim and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-02-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book maps the intriguing story about how the tycoons of the two most powerful circuits, Keith-Albee in the East and the Orpheum in the West, conspired to control the big time. Despite the battles between the performers and the circuit moguls, the vaudeville wars forged an electrifying entertainment that at its zenith brought joy to millions.