It seems a reasonable conclusion that if you hear the statement, “Vaudeville has been good to me,” you are either watching an old TV show in black and white or talking to a performer older than ...

An aficionado of live performance knows it is only a half-right perception to think of vaudeville in terms of the early decades of the 20th century, the “born in a trunk” dark ages pre-dating TV.

“Not,” said Sean Grissom. “I’m it.” His particular twang, not to mention his bluntness, calls to mind New Yawk rather than the bayou, but then he’s been gone from the Texas of his upbringing for ages ...