DATE DUE	TOPICS
February 6	1. Columbian Exposition, Chicago, and its Midway. See: Rydell, All the World's a Fair, 1984). 2. Madame Tussaud's, London, and the Wax Museum; or see documentary on Tussaud's life and influence.
March 11	T.D. Rice and the beginnings of minstrelsy; recent theories. In addition to sources listed elsewhere, see: Eric Lott, Love & Theft Dale Cockrell, Demons Of Disorder W.T. Lhamon, Jr. Raising Cain: Blackface Performance From Jim Crow To Hip Hop. W.T. Mahar, Behind the Burnt Cork Mask.
March 20	Report: Tony Pastor. Recent videodocumentary (1997) on vaudeville performers.
April 3	Report: The Minskys and the death of Burlesque. (See Minsky and Machlin, Minsky's Burlesque, 1986).
April 8	Report: The phenomenon of the revue in America.A recent book of interest is Linda Mizejewski, Ziegfeld Girl: Image and Icon in Culture and Cinema (Durham/London: Duke University Press, 1999).
April 15	Report: 1. Showboats. Short film and select videos 2. Tom Shows 3. Toby shows: The Neil E. Schaffner Tent Rep Co. and the Harley Sadler Co.; might al
April 17	Report: Melodrama: Genre of the Popular Theatre.
April 19	Report: Dioramas and Panoramas. See: Altick, Shows Of London.

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