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Michigan vaudeville troupe puts modern twist on bygone genre

Credit: Tasha Oltman

  

 

   Fred Astaire. Buster Keaton. Fats Waller. Mae West. 

 
Before they--and countless others--hit it big with movies or recording contracts, they were regulars on the vaudeville circuit. 
 
Vaudeville--a kind of live variety show--was once the most widespread form of entertainment in America. 
 
But by the mid-1930s, its popularity began to wane, eventually giving way to movies, radio, and television.   
 
Now, one group of Michiganders is trying to bring vaudeville back with a few modern twists. 
 
Current State's April Van Buren tells us more about the Lil Darlins Vaudeville troupe. 

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