No Sleep 'til Minsky's: A One-Man Tribute to Burlesque and Vaudeville.

• Main Author: Williams, Carl Glenwood
• Format: Others
• Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2007
• Subjects: burlesque; theatre; performance; vaudeville; variety; comedy; Arts and Humanities; Performance Studies; Theatre and Performance Studies; Theatre History
• Online Access: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2099; https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3460&context=etd

No Sleep '˜Til Minsky's is a one-man show paying tribute to early 20th century variety entertainment. The writing process began with research into the forms of vaudeville and burlesque, including films of period acts, study of autobiographies and biographies of burlesque performers, and study of historical scripts performed in the time period and stored at the Library of Congress. The format of the show consists of a one-hour core script in which Lou Drake speaks of his life and career in burlesque. In addition to the core script, the structure is designed to allow more actors to participate in staging sketches described by Drake, as well as allowing external acts to splice their material into a performance.