"one of London's most popular music halls. ""The Times"" commented in April 1861 that, like its rivals, the hall was ""more or less thronged. 'The Oxford Music Hall', in Oxford-street, is the latest development on a grand scale of a species of entertainment now in great favour with the public."" The hall was run by Morton and his brother-in-law, Frederick Stanley, who continued to run the Canterbury, with acts moving between the two halls in coaches. Many notable performers of the day appeared at the Oxford Music Hall, including Marie Lloyd, George Robey and Arthur Roberts, and the hall was"
"in her first tour of western America. Lloyd died in the home in Banstead, Surrey in 1949. Alice Lloyd (actor) Alice Lloyd or Alice Hall (20 October 1873 – 17 November 1949) was a British music hall artist who was popular in America. Lloyd was born in Hoxton, London into the Wood family that included her elder celebrity sister Marie who adopted the name Marie Lloyd. There were ten children and many of them adopted the name Lloyd to appear in the music hall. Marie, Alice and Grace appeared as the ""Sisters Lloyd"". Her sister Marie Lloyd was popular in"
"which became one of her most popular songs. Privately, she suffered from bouts of ill-health and became alcohol-dependent, both of which imposed restrictions on her performing career by the 1920s. In 1922, she gave her final performance at the Alhambra Theatre, London, during which she became ill on stage. She died a few days later at the age of 52. Lloyd was born on 12 February 1870 in Hoxton, London. Her father, John Wood (1847–1940), was an artificial flower arranger and waiter; her mother, Matilda Mary Caroline ""née"" Archer (1849–1931), was a dressmaker and costume designer. Lloyd was the eldest"
"Mrs. John Wood Mrs. John Wood (6 November 1831 (bap. 28 November), Liverpool – 11 January 1915, Birchington-on-Sea), born Matilda Charlotte Vining, was an English actress and theatre manager. Born into a theatrical family, Vining travelled the country as a child actor. Over time, she developed a talent for comedy. An older sister was Fanny Vining. In 1854, Matilda Vining married John Wood, an English actor. The couple moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where they became involved in American theatre. Her first part in the United States was Gertrude in ""A Loan of a Lover"" on 11 September 1854. The Woods"
"Alice Lloyd (actor) Alice Lloyd or Alice Hall (20 October 1873 – 17 November 1949) was a British music hall artist who was popular in America. Lloyd was born in Hoxton, London into the Wood family that included her elder celebrity sister Marie who adopted the name Marie Lloyd. There were ten children and many of them adopted the name Lloyd to appear in the music hall. Marie, Alice and Grace appeared as the ""Sisters Lloyd"". Her sister Marie Lloyd was popular in Britain and it said that an American theatre owner, Percy G. Williams signed up Alice via his"
"Wood at the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts, being strongly associated with the ""Tuesday 12 O'Clock Concerts"" of chamber music, from 1907 until her death in 1936. She made her debut in St James's Hall in London, playing a Mendelssohn piano trio. She frequently appeared as soloist under such conductors as Arthur Nikisch, Hans Richter, Sir August Manns, and Sir Henry J. Wood. She twice visited the United States, playing under Theodore Thomas. She became especially famous for her authentic playing of the works of Robert Schumann. Her pupils, aside from her sister, Adela, and her nephew, John Vallier, included Solomon;"
"Aida Ward Aida Ward (February 11, 1903 – June 23, 1984) was an American jazz singer. Born in Washington, D.C., Ward rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s in New York, on Broadway and at Harlem's Cotton Club. She appeared alongside Adelaide Hall and Bill ""Bojangles"" Robinson in the hit Broadway musical revue ""Blackbirds of 1928."" Ward appeared regularly at the Cotton Club, performing with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. She was associated with the introduction of the songs ""Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"" and ""I've Got the World on a String"" at the Cotton Club"
"in 1931-2. Aida Ward Aida Ward (February 11, 1903 – June 23, 1984) was an American jazz singer. Born in Washington, D.C., Ward rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s in New York, on Broadway and at Harlem's Cotton Club. She appeared alongside Adelaide Hall and Bill ""Bojangles"" Robinson in the hit Broadway musical revue ""Blackbirds of 1928."" Ward appeared regularly at the Cotton Club, performing with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. She was associated with the introduction of the songs ""Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"" and ""I've Got the World on a String"" at the"
"Chloe Hawthorn Chloe Charlotte Hawthorn (born 17 August 2002) is a British child actress from Havering best known currently for playing the titular role of Matilda Wormwood in ""Matilda the Musical"" a role she shared with Lucy-Mae Beacock, Hayley Canham, Elise Blake, Cristina Fray and Lara Wollington. Hawthorn lives in Essex and used to attend Beverly Marks Stage School, she also does numerous musical theatre workshops at Spirit Young Performers Company. Even at the age of 15, Hawthorn is still only 5ft, making her a reasonable short actress for her age. Hawthorn was in the original cast of the West"
"""Murder in the Music Hall"". She completed her Higher School Certificate in 1995, her highest mark being eighty-five percent in music and at the age of 18, became the lead singer of a cover band ""Quiver"". They performed a wide range of songs including Tracy Chapman, Pearl Jam, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, 80's rock and more and Wood recorded original songs with the band. She then moved to Sydney where she enrolled in the Australian Institute of Music choosing vocal as her major, which she completed successfully, and joined another cover band ""The Anthill Mob"". In late 1999, at the"
"Sophia Gennusa Sophia Elizabeth Gennusa (born October 20, 2003) is an American child actress most known for her role as Matilda, in the original Broadway cast of ""Matilda the Musical"". Gennusa is best known for debuting the role of Matilda Wormwood in the Broadway production of ""Matilda"" alongside Bailey Ryon, Oona Laurence, and Milly Shapiro at the Shubert Theatre. She returned to Broadway in 2015 for the new musical ""Doctor Zhivago"" at the Broadway Theatre. It closed after about three weeks, with an additional month of previews. She frequently performs in benefit concerts and cabarets, and as of 2016 is"
"the Queen's Hall, offering a mixture of classical and popular music at low prices. The series was successful, and Wood conducted annual promenade series until his death in 1944. By the 1920s, Wood had steered the repertoire entirely to classical music. When the Queen's Hall was destroyed by bombing in 1941, the Proms moved to the Royal Albert Hall. Wood declined the chief conductorships of the New York Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestras, believing it his duty to serve music in the United Kingdom. In addition to the Proms, he conducted concerts and festivals throughout the country and also trained"
"Winifred MacBride Winifred MacBride was a Scottish-born concert pianist who achieved international acclaim in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly for her interpretations of the works of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Her 1924 concert at Queen's Hall, London, conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood, garnered critical raves for her technical virtuosity as well as the intelligence of her interpretive skills. MacBride was praised for her ""intellectual serenity"" and ""radiance,"" the ""elegance of her phrasing and touch,"" and her ""unfailing technique."" Others commented on her ""spacious and sympathetic style,"" ""admirable fire,"" and ""her clear insight into the meaning of the"
"the 1st National Tour of Matilda after originally appearing in the Broadway company. Celina Carvajal now goes by a shorter version of her name, Lena Hall. She has gone on to originate the role of Nicola in Kinky Boots and has also performed as Yitzak in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Neil Patrick Harris. The role of Yitzak earned her a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2014. Hall is also the lead singer of the band The Deafening. Emma Zaks, daughter to Tony-Winning Director Jerry Zaks, went on to perform in"
"Vesta Tilley Matilda Alice Powles (13 May 1864 – 16 September 1952), was an English music hall performer who adopted, at age 11, the stage name Vesta Tilley and who became one of the most famous male impersonators of her era. She was a star in both Britain and the United States for over thirty years. Tilley was born in Commandery Street, Worcester, Worcestershire in 1864. Her father, known as Harry Ball, was a comedy actor, songwriter and music hall chairman; with his encouragement, Tilley first appeared on stage at the age of three and a half. At the age"
"Elizabeth Greenfield Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (c. 1820 – March 31, 1876), dubbed ""The Black Swan"" (a play on Jenny Lind's sobriquet, ""The Swedish Nightingale), was an African-American singer considered the best-known black concert artist of her time. She was lauded by James M. Trotter for her ""remarkably sweet tones and wide vocal compass"". Greenfield was born into slavery in Natchez, Mississippi somewhere between 1817 and 1826, to Anna Greenfield and a man whose name may have been ""Taylor."" According to an 1854 article in ""The Tri-Weekly Commercial"", ""her mother was of Indian descent, her father an African."" In the early"
"to the present time. It served in turn as a promenade, beer garden/restaurant, exhibition hall, opera house, and theater. Designed as an open-air structure, it was eventually roofed over to accommodate these uses. In 1850, the castle was the site of two concerts given for charity by Swedish soprano Jenny Lind to initiate her American tour. A year later, European dancing star Lola Montez performed her notorious ""tarantula dance"" in Castle Garden. In 1853–54, Louis-Antoine Jullien, the eccentric French conductor and composer of light music, gave dozens of very successful concerts mixing classical and light music. The Max Maretzek Italian"
"November. The show was choreographed by Peter Darling. Bertie Carvel played Miss Trunchbull, with Paul Kaye and Josie Walker as Matilda's parents Mr and Mrs Wormwood, and Lauren Ward as Miss Honey. Four young actresses, including Adrianna Bertola, Josie Griffiths and Kerry Ingram, alternated in the title role. The show ended its premiere engagement on 30 January 2011. In 2011, the musical received its West End debut (under the new title of ""Matilda the Musical"") at London's Cambridge Theatre. The show was originally scheduled to begin previews on 18 October 2011, but because of structural and installation work at the"
"closely identified, not least in her performances for Henry Wood. There was a very successful performance in August 1937, and another at the Elgar Concert of 27 August 1940, with the London Symphony Orchestra, in the old Queen's Hall, less than a year before it was destroyed by German bombing. On this occasion the soloist's style was particularly animated, causing her ringlets to 'dance' in such a way that the orchestral players were distracted. During the concert, there was a rattle of gunfire outside and plaster fell inside the hall. Sir Henry considered her performance the finest he had ever"
"Victoria Wood Victoria Wood, (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions, which she performed on the piano. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life and included references to quintessentially ""British"" activities, attitudes and products. She was noted for her skills in observing culture and in satirising social classes. Wood started her career in 1974 by appearing on the ATV"
"of the Music Hall star Marie Lloyd. They met in 1910 and caused a scandal when, travelling together as ""Mr. and Mrs. Dillon"" in 1913, she was refused entry to the United States for ""moral turpitude"". Alec Hurley, Lloyd's true husband at the time, died two months later, and Dillon and Lloyd were married at the British Consulate in Portland, Oregon, on 21 February 1914. During World War I, Dillon served in the transport lines at Belton Park, Grantham, the Machine Gun Corps training depot. He was not a good soldier, and was often in trouble. However, Marie Lloyd would"
"Edna White Flora Edna White (October 23, 1892 – June 25, 1992), known professionally as Edna White and privately for much of her life as Edna White Chandler, was an American classical and vaudeville trumpet player, bandleader, and composer. A child prodigy, she led one of the first successful all-female bands, and was the first trumpet player to give a recital at Carnegie Hall. She was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and, with her father's support, began playing the cornet at the age of seven. She gave her first public performance at the age of nine. At 11, after an invitation"
"on burlesques and comedies. On 30 June 1866, Mrs. John Wood departed for England. Mrs. Wood continued her management career at the St. James Theatre in London from 1869 until mid-1872. She then returned to the United States for the 1872-1873 season, then returned to England. In 1881, she appeared in ""Foggerty's Fairy"" by W. S. Gilbert. Until her retirement in 1893, she managed a number of English theatres. Mrs. Wood died in 1915 at the age of 83. Mrs. John Wood Mrs. John Wood (6 November 1831 (bap. 28 November), Liverpool – 11 January 1915, Birchington-on-Sea), born Matilda Charlotte"
"IN 47408-4662: Adelaide Hall Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Hall's long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Hall entered the ""Guinness Book of World Records"" in 2003 as the world's most enduring recording artist having released material over eight consecutive decades. She performed with major artists such as Art Tatum Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande Rudy Vallee and Jools Holland, and recorded as a jazz"
"Adelaide Hawley Cumming Adelaide Hawley Cumming (born Dieta Adelaide Fish; March 6, 1905 – December 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville performer, radio host, television star and living trademark for General Mills, and in later years, a teacher. Cumming studied piano and voice at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and later joined with two friends to form a vaudeville trio, ""Red, Black and Gold"", with hair dyed accordingly. From 1937 to 1950, she was host of the ""Adelaide Hawley Program"" first on NBC Radio and then on CBS Radio. A daily news and talk radio"
"Jennifer Lawrence, Lucille Ball, and Dick Van Dyke. Bailey Ryon Bailey Ryon (born May 20, 2002) is a child actress from Southern Pennsylvania. She is known for originating the role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical on Broadway with fellow actresses Milly Shapiro, Oona Laurence, and Sophia Gennusa. She performed in Matilda from March 2013 to January 11, 2014. Her role in Matilda won her a Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre which she won jointly with her fellow Matildas. The Original Broadway Cast recording of Matilda the Musical was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater"
"Gabriella Pizzolo Gabriella Grace Pizzolo (born March 10, 2003) is an American child actress and singer, who is known for her performances on Broadway in ""Matilda the Musical"" and ""Fun Home"". Pizzolo appeared in several regional productions before making her Broadway debut as the title character in ""Matilda the Musical"". She had auditioned for the original cast of ""Matilda"" and received several callbacks but was not cast. She auditioned again and was successful, giving her first performance of the role on December 22, 2013. She made several public appearances as Matilda, such as Broadway at Bryant Park and a Ralph"
"Gabrielle Gutierrez Gabrielle Alexa Gutierrez (born September 29, 2005) is a Filipino-American stage actress prominently known as the first Filipino to play the lead role of Matilda in a major musical theatre adaptation of the novel of the same name. Gutierrez is a gifted child piano prodigy winning a contest that has given her the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall when she was five years old. Gutierrez began her formal music career in 2014 when she was cast as Ngana in Paper Mill Playhouse production of Rodgers-Hammerstein classic South Pacific. In late 2014, she was cast as Annie Who"
"Hall Guild of Great Britain and America. Nelly Power Nelly Power (10 April 1854 – 19 January 1887) was an English singer, actress and performer in music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime. Her funeral attracted three to four thousand spectators at Abney Park Cemetery and a further great crowd at the start of the procession from her home. Power was a performer in music hall from the age of 8 when, as a pupil of Mrs J W Gordon, she appeared, singing two comic songs, at Gordon's Music Hall in Southampton. She continued to sing and also performed impersonations and"
"time. Madison Square Garden was a block to the west and drew thousands for major events. It was renamed for President William Howard Taft in 1931 after being sold. One of the hotel's most famous features was the Taft Grill. The George Hall Orchestra (sometimes called the George Hall Taft Hotel Orchestra) performed from the hotel on Monday through Saturday at noon on CBS Radio, starring Dolly Dawn. The band's signature song was ""Love Letters in the Sand"". Other big band performances were by Artie Shaw, Xavier Cugat, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Tony Pastor. Vincent Lopez performed"
"anonymously. Her cousin, Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr., one of the founders of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, suggested that she give money for a chamber music hall, and in 1963 John D. Rockefeller III convinced her to allow it to be named Alice Tully Hall. Tully chaired the board of directors of the New York Chamber Music Society, and served on the boards of the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School. In 1970, Tully was awarded the Handel Medallion for her contributions to the cultural life of New York City. Her most famous commission"
"Adele Girard Adele Girard Marsala (June 25, 1913 – September 7, 1993) was a jazz harpist associated with dixieland and swing music. She is the first woman to bring the concert harp to prominence in jazz, with only Casper Reardon preceding her. As a musician she is known by her birth name Adele Girard, but she became Adele Girard Marsala after marrying clarinetist Joe Marsala. Adele Girard's father, Leon, was a violinist who conducted and played in the pit orchestra for silent movies at the Bijou Theater in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He conducted the Holyoke City Band and the Springfield Broadcast"
"where performers such as Billy Connolly, Mike Harding and Jasper Carrott started as relatively straight musical acts whose between-song banter developed into complete comedy routines. The 1960s had also seen the satire boom, including the creation of the club, the Establishment, which, amongst other things, gave British audiences their first taste of extreme American stand-up comedy from Lenny Bruce. Victoria Wood launched her stand-up career in the early 1980s, which included observational conversation mixed with comedy songs. Wood was to become one of the country's most successful comedians, in 2001 selling out the Royal Albert Hall for 15 nights in"