Andrew L. Erdman
Andrew Lee Erdman (born 1965)[1] is an American writer and independent scholar. He is the author of three books: Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895–1915 (McFarland, 2004),[2] Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay (Cornell University Press, 2012)[3] and Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator (Oxford University Press, 2024).[4]
Erdman was born in 1965 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He received a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1988.[1] He earned a doctorate in theatre studies from the City University of New York in 2001, under the supervision of Daniel C. Gerould.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Erdman, Andrew L. 1965–", Contemporary Authors, retrieved 2024-11-21
- ^ Reviews of Blue Vaudeville:
- Kathryn J. Oberdeck (2005), The Journal of American History, doi:10.2307/3660608, JSTOR 3660608
- Ben Urish (2005), The Journal of American Culture, [1]
- Leigh Woods (2005), Theatre Survey, doi:10.1017/S0040557405240097
- John W. Frick (2006), Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, doi:10.7227/NCTF.33.1.7
- Michael Peterson (2006), Theatre Research International, doi:10.1017/S0307883306282063
- Monica Stufft (2006), Theatre Journal, JSTOR 25069858
- ^ Reviews of Queen of Vaudeville:
- Andy Battaglia (2012), "In Brief: Biography", The Wall Street Journal
- Richard Canedo (2012), History News Network, [2]
- Maggie Hennefeld (2014), Studies in American Humor, doi:10.5325/studamerhumor.29.126, JSTOR 10.5325/studamerhumor.29.126
- Franklin J. Lasik (2014), Theatre History Studies, doi:10.1353/ths.2014.0034
- Publishers Weekly, [3]
- ^ Reviews of Beautiful:
- Thom Dunn (2024), "The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s", Boing Boing
- Jane Haile (2024), New York Journal of Books, [4]
- ^ Theatre and Performance Dissertations, City University of New York, retrieved 2024-11-22
