Esther's Follies
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Esther's Follies is a modern day vaudeville
theatre located on 6th Street in downtown Austin, Texas
. The group is named after actress Esther Williams
. Acts incorporate magic
, juggling
, singing, dancing, and sketches
on current events. The show is fast paced, and most of the acts incorporate a comedic theme.
The show lasts about one and a half hours with a short intermission, and runs every weekend evening from Thursday to Saturday. 2007 marked Esther's Follies' 30th anniversary of performances. The cast has changed significantly since its inception but still includes the founders, Michael Shelton and Shannon Sedwick, who continue to make appearances during the show.
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
theatre located on 6th Street in downtown Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. The group is named after actress Esther Williams
Esther Williams
Esther Jane Williams is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team...
. Acts incorporate magic
Magic (illusion)
Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...
, juggling
Juggling
Juggling is a skill involving moving objects for entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, in which the juggler throws objects up to catch and toss up again. This may be one object or many objects, at the same time with one or many hands. Jugglers often refer...
, singing, dancing, and sketches
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
on current events. The show is fast paced, and most of the acts incorporate a comedic theme.
The show lasts about one and a half hours with a short intermission, and runs every weekend evening from Thursday to Saturday. 2007 marked Esther's Follies' 30th anniversary of performances. The cast has changed significantly since its inception but still includes the founders, Michael Shelton and Shannon Sedwick, who continue to make appearances during the show.