This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brilliantly recapturing the essence and commercial trappings of one of its most vital forms of entertainmentthe vaudeville show. Vaudeville was a meeting place an inclusive form of theatre that flourished especially in New York where it fostered cultural exchange among the citys ethnic groups. In The Voice of the City Mr. Snyder reconstructs the famous acts describes the different theatres and shows how en