"An Exceptionally Versatile Actor, Musician, Singer, Storyteller & Tap Dancer"
Award-Winning Shows For All Ages
Country | Italian | Irish | Hawaiian | Jewish| Patriotic | Broadway| Square Dance | Latin Vaudeville| World Music|Scottish | Sock Hop | German | Mardi Gras |World Folk Tales
This is a musical variety show with jazz-age songs on banjo, ukulele, mandolin, guitar, and washboard with tap dancing & hat tricks.
It won the Best Concert Awardat the United Solo Theater Festival in NYC.
SPIRIT OF VAUDEVILLE HAS PLAYED AT:
Watchung Arts Center | United Solo Theater Festival | Mondo Arts Center | Luna Stage | Cape May Stage | Bayway Theater | Mohonk Mountain Arts Festival | Burgdorf Arts Center | The State Theater of NJ | Van Vleck Concerts| The Folk Project
Multicultural music from the continents of the world played on a large selection of native instruments plus tarantellas, jigs, Chinese ribbon dancing, flamenco, and more!
I also have an Adult version of this show.
PECOS BILL RIDES THE OREGON TRAIL
The Pecos Bill show follows the lives of the settlers on the Oregon Trail. There are original songs, stories, clog dancing, and cowboy rope tricks.
I also perform an Adult show called:
THE ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC
IRISH SHOW
Irish music, storytelling, and step dancing. It is accompanied by bagpipes, mandolin, banjo & guitar. It played the JFK Presidential Library in Boston.
THE HOLIDAY TROUBADORS
A multicultural program that includes Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanza music, stories & dancing.
I also have an Adult version of this show.
SQUARE DANCE CALLER
Richard calls square dances, and in between sets, he sings and plays banjo & does cowboy hat tricks and rope tricks.
PATRIOTIC SHOW
George M Cohan songs and patriotic tunes on banjo & guitar with tap dancing.
COUNTRY SHOW
Country music on guitar & banjo with clog dancing & cowboy rope tricks.
JEWISH VAUDEVILLE
Jewish Folk tunes and songs from "Fiddler" with tap dancing & hat tricks.
BROADWAY MUSIC & DANCE
Show tunes on banjo, ukulele & guitar with tap dancing
HAWAIIAN SHOW
Songs on ukulele & guitar with Poi ball dancing, rope tricks and Puili dancing.
LATIN SHOW
Latin songs on guitar, cuatro & zampogna with Flamenco dancing and rope tricks.
SOCK HOP SHOW
Rock & Roll songs, Beatles, Elvis songs on guitar & banjo with dancing.
GERMAN SHOW
Oktoberfest songs on accordion, guitar & banjo with dancing.
Spirit of Vaudeville
Jazz age songs on banjo, guitar & ukulele with tap dancing and hat tricks.
MARDIS GRAS show
New Orleans tunes on banjo, guitar and washboard with tap dancing.
