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]

  1. ^ a b c "Erdman, Andrew L. 1965–", Contemporary Authors, retrieved 2024-11-21
  2. ^ Reviews of Blue Vaudeville:
  3. ^ Reviews of Queen of Vaudeville:
  4. ^ Reviews of Beautiful:
  5. ^ Theatre and Performance Dissertations, City University of New York, retrieved 2024-11-22