Vaud and the Villains
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Vaud and the Villains is an 18-20 piece 1930s, New Orleans themed stage musical show
. Created by actor Andy Comeau
and his wife Dawn Lewis, the Los Angeles
based act performs almost every week somewhere in town. The group plays many private, corporate and charity events as well as local nightclubs.
The show is heavily influenced by Comeau's upbringing and of his time spent in Louisiana
. It began as an homage to family legend, Vaud Comeaux, who was a revivalist
charlatan turned preacher in Louisiana in the 1930s. The group has performed at House of Blues Sunset Strip, The El Rey Theater, The Edison Downtown, Fais Do Do, and the entire run of Cirque Berzerk's "Beneath" show in LA Historic Park the summer of 2009. The show is a hybrid of a musical, a play, and a concert, and is performed by a core group of sixteen musicians and two dancers.
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
. Created by actor Andy Comeau
Andy Comeau
Andy Comeau is an American actor. He is best known for playing Theodore "Teddy" Huffstodt, the mentally unbalanced brother of lead character Dr. Craig Huffstodt on the Showtime series Huff...
and his wife Dawn Lewis, the Los Angeles
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based act performs almost every week somewhere in town. The group plays many private, corporate and charity events as well as local nightclubs.
The show is heavily influenced by Comeau's upbringing and of his time spent in Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. It began as an homage to family legend, Vaud Comeaux, who was a revivalist
Christian revival
Christian revival is a term that generally refers to a specific period of increased spiritual interest or renewal in the life of a church congregation or many churches, either regionally or globally...
charlatan turned preacher in Louisiana in the 1930s. The group has performed at House of Blues Sunset Strip, The El Rey Theater, The Edison Downtown, Fais Do Do, and the entire run of Cirque Berzerk's "Beneath" show in LA Historic Park the summer of 2009. The show is a hybrid of a musical, a play, and a concert, and is performed by a core group of sixteen musicians and two dancers.