During this period, performance magic became a staple of Broadway theatre, vaudeville, and music halls. They incorporated elements of Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, and vaudeville. Willson came in close contact with many Broadway theatre, opera, and vaudeville performers. Schwartz's score incorporated a variety of musical genres, including pop, folk rock, gospel, and vaudeville. Her earliest performances were during amateur nights at vaudeville theaters in D.C. Carney, in turn, received influence from Borscht Belt and comedians of vaudeville. Carney, in turn, received influence from the Borscht Belt and comedians of vaudeville. Successful on stage in vaudeville and comic operas, she was also successful in film. Heckling was a major part of the vaudeville theater. The performances contained elements of both vaudeville and traditional folk music. It was named by a vaudeville performer Harry Fox in 1914. The act ran up against laws banning child performers in vaudeville. He continued touring in vaudeville until 1915. The film's story unfolds as a surreal narrative of connected vignettes punctuated by vaudeville interludes. Proctor used innovations such as electric lighting and phonographs in his "continuous daily vaudeville" theater.