Marx Brothers Marx Brothers until the premiere of "I'll Say She Is", which was their first Broadway show, so this would mean that they used their real names throughout their vaudeville days, and that the name "Gummo" never appeared in print during his time in the act. Other sources reported that the Marx Brothers went by their nicknames during their vaudeville era, but briefly listed themselves by their given names when "I'll Say She Is" opened because they were worried that a Broadway audience would reject a vaudeville act if they were perceived as low class. The Marx Brothers' stage shows became
The Flying Karamazov Brothers that include old and new elements from their repertoire, and shows backed by city orchestras. The Flying Karamazov Brothers appear in the film "The Jewel of the Nile", the sequel to "Romancing the Stone". They also appeared as the Flying Sandos Brothers in an episode of "Seinfeld" entitled "The Friars Club." The Karamazovs performed a unique, broad adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" at Lincoln Center. Aired live on the PBS program "Live from Lincoln Center," on June 24, 1987, the Karamazovs were joined by such "new vaudeville" acts as Avner the Eccentric and members of the troupe Vaudeville