Andrew Lee Erdman (born 1965) 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), ''Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay'' (Cornell University Press, 2012) and ''Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator'' (Oxford University Press, 2024). Erdman was born in 1965 in

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, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from

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in 1988. He earned a doctorate in theatre studies from the

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in 2001, under the supervision of Daniel C. Gerould.

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Andrew L. Erdman's website
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