vaudeville theater
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There’s an old joke that dates back to vaudeville theater in the 19th century that comedians love putting their own spin on.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022
Soundies are often referred to as music-video prototypes, which is true but doesn’t fully capture their hybrid charm and how they fuse vaudeville, theater, cinema and the era’s newest novelty, television.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2020
But back then, drag was often part of vaudeville theater, and it was not necessarily for or by gay men.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2019
The 1917-built vaudeville theater was destroyed in the tornado.
From Washington Times • May 3, 2017
Lincoln's wealth of funny stories gave Offut's grocery somewhat the role of a vaudeville theater and made the storekeeper as popular a man as there was in New Salem.
From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)
