vaudeville
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He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
A typical vaudeville show involved a series of 10-minute acts like stand-up comedy, dancing, singing and juggling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
By the 1890s, “millions of Americans go out to vaudeville shows every week,” says Monod.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
History marched on, and the Plaza with it — segueing from an independently operated movie theater to a community arts center with live performances, including vaudeville and a sold-out Louis Armstrong show.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
I went to the office and looked up their records and found that most of them had spent their lives playing cheap vaudeville.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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