vaudeville

Example Sentences

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He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Ground-floor tickets generally cost around a dollar, while cheap seats in the upper balconies were usually just a dime, making vaudeville accessible to rich and poor alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Stewart purchased and is restoring the Highland Theatre, a cultural landmark that once hosted vaudeville acts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

It plays out cheerily as a kind of vaudeville show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 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