vaudeville
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Bob Baker’s Highland Park home was originally built as the York Theater in 1925, hosting movies and vaudeville performances during that era.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
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
Yet I had to fight him as I could, in terms he understood, even though we sounded like characters in a razor-slinging vaudeville skit.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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