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cabaret

[kab-uh-rey, kab-uh-ret] / ˌkæb əˈreɪ, ˈkæb əˌrɛt /


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The “Firework” hitmaker and Trudeau confirmed their relationship in October, when they stepped out hand in hand at a cabaret show in Paris, where they had been celebrating Perry’s birthday.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 2026

Which she does in a performance that has the tight focus of a good short story and the theatrical immediacy of what might be called a narrative cabaret.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

One of her original creations, the faded cabaret queen Lola Heatherton, armored herself in plastered-on wigs and stage finery, façades obscuring the jittery desperation of a woman hanging on by the quicks of her fingernails.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

The retelling of the first lady’s life recasts her as a petulant former cabaret performer who would rather be on stage than in the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

In 1916 Satie concocted a baldly insulting parody of themes from Gounod’s opera Mireille, and several of his cabaret songs make fun of Massenet’s supposed sentimentality.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Since debuting Lady Bushra four years ago, Amir has travelled the world performing at comedy nights and cabarets - from Los Angeles to Liverpool.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2024

This year’s festival, which arrives with more than 50 performances, as well as cabarets, craft workshops, panels, open mics and films, celebrates the legacy of the master puppeteer and theater artist Ralph Lee.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2023

It became the Savoy Ballroom, then Eastside Hall, when the city council, seeking to better serve Seattle’s Black community in 1946, relaxed its “unwritten but rigid policy” forbidding cabarets east of Eighth Avenue.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2023

Music halls in Britain, burlesque theaters in the United States, and cabarets in Paris featured young women singing and dancing.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

On the other hand, there’s Bep’s engagement, the Pentecost reception, the flowers, Mr. Kugler’s birthday, cakes and stories about cabarets, movies and concerts.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Louder than, and about as funny as Jimmy Durante, Jack White is 44, has been hoofing, gagging, minstreling, cabareting since 1911.

From Time Magazine Archive




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