vaudeville

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A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times

Training the performers, most of whom are not dancers, took time — the routine combines elements of vaudeville, tap and percussion.

From New York Times

Kitano, 76, began in Japan’s equivalent of vaudeville as a stand-up comic with the stage name Beat Takeshi, before becoming a superstar on TV shows and films.

From Washington Times

“Sweetwater” also offers snippets of several Trotters games, which are less competitions than highly athletic vaudeville routines.

From Washington Post

The couple became close friends of Julian Eltinge, a vaudeville luminary who also starred in silent pictures.

From Los Angeles Times