vaudeville
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The Westlake Theatre opened in 1926 as a 1,949-seat vaudeville and movie palace overlooking MacArthur Park, according to the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Her debut album included “Nobody,” composed in 1905 by vaudeville comedian Bert Williams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
By the 1890s, “millions of Americans go out to vaudeville shows every week,” says Monod.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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