vaudeville
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He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Prominent public figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt spoke there before it transitioned into a vaudeville venue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
These would influence the American musical, but also shaping the genre were homegrown entertainments—the minstrel show, the revues of Florenz Ziegfeld, vaudeville and burlesque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
For all its verbal vaudeville, though, this holiday pageant occasionally hints at Thomas’s abiding theme, death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Several acts of vaudeville tonight for my entertainment.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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