vaudeville
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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
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
With his country twang and aw-shucks mannerisms belying a keen intellect, Will Rogers was the lasso-roping star of vaudeville and the Broadway stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
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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