vaudeville

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

It plays out cheerily as a kind of vaudeville show.

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.

Jude turns it into a vaudeville that, even at its most entertaining, is best described by a common bat-related term that’s more scatological.

His new vaudeville show, “Mister Romantic,” came from a moment of deep reflection.