vaudeville theater
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There’s an old joke that dates back to vaudeville theater in the 19th century that comedians love putting their own spin on.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022
Main Street in Shawnee, an old coal town that once boasted an opera house, a vaudeville theater, dozens of stores and plenty of taverns, is now one abandoned building after another.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2020
But back then, drag was often part of vaudeville theater, and it was not necessarily for or by gay men.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2019
At that time, R. F. Goodlett sought out financial backers to construct a vaudeville theater called The Comus.
From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2016
Lincoln's wealth of funny stories gave Offut's grocery somewhat the role of a vaudeville theater and made the storekeeper as popular a man as there was in New Salem.
From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)