vaudeville
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The 100-year-old venue opened in 1925 as a vaudeville and silent movie house where Walt Disney previewed his animated shorts, but it changed identities many times over the course of its history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Ground-floor tickets generally cost around a dollar, while cheap seats in the upper balconies were usually just a dime, making vaudeville accessible to rich and poor alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
They went to a vaudeville stage show, visited the tomb of an unknown soldier from the Great War, and took in a light opera.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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