vaudeville
IPA: vˈɑdvɪɫ
noun
- (historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
- (historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
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Examples of "vaudeville" in Sentences
- The academy began to offer vaudeville to students.
- In vaudeville he began singing and playing the xylophone.
- David Gergen needs to bring back vaudeville from the dead.
- The album is noted for the vaudeville and cabaret influence.
- Â He started his entertainment career in vaudeville in 1902.
- He toured Europe and returned to the US to continue in vaudeville.
- He also learned to operate the spotlights for the vaudeville shows.
- In the movie Merman and Dailey sang the song in a vaudeville sequence.
- The effeminate male was a recurring character type in early vaudeville.
- It was one of the last theaters in the country to showcase Vaudeville acts.
- By the time he was 21 was working in vaudeville as magician and ventriloquist.
- The Paramount was built expressly for showing film and secondarily, vaudeville.
- After his baseball career ended, Anson went on to have several businesses, a stint in vaudeville, and managing the New York Giants.
- Rather, he left home at age 18 after many years of practicing his craft as a juggler, and he was a headline star in vaudeville by age 21.
- Musical comedies never fully disguise their roots in vaudeville, where singers sang and dancers danced for the sheer pleasure of performing.
- It was late in the 19th century that the French word "vaudeville" came into use to describe these programs; the British called them music halls.
- And don't look for a happy ending: four of them worked in vaudeville to trade on their fame but their lives were broken and shattered all down the line.
- The Stooges relied on material they'd honed in vaudeville and nightclubs; they knew what they were doing because they'd been doing it forever, and it was organic to them.
- After stints in vaudeville and nightclubs, he took his act to radio, where the Edgar Bergen – Charlie McCarthy Show (with his caustic and irrepressible dummy Charlie McCarthy) was one of the most popular programs for 20 years (1937 – 57).