vaudeville
noun
, ˈväd-, ˈvōd-, -ˌvil; ˈvȯ-də-, ˈvä-
, ˈvō-
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, ˌväd- , ˌvōd- ; ˌvȯ-də- , ˌvä- , ˌvō- \
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In an old vaudeville joke, a fine lady from Philadelphia is enjoying tea with her friend at Boston's Ritz hotel. — Town & Country, "Why is Boston is the Snobbiest City in the World?," 31 Jan. 2017 Unfortunately for me, vaudeville was already dead and gone. — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, "Lucille Ball dished on 'I Love Lucy' co-stars to reporter, thought television went 'downhill'," 1 Aug. 2018 Reeves had held a number of jobs prior to law enforcement such as trapeze performer with Barnum & Bailey, farmer and vaudeville performer. — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, "Retro Indy: The execution of George Barrett," 24 Mar. 2014 Chicago deliberately transforms the art of vaudeville into a metaphor for riotous 1920s Chicago. — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, "'Chicago' at Broadway Theatre of Pitman: Lots of talent, entertainment," 8 July 2018 Archeophone does small pressings that target music geeks, scholars and lovers of vaudeville. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, "This mysterious recording was the missing musical link to an era when racism was the tune," 22 June 2018 Especially the tile-domed Balboa Theatre, a 1,500-seat vaudeville and movie palace built in 1924 at Fourth Avenue and E Street downtown. — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Steve Karo, who led the effort to save Balboa Theatre, dies at 75," 21 June 2018 Edmonson was a square peg even then, with an inimitable warble that would’ve been a natural fit in the days of vaudeville. — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, "Kat Edmonson sings about the light and dark in the night," 16 May 2018 A century ago, as the West Rock Theater, the venue offered silent movies and vaudeville acts. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "A Coarse, Cacophonous, Compelling 'Cabaret' In New Haven," 26 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vaudeville.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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