vaudeville theater
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- noun
- /ˈvɔːdəˌvɪl ˈθiːətər/
- Archaic
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teatro de variedades
- Families flocked to the vaudeville theater every weekend to enjoy an entertaining mix of comedy and music.
- an old vaudeville theater
Examples
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The theater was built as a vaudeville theater and silent movie house, and throughout the decades has grown and changed with the community around it.
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While a few women were involved in the entertainment industry, in the early decades of the twentieth century, they were limited to the vaudeville theater stage.
Academic text (1999) -
Showing small, colored transparencies that were accompanied by songs about simple tales sung in three verses and refrains was very popular in vaudeville theaters and became even more popular with the advent of the nickelodeon.
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In the early 1900s, many talents emerged from the lively performances at the local vaudeville theater.
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The vaudeville theater featured a variety of acts, including singers, comedians, and dancers, making every show unique.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people go to see plays or movies
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A building where people watch live shows like songs, comedy, and short acts
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'vaudeville' names a type of variety performance and 'theater' names the venue, so a 'vaudeville theater' is predictably a theater where vaudeville is performed. This follows a common noun + noun composition pattern and would be immediately understood by a learner who already knows both constituent words (even if 'vaudeville' itself is less frequent).
Etymology
Vaudeville theater comes from a French name for lively town songs and short stage sketches, and one popular story says these little songs and jokes were put together into fast shows made of many short pieces. That's why a vaudeville theater means 'a theater with many quick, different acts' like comedy, music and specialty performances.