music hall

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A vaudeville or variety theater
An auditorium for concerts and musical entertainments
a variety show with songs and comic acts etc
A place for public musical entertainments; specif
a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium
A music hall was a theatre that presented popular entertainment
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a theater in which vaudeville is staged
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Music hall was a popular form of entertainment in the theatre in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It consisted of a series of performances by comedians, singers, and dancers. an old music hall song
music hall and variety theatre
Popular entertainment that featured successive acts by singers, comedians, dancers, and actors. The form derived from the taproom concerts given in city taverns in England in the 18th-19th centuries. To meet the demand for entertainment for the working class, tavern owners often annexed nearby buildings as music halls, where drinking and smoking were permitted. The originator of the English music hall as such was Charles Morton, who built Morton's Canterbury Hall (1852) and Oxford Hall (1861) in London. Leading performers included Lillie Langtry, Harry Lauder (1870-1950), and Gracie Fields. Music halls evolved into larger, more respectable variety theatres, such as London's Hippodrome and the Coliseum. Variety acts combined music, comedy acts, and one-act plays and featured celebrities such as Sarah Bernhardt and Herbert Tree. See also vaudeville
A music hall
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Radio City Music Hall
a large theatre in New York City, where concerts, film festivals, the Tony Awards ceremony, and shows with lots of singing and dancing take place
music-hall
large room for musical entertainment
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