1. Vaudeville and American Culture
... singers, dancers, and Shakespearean plays. Capitalizing on the new wave of European immigrants into the United States after the war ceased in 1820 were concert saloons. Saloons offered a form of escape in the form fun, drinking, and entertainment for these immigrants who were often struggling to find work, poorly paid, and living in cramped quarters. As these saloons prospered and expanded ... the theatergoer's desire for something new or novel" ("History of," 1926). For just the cost of a cheap seat ticket (usually nickel-dime), patrons had the opportunity to escape their ordinary mund...
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