Vaudeville, Burlesque, Legit Theaters and Saloons: What Entertainment Was Like in 1905
Dec 19, 2025
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On today’s episode, showbiz historians David Monod and Peter Rader describe the entertainment marketplace as it existed in 1905, the year Variety began publishing in New York. The pair have great insights into how the past has informed the present in the world that Variety has covered for 12 decades and counting.