Musical theater and vaudeville were popular in the Gilded Age. Here is a theater program from the Bijou Theater in Boston. Leaafing through the pages gives a great slice of life at the time, not only because of the playbills, but also because of the advertisements.

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vaudeville

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history of musical theater, gilded age, advertisements in the gilded age, history of american stage, popular culture in the gilded age

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