Their product was moved out from venues such as burlesque theaters and back alley halls to the major sports venue in each city.

In the 1940s it became a live burlesque theater.

The team was cast by Harold Minsky in his family's celebrated burlesque theater.

Its old-fashioned opera-house design dates back to 1914, when it first opened its doors as a burlesque theater.

A little farther away, there were enough burlesque theaters and bars to give the area the nickname Barbary Coast.

By this time, Thomas was no longer operating out of a converted burlesque theater.

At the beginning of the film, Nate, the father, runs a burlesque theatre, and engages in a community numbers racket.

At that time there were several burlesque theatres operating in the city, as well as some community groups.

He took a job as a Dutch-accented comic at a local burlesque theater.

"In 1930, it was converted to a Minsky's burlesque theater," he says.