Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a popular from of entertainment in America during the time Chicago was inspired. From the rise in the 1880s to the fall in 1930's. Vaudeville consists of a sort of 'random' selection of sketches/acts/turns, including animal acts, burlesque, singing, short plays etc. A vaudeville show usually was made up of a selection of around 13 'turns' typically around 6-15 minutes long. Chicago was told though a series of vaudeville acts, including singing, dancing, ventriloquist acts and musical numbers, Cell Block Tango was inspired by and shows the many different nationalities that were involved in Vaudeville acts.
Vaudeville Theatres and Fonts
When looking at specific vaudeville theatre signs and programmes, there is a popular style of font/text used.
Frank
Cullen, Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly (2006) Vaudeville Old and New,
: Routledge
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