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Minsky's Burlesque

Stage shows popular in the early 20th century

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
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Minsky's Burlesque was a brand of American burlesque presented by four sons of Louis and Ethel Minsky: Abraham "Abe" Bennett Minsky (1880–1949), Michael William "Billy" Minsky (1887–1932), Herbert Kay Minsky (1891–1959), and Morton Minsky (1902–1987). They were Jewish. They started in 1912 and ended in 1937 in New York City. Although the shows were declared obscene and outlawed, they were rather tame by modern standards.

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This entry incorporates text from “Minsky's Burlesque” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.