: a theatrical production consisting typically of brief loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances
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Drag’s evolution from edgy night-club revues to family programming has, predictably, spurred criticism.
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Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
And performances of its 30-odd catchy songs — the newest of them 80 years young, the oldest closing in on a century ago — are far away from a concert, richer than a mere revue.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
She was originally supposed to kick off the Celebration Tour—a greatest-hits revue—this summer, but a bacterial infection put her in the intensive-care unit in June.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2023
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, famous nightclubs like Harlem’s Smalls Paradise and the Cotton Club, and L.A.’s Sebastian’s Cotton Club, put on musical revues featuring both the best in jazz music and jazz tap dancing.
—Brynn Shiovitz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
Old favorites like the ‘Grinch’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be joined by new shows like a mariachi opera, a new Lamb’s holiday revue and ‘Elf, The Musical’
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Christmas season is all about traditions.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
Struggling to make a living, Arkin moved to St. Louis to work with the Compass Players, an improvisational cabaret revue.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023
Staged at the Horseshoe Las Vegas’s iconic Jubilee Theater, the 75-minute show is a stylish homage to Jubilee!, one of Vegas’s most famous revue shows on the Strip and the last showgirl production of its kind, which ran from 1981 to 2016.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
In satirical revues, Victoria was depicted bent over Kruger’s knee being whipped by two Boers.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
And performances of its 30-odd catchy songs — the newest of them 80 years young, the oldest closing in on a century ago — are far away from a concert, richer than a mere revue.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
She was originally supposed to kick off the Celebration Tour—a greatest-hits revue—this summer, but a bacterial infection put her in the intensive-care unit in June.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2023
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, famous nightclubs like Harlem’s Smalls Paradise and the Cotton Club, and L.A.’s Sebastian’s Cotton Club, put on musical revues featuring both the best in jazz music and jazz tap dancing.
—Brynn Shiovitz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
Old favorites like the ‘Grinch’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be joined by new shows like a mariachi opera, a new Lamb’s holiday revue and ‘Elf, The Musical’
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Christmas season is all about traditions.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
Struggling to make a living, Arkin moved to St. Louis to work with the Compass Players, an improvisational cabaret revue.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023
Staged at the Horseshoe Las Vegas’s iconic Jubilee Theater, the 75-minute show is a stylish homage to Jubilee!, one of Vegas’s most famous revue shows on the Strip and the last showgirl production of its kind, which ran from 1981 to 2016.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
In satirical revues, Victoria was depicted bent over Kruger’s knee being whipped by two Boers.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
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: a theatrical entertainment consisting usually of brief and often funny sketches and songs
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