variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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Burlesque and aerial variety show celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 12 May 2024
The variety show dispensed with its typical topical cold open for one that featured SNL castmembers sharing moments with their moms.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
The Canadian variety show, which ran from 1976 to 1984, was an offshoot of Toronto’s famed Second City comedy troupe.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Craig is credited with working as a production supervisor and associate producer on the variety show as well as working as an associate producer in the late 1970s on the show Sha Na Na.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
The twosome was out to present the Emmy for outstanding live variety show.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
The Honeymooners began as a series of short sketches on the variety show Cavalcade of Stars before later featuring regularly on CBS’ The Jackie Gleason Show.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2024
In my ears, the symphony’s teeth only got sharper as the week wore on and the orchestra forged ahead — though the Philharmonie space did lend particular sparkle and peculiar shine to its timbral variety show.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Broadway could use a good variety show, and Rainbow has that same quality that made his beloved friend Carol Burnett the quintessential variety show host — ecstatic fandom.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 12 May 2024
The variety show dispensed with its typical topical cold open for one that featured SNL castmembers sharing moments with their moms.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
The Canadian variety show, which ran from 1976 to 1984, was an offshoot of Toronto’s famed Second City comedy troupe.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Craig is credited with working as a production supervisor and associate producer on the variety show as well as working as an associate producer in the late 1970s on the show Sha Na Na.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
The twosome was out to present the Emmy for outstanding live variety show.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
The Honeymooners began as a series of short sketches on the variety show Cavalcade of Stars before later featuring regularly on CBS’ The Jackie Gleason Show.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2024
In my ears, the symphony’s teeth only got sharper as the week wore on and the orchestra forged ahead — though the Philharmonie space did lend particular sparkle and peculiar shine to its timbral variety show.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Broadway could use a good variety show, and Rainbow has that same quality that made his beloved friend Carol Burnett the quintessential variety show host — ecstatic fandom.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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