: a theatrical production consisting typically of brief loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances
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Some inventive past examples include a popular touring revue with Ira Glass, a disco dance workout through the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a meditation on loneliness in the public atrium of a Financial District shopping mall.
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Brian Schaefer
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
The musical revue will honor composers and lyricists including George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz through performances and narration.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
First opened under a different name as a vaudeville and burlesque venue which excluded African Americans, the Apollo emerged in 1934 as a place for variety revues targeted at Harlem's growing Black population.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Listen to this article Richard Maltby Jr. has a magical knack for revues, many geared around the work of pop culture icons.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
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Brian Schaefer
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
The musical revue will honor composers and lyricists including George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz through performances and narration.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
First opened under a different name as a vaudeville and burlesque venue which excluded African Americans, the Apollo emerged in 1934 as a place for variety revues targeted at Harlem's growing Black population.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Listen to this article Richard Maltby Jr. has a magical knack for revues, many geared around the work of pop culture icons.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for revue
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“Revue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revue. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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revue
noun
re·vue
ri-ˈvyü 
: a theatrical entertainment consisting usually of brief and often funny sketches and songs
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