: a theatrical production consisting typically of brief loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances
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The revue, which runs 2-1/2 hours with intermission, focuses on the LPs (long-playing vinyl albums) that were king in the ’70s.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
See Pamela Anderson’s acclaimed and sincere turn in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl as a working-class performer at a Las Vegas revue, cocooned by her own delusions of grandeur.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
Like those hinterland émigrés cobbling together a revue at a boîte, Encores!
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The singer and dancer found work in New York City, where the Harlem Renaissance was in full force, in Vaudeville shows and Broadway revues.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
See Pamela Anderson’s acclaimed and sincere turn in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl as a working-class performer at a Las Vegas revue, cocooned by her own delusions of grandeur.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
Like those hinterland émigrés cobbling together a revue at a boîte, Encores!
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The singer and dancer found work in New York City, where the Harlem Renaissance was in full force, in Vaudeville shows and Broadway revues.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 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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