revue

/rɪˈvju/

Other forms: revues

If you like singing and dancing, you might enjoy seeing a revue, or a theatrical show featuring a lot of performers with a variety of talents.

The noun revue is somewhat old-fashioned, and this type of entertainment is more likely today to be called a "variety show." Revues were particularly popular in the early part of the 20th century, until the mid-1930s, and audiences attended them both for the funny, topical sketches as well as to see women dancing in scanty clothes. The earliest meaning of revue was "show presenting a review of current events."

Definitions of revue

1. noun

   a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
   synonyms: review

   types:

   follies

   a revue with elaborate costuming

   Ziegfeld Follies

   a series of extravagant revues produced by Flo Ziegfeld

   type of:

   variety, variety show

   a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances