: a theatrical production consisting typically of brief loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances
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The highly touted Royals prospect drew rave revues for his work in big-league spring training camp, despite being in his early 20s.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
The fully staged off-Broadway production features one-off songs, mini-musical revues and excerpts, performed in alternating solos and several ensemble pieces.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Ladbroke's, in London…The Committee, a smart little group who do a revue of often funny, frozen improvisations, smashing head-on into politics…The wily, eighteenth-century satirist.
—Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
To save her parents' small-town bar and arts venue, a Broadway dancer (Britt Robertson) stages an all-male holiday dance revue to get butts in seats and enlists a buff contractor (Chad Michael Murray) and his pals to show off their moves.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
The fully staged off-Broadway production features one-off songs, mini-musical revues and excerpts, performed in alternating solos and several ensemble pieces.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Ladbroke's, in London…The Committee, a smart little group who do a revue of often funny, frozen improvisations, smashing head-on into politics…The wily, eighteenth-century satirist.
—Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
To save her parents' small-town bar and arts venue, a Broadway dancer (Britt Robertson) stages an all-male holiday dance revue to get butts in seats and enlists a buff contractor (Chad Michael Murray) and his pals to show off their moves.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Revue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revue. Accessed 2 Apr. 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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