Never having seen this Russian clown-show before, I was also struck by how much it resembled the revues of my youth. |
Do not look here for wit, satire, or dazzling invention, in which the old-time revues abounded. |
The Shuberts, theater owners and producers, offered a series of revues called Artists and Models. |
It also offered popular education and supplied entertainment which drew on theatre, the revues, music, and cinema. |
The Sondheim revues work as well as they do because so often the songs are inherently dramatic, almost playlets in their own right. |
West End theatres used to run revues or present speciality acts like an American singer surrounded by dancers and back-up acts. |