Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An entertainment consisting of dances, songs, negro-minstrelsy, gymnastics, or specialties of any kind, sometimes including farces or short sketches written to exhibit the accomplishments of the company.
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Examples
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Maybe NBC should sign Timberlake and Gaga to costar in an old-time variety-show together — they could be the Sonny and Cher of the 21st century.
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Conference of Mayors and 90-some members of the Kennedy family; when your emcees include Terrence McNally, Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols; and when your performers include Yo-Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock and Paul Simon, the actual art tends to get pushed aside, served up in snippets the size of variety-show acts.
A grand display Anne Midgette 2011
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In the fourth season of "30 Rock," the fictitious variety-show host Tracy Jordan, played with verve by comedian Tracy Morgan , has an emotional epiphany after shooting "Garfield 3," in which he starred as a motion-capture cat.
Comedian Gets Serious, Collapses Rachel Dodes 2012
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Lopukhov had danced on the vaudeville circuit with his sister later the wife of British economist John Maynard Keynes, by the by, and "The Bright Stream" is full of variety-show cheese: A tractor driver dresses up as a dog and careens around the stage on a bicycle.
A 'Bright Stream' to channel fun Sarah Kaufman 2011
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The Two Skirts & a Shirt show opens with a self-titled original semi-comic blues; it's a trifle misleading, more like a 1960s TV variety-show opening.
A Wondrous Week of Tunes Will Friedwald 2011
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He had hit albums - live recordings of his comedy songs - but didn't do the variety-show circuit on TV, or have any of his own primetime specials.
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Dancers donning cover-ups and vintage-style, square-bottom bathing suits paired with bandeau tops performed in a variety-show that was just a little dirty and fabulously cheeky.
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And Conan's "Tonight Show" faces Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," which has won the variety-show derby the past seven years running.
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Dancers donning cover-ups and vintage-style, square-bottom bathing suits paired with bandeau tops performed in a variety-show that was just a little dirty and fabulously cheeky.
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He had hit albums - live recordings of his comedy songs - but didn't do the variety-show circuit on TV, or have any of his own primetime specials.
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