revusical slang. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
(rɪˈvjuːzɪkəl)
[f. revue + musical n.]
A theatrical entertainment that combines elements of the revue and musical.
| 1931 Amer. Speech VII. 45 Torso tossers dance in revusicals which might even turn out floperoos. 1935 A. C. Baugh Hist. Eng. Lang. x. 378 Often such coinages [of portmanteau words] are formed with a playful or humorous intent... Paradoxology, alcoholiday, anecdotage, revusical, yellowcution, and the like, often reveal flashes of wit. 1936 Daily Mirror (N.Y.) 22 Apr. 10/4 Harriet Hoctor's class in ‘The Ziegfeld Follies’, the revusical. 1941 Amer. Speech XVI. 16/1 Pardon Us Please, ‘presenting thirty-five stars in person’, advertises itself in newspapers as a Revusical. 1967 New Idea (Austral.) 23 Feb. 6/4 John McKellar's invention, a revusical, opening in Sydney..called Hail Gloria Fitzpatrick. The Phillip Theatre..coined the word revusical to describe a show that will cover every facet of theatre work. |