¹ It can be spelled Revue or Review; the French “Revue” became the most common spelling. In recent times, the term has been used for shows dedicated to one songwriter.

² The major books on the revue include Bordman, Gerald, American Musical Revue: From the Passing Shows to Sugar Babies (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985)Google Scholar; and Davis, Lee, Scandals and Follies: the Rise of the Great Broadway Revue (New York: Limelight Editions, 2000)Google Scholar. Broadway histories and biographical writings about creators and performers also, in many instances, touch on the revue.