minstrel show
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
minstrel show
n 1: a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a
comic program of negro songs and jokes
2: a variety show in which the performers are made up in
blackface
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "minstrel show":
Broadway musical, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Singspiel, Tom show,
antimasque, audience success, ballad opera, ballet,
ballet divertissement, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show,
charade, chorus show, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy ballet,
comedy drama, comic opera, critical success, dance drama,
daytime serial, dialogue, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue,
dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater,
experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, flop, gasser,
giveaway, grand opera, happening, hit, hit show,
improvisational drama, legitimate drama, light opera, lyric drama,
masque, melodrama, minstrel, miracle, miracle play, monodrama,
monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical,
musical comedy, musical revue, musical stage, musical theater,
mystery, mystery play, opera, opera ballet, opera bouffe,
opera buffa, operetta, pageant, panel show, pantomime, pastoral,
pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, psychodrama,
quiz show, radio drama, review, revue, sensational play, serial,
show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera,
sociodrama, song-and-dance act, song-play, spectacle, stage play,
stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau,
tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama,
television play, theater of cruelty, total theater, variety show,
vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success,
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