Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Variety show \Variety show\
   A stage entertainment of successive separate performances,
   usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches,
   exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often
   loosely called {vaudeville show}.

Source : WordNet®

variety show
     n : a show consisting of a series of short unrelated
         performances [syn: {variety}]