What is the difference between a musical and a revue?

There should be a new category for the Tonys.
In these days of producers and librettists stringing
together pop songs with a story and calling them
musicals, the term revue should come to the fore.
It is unfair for an original show like The Drowsy
Chaperone with its' original score should compete
against the likes of Jersey Boys who's songs have
been on the radio for at least thirty years. For it to
win is a smack in the face to originality as well as
a geographical assessment of the voters. I am appalled
at what Broadway has become. Yes, more tickets are
being sold and shows are selling out. What price glory?
Karaoke musicals? Umteenth revivals? What musicals
like The Drowsy Chaperone show is that originality is
still possible. New scores are still desired.

Getting back to my original point, The Jersey Boys
and shows of its ilk should be classified as revues because
the music pre-existed before the show was produced.
(You do have some exceptions like Tommy that were
originally created as a concept album with some sort
of story in mind) This would clear the way for the awards
to be presented more comprehensively.

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