  In the past few years, the Magellanic Clouds have been the targets for
several major variable star surveys. The results of these surveys are now
becoming available and it is clear that a Renaissance in LMC and SMC variable
star research will result. In this review, I will describe the results of such
surveys and review the questions that are likely to be answered by further
work.
  With respect to results, I will concentrate on LMC MACHO Project data,
including beat Cepheids, discovery statistics, mode identification, Fourier
decomposition of lightcurves, and the differences between the LMC and galactic
sample.
