JUKEBOX MUSICAL

A 'jukebox musical' is either a stage musical or movie musical that features a set of pre-released, hit songs by a mainstream artist or artists as its musical score and contextualizes the songs in a dramatic plot, sometimes telling the biographical story of the band or singer whose music is used. Although jukebox musicals had achieved success for years (for instance ''Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story'', the musical about the life of Buddy Holly which opened in the West End in 1989) their recent surge in popularity was triggered largely by the successes of ''The Boy from Oz'' and ''Mamma Mia!'', based around the music of Peter Allen and ABBA respectively, and the 2001 film release of ''Moulin Rouge!''. The critical and commercial success of jukebox musicals is hit-or-miss; some (such as ''Lennon'') flop and close after a short season, while others (e.g. ''Movin' Out'') go on to win critical acclaim, financial success and long theatre runs and tours.

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List of jukebox musicals

List of jukebox musical films

External links

List of jukebox musicals

★ ''Leader of the Pack'' (1984), music of Ellie Greenwich

★ ''Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story'' (1989), music of Buddy Holly

★ ''Forever Plaid'' (1990)

★ ''Crazy for You'' (1992), music of George and Ira Gershwin

★ ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1999), music of The Bee Gees

★ ''Mamma Mia!'' (2001), music of ABBA

★ ''We Will Rock You'' (2002), music of Queen

★ ''Movin' Out'' (2002), music of Billy Joel

★ ''The Boy from Oz'' (2003), music of Peter Allen

★ ''Tonight's The Night'' (2003), music of Rod Stewart

★ ''Lennon'' (2005), music of John Lennon

★ ''Our House'', music of Madness

★ ''Good Vibrations'' (2005), music of The Beach Boys

★ ''All Shook Up'' (2005), music of Elvis Presley

★ ''Jersey Boys'' (2005), music of Frankie Valli and Four Seasons

★ ''Ring of Fire'' (2006), music of Johnny Cash

★ ''Hot Feet'' (2006), music of Earth, Wind & Fire

★ ''Dusty: The Original Pop Diva'' (2006), music of Dusty Springfield

★ ''Daddy Cool'' (2006), music of Boney M

★ ''The Times They Are A-Changin''' (2006), music of Bob Dylan

★ ''On the Record'', music of the Walt Disney Company

★ ''Return to the Forbidden Planet''

★ ''Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar'' (2005), music of the Spanish group Mecano

★ ''Sunshine on Leith'' (2007), music of The Proclaimers

★ ''Disco Inferno'' (1999), music of the 70s era.]

★ ''Back To The 80's!(musical)'' (2004), music of the 80s era.]

★ ''Xanadu'' (2007), music of Electric Light Orchestra

★ ''10 Million Miles (musical)'' (2007), music of Patty Griffin

★ "The Onion Cellar (musical)" (2006), music of The Dresden Dolls

List of jukebox musical films

★ ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952)

★ ''Yellow Submarine'' (1968)

★ '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1978)

★ ''Everyone Says I Love You'' (1996)

★ ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001)

★ ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001)

★ ''Ella Enchanted'' (2004)

★ ''Chicken Little'' (2005)

★ ''Happy Feet'' (2006)

★ ''Across The Universe'' (2007), music of The Beatles

External links

★ Mandelbaum, Ken. "Preview '05-'06: The Jukebox Plays On," July 27, 2005.