Has a real jukebox musical ever been made?

[SweMozArt]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 6:46pm

When jukeboxes were widely used they contained records with the current hits by different artists, songwriters and record labels, like a top 40. Has there ever been made a real jukebox musical?

[SweMozArt]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 6:59pm

Or you could be even more flexible than the jukebox. First you creat a fantastic story that fits the musical format. Then you freely pick songs that create the right emotions for each scene. Obviously im aware of the possible legal and economic problems with such a process.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 7:01pm

Yes- it's called the radio

[SweMozArt]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 7:05pm

Well obviously the tunes would be within a framework and lyrics would be changed to fit the story. If you would be listening to pieces from the same musical on the radio, but which would be arranged in the wrong order, it wouldn't make sense either.

[eve harrington2]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 7:55pm

The 60's project is more along the lines of what you are talking about. It uses tons and tons of songs and sections of songs from all artists from the 60s...It was a bit tiresome and clunky when I saw it. Some great performers in the cast. Some great moments, and lots of great singing. But I know they have been working on the book. Maybe it will improve. It is more along the lines of what you are talking about.

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 8:12pm

Moulin Rouge sort of did that...

[SweMozArt]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 8:22pm

I have shamefully not seen that movie but now i remember seeing a video of your song from moulin rogue.

[PennyLou]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 9:45pm

isn't footlose like that.. all songs from differnt people in the 80s?

[Jon]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 10:22pm

The Steve Martin/Bernsadette Peters movie PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (and the BBC mini-series on which it was based) had an original sory, and used songs fromt he 1930's. In fact, the actors didn't actually sing - they lip synched to the original recordings from the period - soi I guess that would really be a "jukebox musical".

Best scene: Christopher Walken doing a tap dance/strip tease to "Let's Misbeahve".
Updated On: 7/31/06 at 10:22 PM

Posted: 7/31/06 at 10:28pm

I saw a reading of a show still being written about back-up singers and their individual stories- how they fell in love with music, etc- but i cant remember the name of it.

update: it was called A Hot Minute.
Updated On: 7/31/06 at 10:28 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 10:41pm

Jerome Robbins' Broadway? It was a jukebox of songs from several projects he did.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 10:57pm

DO RE MI
had all original songs but it was about how jukeboxes took ove the industry
so it was a "Jukebox" musical.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 11:20pm

Footloose issnt like that as the famous songs it uses are all from the film version of Footloose and the rest of the songs were written for the show.
We had a popular show in the UK called Oh What A Night and that used songs from the 70s by all different artists.
Also Boogie Nights the musical(no not the film)and Love Shack.

[zzannahk]

Posted: 7/31/06 at 11:26pm

they were talking about a recent one on "On Stage" with i think 60's music off broadway, but i dont remember the name

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 4:07am

Is the new SHOUT the off-Broadway musical a jukebox musical?

[zzannahk]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 4:14am

thats what I was talking about, thanks

[JakeB]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:32am

Like Return to the Forbidden Planet?