Is Jersey Boys good? — Page 2

I've never quite gotten the bad rap this show has among some people. I can understand not liking it, but I don't think it compares that unfavorably to other musicals. A lot of musicals aren't exactly heavyweight material, even ones that aren't the jukebox type. A lot of popular music once came from musicals, so I'm not sure what's so different about already-popular music being used as musical material. I also think it's sort of a hybrid between a play with music (when they perform the big early hits, and most of the first act) and a traditional musical (using songs to comment on the action, as almost all the music in the second act is used).