Jukebox Musicals
Jukebox Musicals
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#0Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:42pm
What is the obsession? I don't see it...
I'd rather pay 100 bux to hear NEW music...
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#2re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:45pmDefinitely agree! Why go hear someone else perform songs by some famous artist that you can hear on the radio any day of the week?
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#3re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:47pm
Umm, no thanks....
And thank you White Rabbit....
Lennon - which I think will be like BFO...
Good Vibrations
Mamma Mia
All Shook Up
Movin' Out
What else?
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#4re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:49pm
All I know about Lennon is that different people, of different races and sex, will be playing Lennon, so no, it won't be like BFO. It is, however, a jukebox musical.
Not Broadway, but We Will Rock You is another.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#5re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:51pm
Oh,
I mean just that it's gonna be about his life....
But in a different "artistic" way....
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#6re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:18pmI don't consider Movin' Out a jukebox musical.
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#7re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:39pmI'm pretty sure 'Movin' Out' is what would be considered a "jukebox musical". It is using old pop/rock songs for the music. I personally enjoy some of the jukebox musicals, like 'Movin' Out' and 'Mamma Mia'
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Aphexis
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/04
#8re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:42pmOne other is Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" which was wonderful. I have to say that I'm not a huge fan of jukebox musicals and even though this was cheesy...his music is wonderful!
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
Aphexis
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/04
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#11re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:59pmIt's not a matter of opinion...Movin' Out is, by the definition of a jukebox musical, a JUKEBOX MUSICAL...
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#13re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 9:00pm
Movin' Out...and I can consider it whatever I want. 
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
PennyLou
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/03
#15re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 9:28pmI see Movin out to be more of a ballet type thing then a musical. But it still fits under the "jukebox" standards since its all Billy Joel music..
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#16re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:12pmMovin' Out is a jukebox musical, whether someone thinks it is or not. I have to agree with BSoBW2, that it is by definition a jukebox musical. I personally don't see what makes it oh so special though. I saw it pre-broadway in Chicago and it really wasn't anything special, at least to me.
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#17re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:30pmI;d rather pay to hear Billy Joel sing his songs...well, I wouldn't pay for that anyway...
#18re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:35pmIt's kinda fun to hear some old favorites in a new light. It is also pretty cool that a younger audience might be exposed to some great classic music.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#19re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:39pmIf I wanted to be exposed to some great classic music by Billy Joel, I'd really want to go to a Billy Joel concert. Why see some random Broadway actors sing Billy Joel when you can see Billy Joel sing Billy Joel. There's a sort of "magic" when a song writer sings his/her own song cause it is their words and music.
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
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#21re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:41pm
i dont mind em ... though movin out wasnt my cup of tea. i thought of it more like a glorified music video. ya know, where the action usually relates to the song but youre not (always) watchin the one whose doin the singing.
#22re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:46pmThat may work for Billy Joel but it sure as hell doesn't work for Elvis.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#24re: Jukebox Musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:56pmWhat was that headline from Variety that came and went a minute ago? QUEEN MUSICAL TOUR DAMNED? Does this mean the hideous "We Will Rock You" has been derailed?
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