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?
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.
#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'
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. 
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..
#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.
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 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.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#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 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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