Who DESERVES a jukebox musical? — Page 3

The trouble with Bowie's music for a musial would be that his lyrical style is built around non sequiturs and stream of consciousness musings... hard to fit into ANY situation.

I would like to see a Billy Joel musical that is not a dance production and where the characters sing his music.

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For me... Cyndi Lauper, Cher and the Indigo Girls. I know the third is being worked on.

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I totally agree with a Celine Dion musical...I always thought "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" was so Broadway, specially those opening chords.

How about a Barbra Streis--oh no wait...nevermind.

STEVIE WONDER!
or
MARIAH CAREY!

Is there a Barry Manilow jukebox musical?

choitoy, well if that show Glee has showed us anything it's that Winehouse's stuff is surprisingly musical.

Personally not a fan of the usual jukebox musical, though I do love the idea of genre extending to Crazy for You and 42nd Street. I suppose of all the ideas the suggestion I like the most is Savage Garden. Their music is pretty damn epic and can even tell a story ("To The Moon And Back"). Plus they already proved they can write great love ballads ("Truly, Madly, Deeply"). That being said, I'd rather they or the likes of Regina Spektor CREATE musicals. Their works are rather good, but not quite worthy of being the sole basis of a theatrical score. But the talent there (especially with Spektor) is so immense that I think creating a musical is well within their abilities. I mean despite what many think about Spring Awakening, who ever thought that the guy behind "Barely Breathing" would create musical theater?

This may be an unpopular choice, but...

I'd actually be interested to see a show created by Lady GaGa and her 'Haus'.

Not a musical, and not with her famous tunes, but rather a conceptual futuristic/electro/glam/pop/rock extravaganza with elements of burlesque.

The closest thing I can link it to would be something like 'Love' (The Beatles/Cirque Du Soleil show)...but without freaky clowns.

It would obviously have to wait till she's more established and has grown as an artist, but she definitely is very conceptual and is about the theatrical performance.

It would be so off the wall and it would probably only work in Vegas, but I kind of crave something along those lines...even if it wasn't by her.

Coming from completely left field...

I often thought the music of "Scorpians" (the 70s/80s hard rock German band) would work quiet well into a storyline for a jukebox musical.

And while not a jukebox musical per se... I wait for the day Trent Reznor writes one. That guy can write anything :)

Arthur Freed, Celine Dion and Meat Loaf.

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[i]David Bowie's music would also lend itself VERY well to a jukebox musical. [/i]

Agreed. Actually, last night...before I saw this thread...I was saying the same thing to my partner. We were listening to the David Bowie playlist on my iPod during dinner and I said that I'd love it if David Bowie wrote a musical or if there were at least a jukebox musical of his work.

Frank Sinatra? I know he did alot of covers for songs, but there are other ones that could work nicely.

Not Queensryche.

Someone should tell Pascal.

Nobody does.

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