Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
KrupYou
Understudy Joined: 7/5/25
#1Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/5/25 at 3:00pm
Not bio-musicals but slamming pop hits into a new story?
#2Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/5/25 at 3:12pm
It did, after it originally opened back in 2001.
This revival, in my opinion, will inspire more money-making national tours to grab a quick buck on Broadway for a limited run. (Especially if more theaters open up a lot earlier than expected and sit dark following a sudden closure.)
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Zeppie2022
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/22
#3Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/5/25 at 7:33pm
My answer is no. It is hard to take songs from artist and make a decent original story out of the music unless music was from "rock opera" like the album "Tommy". Pink Floyd's album "The Wall" might be interesting for somebody to try and see if they can make it work.
#4Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 7:29am
I thought the Huey Lewis musical last year Heart of Rock and Roll had a pretty good original story.
SteveSanders
Featured Actor Joined: 3/29/25
#5Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 7:43am
I'm not sure any creatives looking to "slam pop hits" into a new musical need any inspiration to do so. But it might be nice if those doing so did it in a more inspired and interesting manner.
#6Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 8:17am
EDSOSLO858 said: "It did, after it originallyopened back in 2001.
This revival, in my opinion, will inspire more money-making national tours to grab a quick buck on Broadway for a limited run. (Especially if more theaters open up a lot earlier than expected and sit dark following a sudden closure.)"
Exactly. We already went through this and flop after flop I think producers recognise now that the format is not intrinsically a success. There is something uniquely special and successful about Mamma Mia itself.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#7Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 8:40am
I guess it depends. "& Juliet" is a massive hit, as well as probably the best of the non-bio jukebox musicals. It actually made me ENJOY a jukebox musical (I am not a "Mamma Mia" fan). But Juliet has a very talented director and bookwriter who knew how to work these songs in a way that actually made these familiar tunes dramatic. That only really happens in Mia the last quarter, from "Slipping Through My Fingers" onward, not enough, IMO, to save a show whose other grace note is that it obviously feels very cohesive musically (ABBA has a more distinctive sound than Max Martin).
Crusty Bagel
Stand-by Joined: 7/27/25
#8Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 1:24pm
Bring back rock of ages!!
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#9Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 1:50pm
Crusty Bagel said: "Bring back rock of ages!!"
They already brought it back (2019) to New World Stages -- and it was a massive flop.
Crusty Bagel
Stand-by Joined: 7/27/25
#10Will mamma mia revival success inspire move jukebox musicals
Posted: 8/6/25 at 2:29pm
No it wasn’t, it just didn’t come back after covid
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