How to Use jukebox musical in a Sentence

jukebox musical

noun
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  • Will Swenson stars in the jukebox musical built around the hits of the durable star.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 June 2023
  • The jukebox musical, set is in the 1950s, is based on the music of Elvis Presley.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022
  • That will be the group on which the 2005 jukebox musical is based: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
    — Michael Rydzynski, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • The jukebox musical is based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The impulse of late for recording artist biopics is to make a jukebox musical of all their hits.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There are brains under all the big hair in this jukebox musical about love and rocking out on the Sunset Strip of the 1980s.
    — New York Times, 4 July 2019
  • This jukebox musical is based on the formation, success and break-up of the Four Seasons, a rock and pop band that came to fame in the 1960s.
    — Mary Colurso, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Writing a book to a jukebox musical takes a whole other set of skills and talent.
    — Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • Here’s a trivia question for you: What was the first jukebox musical?
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
  • The Simon & Garfunkel Story’ The jukebox musical salutes the 1960s folk-pop duo.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • As teased in the trailer with a scene of the two performing on stage, Folie à Deux is expected to be a kind of jukebox musical.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Those are just two of the notable musical updates to the new show, which is based on Baz Luhrmann‘s vibrant 2001 jukebox musical film of the same name.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 24 July 2019
  • But the show itself, written by Larry McKenna and first staged in 2011, is the laziest kind of jukebox musical.
    — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2018
  • As jukebox musicals go, though, this one is a badly broken record.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
  • The jukebox musical explores the music and the life stories of Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
    — Jim Kiest and Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2021
  • Listen to this article The songs of Alicia Keys are well suited to a jukebox musical.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Yes, Gen Z can fall in love with this flamboyant jukebox musical.
    — Yolanda MacHado, EW.com, 16 July 2022
  • Elvis may be the main attraction in this jukebox musical about a storied meeting of rock upstarts in 1956.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Even the songs seem to arrive just to underscore a dramatic point, like a jukebox musical.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The jukebox musical follows their love story and careers, and features many of their most famous songs.
    — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The story by book writer Alexander Dinelaris doesn't simply exist to prop up the songs, something so many jukebox musicals are guilty of.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • This jukebox musical is the theatrical equivalent of sipping on a frozen drink while lying on a beach chair in the blazing sun.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The jukebox musical features three women sharing the title role as the pop star grows into a superstar and an icon.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
  • None of these conforms strictly to the genre of jukebox musical, which more often hangs flimsy showbiz stories on the catalogues of rock and folk groups and singers.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The jukebox musical, based on the act's songs, opened in 1999 in London and later became the eighth-longest-running show in Broadway history.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2021
  • This show has all the jukebox musical cliches — the supportive radio DJ, the kids dying for a new sound — but these were not theatrical cliches in 1989.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • There’s a jukebox musical of his works and a number of film soundtrack contributions.
    — Tres Dean, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Springsteen on Broadway is the jukebox musical reimagined as a solo performance, where the songs tell the story of their creator’s life.
    — Noel Murray, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2018
  • In a lot of jukebox musicals, the music is just put in for maximum nostalgic effect.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Little is known about the plot of sequel, which is reportedly a jukebox musical.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024

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