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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 12, 2018 22:40:12 GMT
2018 both sides of the Atlantic, it is definitely the year of the Jukebox, so you have London.
London
Bat Out Of Hell - Jim Steinman
Tina Turner The Musical
Strictly Ballroom - Various
New York
Escape To Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
Rocktopia - Various
Summer The Donna Summer Musical
Head Over Heels - Go Go’s
Pretty Woman - Various
The Cher Show
Ain’t Too Proud - The Life Of The Temptations
Moulin Rouge?
The Bodyguard?
So What do you think will make it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 22:46:25 GMT
Pretty Woman isn't a jukebox musical. It's a brand new score written for the stage by Bryan Adams.
This show really shouldn't work on stage but it has me intrigued. I'm glad they have made it more about female empowerment rather than a woman needing a man to save her.
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Post by viserys on Feb 13, 2018 6:11:49 GMT
London's always had a bunch of jukebox musicals - Mamma mia and Thriller Live have been around for ages, WWRY did... 12 years I believe... and there were shorter runs like Our House, Tonight's the Night and that Spice Girls thing, plus shows like Priscilla that use a back catalogue too. I feel like the balance is fairly decent, but then I'm biased as Bat out of Hell is finally MY music and MY time on stage. Don't care for Tina Turner and I'd see Strictly Ballroom for the dancing, not the music.
I -am- disappointed by Broadway though. In the last few years, they've had massive success with completely fresh new musicals like Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Comet, Come From Away... and now suddenly there's a glut of jukebox musicals and movie adaptations? Ah well, it'll save me tons of money in not feeling the need to go to New York.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 13, 2018 7:13:16 GMT
My bank manager and I really like duke box musicals as my credit card stays firmly in my wallet ...
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Post by littlesally on Feb 13, 2018 9:34:51 GMT
We also have Katherine Kingsley’s Dusty to look forward to from Jonathan Harvey and Maria Friedman.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 12:10:55 GMT
Don't forget The Officer & The Gentleman (Curve)!
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Post by tonyloco on Feb 13, 2018 12:25:04 GMT
2018 both sides of the Atlantic, it is definitely the year of the Jukebox, so you have London. London
Bat Out Of Hell - Jim Steinman
Tina Turner The Musical
Strictly Ballroom - Various
No, 'Bat Out of Hell' is not a juke box musical. Jim Steinman originally intended it as a book musical but then diverted the songs to be material for MeatLoaf. It is one of the show's qualities that the score fits the book so well and for me it works perfectly as a proper musical. Of course I suppose you could say the same of 'Mama Mia!' but everybody knows that existing pop songs by ABBA have been shoehorned into a story whereas this misconception about 'Bat Out of Hell' seems to be promulgated in current advertising for the show, some of which does not even mention Jim Steinman and attributes the music to MeatLoaf. |
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Post by Jon on Feb 13, 2018 12:55:05 GMT
Strictly Ballroom isn’t jukebox, it’s a mix of original songs and songs that featured in the film so it’s a hybrid I’d guess
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 13:55:27 GMT
I agree, Strictly Ballroom isn't a jukebox musical - it's a stage adaptation of a film.
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