How to Use jukebox musical in a Sentence

jukebox musical

noun

• 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
• Hell’s Kitchen is a jukebox musical with a book by Kristoffer Diaz and music and lyrics by Keys.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 June 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
• This could mean that Sony could use the group’s songs in a jukebox musical to generate further income.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
• 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
• If a jukebox musical were made with the Queen catalog, the deal would include that as well, as per Variety.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
• 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
• What is startling, however, is that the new project is a jukebox musical and Lady Gaga is taking on one of its starring roles.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 24 July 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024