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jukebox musical
[ jook-boks myoo-zi-kuhl ]
noun
- a musical that uses songs that are not original to the play or movie and are integrated into the plot:
This jukebox musical tells the tale of an uptight little town that comes alive to the tune of more than two dozen Elvis hits.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jukebox musical1
Example Sentences
It is a jukebox musical of Celine Dion hits, where Celine herself hijacks a museum tour about the Titanic cruise liner in order to narrate her version of what happened the night the vessel sank.
In fact, 鈥淏etter Man鈥 might work better on the London stage as a jukebox musical than in cinemas.
Jackson made her Broadway debut Saturday with a one-night-only role in the jukebox musical 鈥& Juliet,鈥 which, according to Playbill, 鈥渇lips the script on the William Shakespeare classic, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn鈥檛 ended it all over Romeo.鈥
Gold鈥檚 鈥淩omeo + Juliet鈥 seems to be taking its cues from 鈥& Juliet,鈥 the hit Broadway jukebox musical that features songs by Max Martin and other artists in a 鈥淩omeo and Juliet鈥 sequel that imagines what might have happened had Juliet lived.
In particular, 鈥淔olie 脿 Deux鈥 grossly underestimates the storytelling power of the jukebox musical, which arranges existing music into a new narrative.
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