"was led by the success of ""Mamma Mia!"", built around the music of ABBA. Reception of jukebox musicals has been divided, with the most common criticism being that there is too much focus on how many songs can be fit into the musical. Some jukebox musicals, like ""Lennon"" and ""Good Vibrations"" have been critical and financial flops. Others, like ""Jersey Boys"" and ""All Shook Up"" have been popular with both fans and critics. The term ""jukebox musical"" dates at least to 1962, following ""Jukebox"" (1939), though the general genre—motion pictures consisting largely of hit recordings—dates to the 1940s and 1950s."
"develop and write Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, which opened at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre on 12th October 1989. Referred to as the first of the so called ‘""Jukebox Musicals""’. Buddy ran in London’s West End for over 14 years, playing 5822 performances. Janes took over the producing of the show himself in 2004 and Buddy has been on tour in the UK for 17 of the last 24 years and has played Broadway, 5 U.S. National Tours, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Holland, Singapore, Finland, Austria and Denmark. Janes was nominated for an Olivier"
"that have already been hits. Following the earlier success of ""Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story"", these have included ""Movin' Out"" (2002, based on the tunes of Billy Joel), ""Jersey Boys"" (2006, The Four Seasons), ""Rock of Ages"" (2009, featuring classic rock of the 1980s) and many others. This style is often referred to as the ""jukebox musical"". Similar but more plot-driven musicals have been built around the canon of a particular pop group including ""Mamma Mia!"" (1999, based on the songs of ABBA), ""Our House"" (2002, based on the songs of Madness) and ""We Will Rock You"" (2002, based"
"the Prince of Wales Theatre on June 9, 2004, where it played until September 2012, when it moved to the Novello Theatre. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast, the original cast featured Siobhan McCarthy, Lisa Stokke, and Hilton McRae. Prior to the musical's Broadway engagement, it opened in Toronto at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in May 2000, where it played for five years. Its US debut was in San Francisco, California, at the Orpheum Theatre from November 17, 2000 to February 17, 2001, moving next to Los Angeles, California, at the Shubert Theatre from February 26,"
"songs. Other films described as jukebox musicals take all their songs from a single concept album featuring an integrated song cycle with a story arc, sometimes labeled a rock opera. Both the movies of The Who's ""Tommy"" and of Pink Floyd's ""The Wall"" adapted the entire song cycle of a single album which already revolved around a fictional character. Although jukebox musicals had achieved success for years (for instance ""Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story"", the musical about the life of Buddy Holly which ran in the West End for 13 years from 1989 to 2003), a surge in popularity"
"Alan Janes Alan Janes (born 16 May 1951) is an English writer and producer who has worked in TV, Films, Radio and Theatre. His best known work is the musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (widely credited with being the first of the so-called ‘""jukebox musicals""’) which ran for over 14 years and almost 6,000 performances in London’s West End, and has been on tour in the UK for 17 years. Buddy has also played Broadway, 5 U.S. National Tours, 8 years in Germany, 3 years in Australia and New Zealand and countless other productions around the world leading"
"produced, ""Pandora's Box"", which was initially showcased in July 2008 as part of Tiata Fahodzi's Tiata Delights at the Almeida Theatre, had its world premiere and sold-out shows at the Arcola Theatre, Hackney, in 2012, subsequently touring nationally in 2014 to 16 venues around the UK; the largest-ever tour for a black play in the UK. ""An exuberant and thought-provoking mix of comedy, tragedy and family drama"", ""Pandora's Box"" deals with the dilemma of a British-Nigerian mother, on holiday in Lagos with her streetwise son, about whether to leave him in a strict Nigerian boarding-school or bring him back to"
"as shallow as a paddling pool, and innocent fun – particularly for those who lived through the songs first time round."" Dreamboats and Petticoats Dreamboats and Petticoats is a jukebox musical based on popular songs from the fifties and early sixties. The musical, featuring those songs of the rock 'n' roll era, is set around the years 1957 to 1963 and was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. It was first performed at The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, England, in February 2009, followed by a UK tour. This run received rave critical reviews and widespread audience acclaim. It subsequently"
"Dreamboats and Petticoats Dreamboats and Petticoats is a jukebox musical based on popular songs from the fifties and early sixties. The musical, featuring those songs of the rock 'n' roll era, is set around the years 1957 to 1963 and was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. It was first performed at The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, England, in February 2009, followed by a UK tour. This run received rave critical reviews and widespread audience acclaim. It subsequently moved to the Savoy Theatre in London's West End from July to September in 2009 and then returned to London in"
"Boys"". As of February 2013, this production is still active, and is named ""The Midtown Men"". The HBO series ""The Sopranos"" made several nods to ""Jersey Boys"". For example: Jersey Boys Jersey Boys is a 2005 jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and eventual break-up of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four ""seasons"", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own"
"certified Gold, having shipped more than 500,000 copies in the US. In October 2009, the cast album was certified Platinum, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States. A Movie adaptation of the musical, directed by Clint Eastwood was released in 2014. The West End cast of ""Jersey Boys"" appeared as a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance 2008, which was staged at the London Palladium on December 11 in the presence of senior members of the Royal family. The Royal Variety Performance is a gala event held annually at a major British theatre, to raise money for the"
"Funbox (theatre group) Funbox are a Scottish musical theatre group and children entertainers. The group tour, performing music and comedy for children, with a focus on traditional Scottish playground songs. Members Anya Scott-Rodgets, Kevin MacLeod and Gary Coupland were all previously members of The Singing Kettle, when it disbanded in 2015 after 30 years. The three were informed that the touring ""Singing Kettle"" company was not available for purchase, after the retirement of two of the group's founding members in 2012. They therefore formed Funbox. Gary Coupland MBE (born 26 March 1964) is the group's musician and composer. He was"
"Disco Inferno (musical) Disco Inferno is an award-winning 1970's jukebox musical written by Jai Sepple. Set in the East End of London in 1976, the show features a host of memorable songs from the era and is loosely based on the story of ""Faust"". The production debuted at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch in 1999 with revised revivals at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon in 2004 the Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford in 2006. The characters in 'Disco Inferno' were named after well-known characters from songs of the era. The character of Nick Diablo was omitted from both the 2006 and 2012 productions"
"launched in 2010, followed by a UK premiere in 2012 and returned to the UK in 2017 in a new production at The Gatehouse in London with a West End cast, as part of a fringe festival. A reading of the musical was held on January 19, 2007, with a cast including Tracey Ullman, Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, Stephanie J. Block, Norm Lewis and Marc Kudisch. A revised draft was tested in a week-long workshop beginning on June 20, 2007, with an industry presentation in New York on June 28, 2007. Additional performers included Bebe Neuwirth and Andy Karl. The"
"financially successful entertainment event until ""The Lion King"" surpassed it in 2014. By 2011, it had been seen by over 130 million people in 145 cities across 27 countries, and continues to play in London and New York. In 1984, Lloyd Webber contacted Cameron Mackintosh, the co-producer of ""Cats"" and ""Song and Dance"", to propose a new musical. He was aiming for a romantic piece, and suggested Gaston Leroux's book ""The Phantom of the Opera"" as a basis. They screened both the 1925 Lon Chaney and the 1943 Claude Rains motion picture versions, but neither saw any effective way to"
"2005), ""Tom Jones"" (2004), ""tick, tick...BOOM!"" (2004, also London Fringe, 2005), ""Me and My Girl,"" and ""O. Henry's Lovers"" (Goodspeed Opera House, 2003). He directed Jim Henson's ""Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas"" at The Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut in 2008, and choreographed Julie Andrews' ""The Great American Mousical"" there in 2012. His production of ""The Jungle Book"" played the Goodman Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company in 2013. He is the director of the musical spoof ""SILENCE! The Musical"", which ran in 2005 at NYCFringe and is scheduled to open in London in January 2010. Other West End and London credits include"
"the orphanage. The musical was developed as part of the Ann Deal/Fashion Forms Plays-in-Progress Series at Rubicon Theatre in Ventura County, California in 2007. It was co-premiered by the Rubicon, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and Cincinnati Playhouse in 2009 - 2010. The musical then premiered in London's West End at the St. James Theatre in 2012, and Off-Broadway at the Davenport Theatre in 2015. The musical opened in Tokyo in 2012 and Canada in 2013. Workshop readings for the musical were done at the Rubicon Theatre Company as early as 2008, with Leslie Henstock as Jerusha and Robert Adelman Hancock as"
"Christmas (Winter Tour 2018) Wild West Show (Summer Tour 2019) Small Community Tours Pirates Highland Fling Rocking All Over The World Funbox at the Fringe Fancy Dress Fun Animal Magic Funbox (theatre group) Funbox are a Scottish musical theatre group and children entertainers. The group tour, performing music and comedy for children, with a focus on traditional Scottish playground songs. Members Anya Scott-Rodgets, Kevin MacLeod and Gary Coupland were all previously members of The Singing Kettle, when it disbanded in 2015 after 30 years. The three were informed that the touring ""Singing Kettle"" company was not available for purchase, after"
"actor Ian Reddington. The production won the 2003 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. However, due to poor ticket sales it closed after less than 10 months. A UK revival started at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and continued on a UK tour in 2008, with Chris Carswell playing the lead role of Joe Casey. In 2008/2009 it played cities from Stoke in July 2008 to Crawley in March 2009. The touring production changed aspects of the show in reaction to criticism of show's début in the West End. House of Fun was replaced with ""Los Palmas 7"" as the opening"
"in 2007, and ""Between Foxrock and a Hard Place"" in 2010, and ""Breaking Dad"" in 2014 and ""Postcards from the Ledge"" in 2017 – as well as the hugely successful 2012 puppet-based ""Anglo the Musical"" and a second musical ""Copper Face Jacks: The Musical"" in 2018. His first non-Ross-related venture into fiction: ""Triggs – The Autobiography of Roy Keane's Dog"" – was a #1 Bestseller in 2012, and short-listed for an Irish Book Award. He is a four-time Irish Book Award winner, collecting the Best Popular Fiction prize in 2007 for Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, in 2010"
"act, but others include a variety of acts. Some jukebox musicals include previously recorded songs, but others introduce unreleased material, such the Beatles' did in their first film, ""A Hard Day's Night"", which Andrew Sarris described as ""the ""Citizen Kane"" of jukebox musicals"", as well as in their second and third features, ""Help!"" and ""Magical Mystery Tour"" (their fourth film, the animated ""Yellow Submarine"", featured mostly previously released songs). Prior to the Beatles, Elvis Presley's movies sometimes contained previously unreleased music. In the 1980s, Prince's ""Purple Rain"", in which he played a fictional character called the Kid, also featured new"
"Viva Forever! (musical) Viva Forever! was a jukebox musical written by Jennifer Saunders, produced by Judy Craymer and was directed by Paul Garrington. Based on the songs of the Spice Girls, a British pop girl group formed in 1994, the show began previews at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, on 27 November 2012 and had its Press Night on 11 December 2012 and features some of the group's biggest hit songs including ""Wannabe"", ""Spice Up Your Life"" and the eponymous ""Viva Forever"". The show generated over £2,000,000 in pre-opening ticket sales. ""Viva Forever!"" was panned by critics, receiving some of the"
"at the Cambridge Theatre and its Broadway premiere on 11 April 2013 at the Shubert Theatre. ""Matilda"" has received widespread critical acclaim and box-office popularity, winning seven 2012 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musicalat the time, the most such awards ever won by a single show. At the 2013 Olivier Awards, the show jointly held the record with the play ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" before both were overtaken by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" in 2017 with 9 awards, however ""Matilda"" still holds the record for most Olivier awards won by a musical, tying"
"Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story a musical in two acts written by Alan Janes, and featuring the music of Buddy Holly, opened at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre on 12 October 1989. An early example of the jukebox musical, ""Buddy"" ran in London’s West End for over 12 years, playing 5,140 performances. Janes took over the producing of the show himself in 2004 and Buddy has been on tour in the UK for 17 of the last 24 years, and has played Broadway, 5 U.S. National Tours, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand,"
"to the Duke of York's Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre. The show was nominated for best Musical at the 2008 Olivier awards. In December 2007 Keating played Buttons in the first production of Stephen Fry's Cinderella at the Old Vic Theatre. From 23 October to 29 November 2008, Keating played Jamie in the Leicester Square Theatre's production of Matthew Todd's Blowing Whistles, alongside Stuart Laing and newcomer Daniel Finn. In May 2009, Keating returned to the stage in the first West End production of Tick, Tick... Boom! playing the role of John. The production was part of the Notes From New"
"vulnerable goddess. Singing fearlessly, and almost continually, she does a fine imitation of Tina Turner – that teetering sideways lean, those sexy washer-woman arms – but her performance goes way beyond the 'Tonight, Matthew, I will be...' of Stars in Their Eyes."" Soul Sister (musical) Soul Sister is a jukebox musical featuring the songs of Tina Turner, with a book by John Miller and Pete Brooks. ""Soul Sister"" opened at the Hackney Empire, where it played a limited run from 14 April - 5 May 2012. The production transferred at the Savoy Theatre in the West End on 23 August"
"and Jack Webster. It is one of the most popular Australian musicals of all time, being the first one to have a successful run on the West End. The West End production at the Queen's Theatre was nominated in 1995 for the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and choreographers Atkins and Dein Perry won for Best Theatre Choreographer. The show was partially rewritten for a revival in Houston in 1998. Hot Shoe Shuffle Hot Shoe Shuffle is a 1992 Australian musical produced by David Atkins. A jukebox musical, the score mostly includes American big band and popular songs of"
"Roman Holiday (musical) Roman Holiday is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Paul Blake. Based on the 1953 film of the same name, the musical tells the story of a young European princess and the American reporter who inadvertently aids in her escape from a whirlwind European tour, resulting in an unforgettable 24 hours in Italy’s capital Roman Holiday: the Cole Porter Musical debuted at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri on July 9, 2001. There was a reading for the Guthrie Theatre 2012 production starring Laura Osnes and John Behlmann. A"
"the Cincinnati Playhouse March 13 - April 10, 2010. The production opened in London's West End at the St. James Theatre on October 31, 2012 and ran until December 08. McGinnis and Hancock returned to their roles as Jerusha Abbott and Jervis Pendleton. Producer Ken Davenport presented a private New York industry reading of the musical on January 24, 2014, with McGinnis and Hancock reprising their roles. The musical opened Off-Broadway at the Davenport Theatre on September 28, 2015, with an open-ended run. McGinnis reprised her role again, with Paul Alexander Nolan joining her as Jervis Pendleton. In addition to"
"Soul Sister (musical) Soul Sister is a jukebox musical featuring the songs of Tina Turner, with a book by John Miller and Pete Brooks. ""Soul Sister"" opened at the Hackney Empire, where it played a limited run from 14 April - 5 May 2012. The production transferred at the Savoy Theatre in the West End on 23 August 2012, following previews from 20 August. It played a limited run to 29 September 2012. Emi Wokoma starred as Tina Turner, for which she was nominated for the Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The musical was nominated for 2013"
"1979). The show later went on for a National Tour In 1996, Bill Kenwright Ltd mounted a modified production at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, directed by Keith Strachan and Carole Todd. PJ Proby returned as Las Vegas Elvis, Tim Whitnall as mid-period Elvis, and Alexander Bar joined them as young Elvis. Various song changes were made to the initial 1977 production. After transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre in 1997, the show toured the UK until 2000. Elvis (musical) Elvis is a jukebox musical based upon the life of Elvis Presley, conceived and directed by Jack Good and Ray Cooney."
"its 3,500th performance since its 1999 world premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre in Old Compton Street, London. The production left the theatre on 1 September 2012 and transferred to the Novello Theatre on 6 September 2012. The theatre was grade II listed by English Heritage in April 1999. Prince of Wales Theatre The Prince of Wales Theatre is a West End theatre in Coventry Street, near Leicester Square in London. It was established in 1884 and rebuilt in 1937, and extensively refurbished in 2004 by Sir Cameron Mackintosh, its current owner. The theatre should not be confused with the"
"but failed to win any. The previous record for nominations without a win was eleven, held by ""Steel Pier"" and the original production of ""Chicago"", both also by Kander and Ebb. The musical's twelve nominations were second only to ""The Book of Mormon"", which garnered fourteen nominations that year. Nevertheless, ""The Scottsboro Boys"" played in US regional theatres in 2012 and moved to London in 2013, where, after a sell-out production at the Young Vic, it moved to the West End in 2014. As she is waiting for a bus, a lady lifts a corner of a cake box she's"