How to Use jukebox musical in a Sentence

jukebox musical

noun
  • Yet if only one of his movies could have it, the jukebox musical is the right fit.
    — Rachel Simon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Will Swenson stars in the jukebox musical built around the hits of the durable star.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 June 2023
  • To be fair, this doesn’t feel or present like a typical jukebox musical.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Writing a book to a jukebox musical takes a whole other set of skills and talent.
    — Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • This jukebox musical features Keys' songs and a story inspired by her own life.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The show was neither based on a classic film nor was a traditional jukebox musical built around the songs of a famous pop star or band.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • As is often the problem with biopics of all kinds — jukebox musical or not — the sheer scope of a life is impossible to capture in a mere 2 hour runtime.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Every jukebox musical exists, by definition, to serve the music at its center.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The gig marks not only her first ever Broadway performance but also the first time a woman has performed the role in the beloved and long-running jukebox musical.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There was a time when the jukebox musical regularly brought in $1 million week to week, though Playbill says the grosses have only declined of late.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • That seems to be the question posed by Fire & Rain, the jukebox musical using the stylings of singer-songwriter James Taylor.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This jukebox musical stuffed with hits by The Four Seasons is back on the road to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
    — Jeffrey Miller, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Producers hinted that theatergoers will hear some of Megan Thee Stallion’s songs in the jukebox musical.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026

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