They are the movie’s very backbone and reason for existing. Phillips constructs what amounts to a jukebox musical from the ...
T he setup of Better Man is conventional. Like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, this biopic from The Greatest Showman ...
Above all, Cher is a timeless icon of music, stage, and screen, and has been for 60 — yes, 60 — years. Her long and storied ...
The term “megamix” became widely known on Broadway with that game-changing jukebox musical Mamma Mia! in 2001. The British import, featuring the tunes of ABBA set within a new story, concluded with a ...
In Joker: Folie à Deux, which significantly underperformed with both critics and audiences, music takes on a different role than in the first film. The movie is a jukebox musical featuring ...
"We know what you're thinking," wrote Ian Sandwell, awarding the film four stars. "A jukebox musical using Take That songs? Sounds a bit naff and likely very cheesy, one strictly for the fans.
It’s basically a juke-box musical, but despite the genius of Paul Simon, the lack of dialog left me in the dark. Or, it’s like a series of 32 music videos, binge watched in your parents ...
Today’s Broadway offerings are mostly jukebox musicals and blatant I.P. grabs; original ideas are few and far between. Meanwhile, one of the biggest films of the season is Jon M. Chu’s earnest ...
Schwartz has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell ... directed), Rags and the opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney ...
Lana Gordon and Luba Mason will co-star in One for My Baby, including a score of favorite tunes penned by the Wizard of Oz songwriter.
Mapping out a pop jukebox musical is all about making sure the path from song to song is clever, not cringey. If the opening bars of a familiar banger draw mocking giggles, the preceding scene ...