Term of the Night: juke-box musical

juke-box musical--musicals based on the pop music of one old star or a time period (1950's or 1960's). Some hit big ("Jersey Boys" ran for 11 years, closing in January 2017; "Moving Out" ran for about two years, and "Beautiful" is still going strong), but most fail.

Term of the Day: juke-box musical

juke-box musical--musicals based on the pop music of one old star or a time period (1950's or 1960's). Some hit big ("Jersey Boys" will  have run for 11 years  when it closes; "Moving Out" ran for about two years, and "Beautiful" is still going strong), but most fail, like:

"Good Vibrations" (Beach Boys)
"Makes Me Wanna Holler" (Tupac Shakur)
"Bullets Over Broadway" (1920's popular music, finale was "Yes, We Have No Bananas")
"Saturday Night Fever" (Bee Gees)
"Dream" (music of Johnny Mercer, bombed  in 1997)