If the thumbnail hadn't already clued us in, then we all knew that "Mamma Mia!" would nab the top spot. It's such a feel good musical, and proudly embraces its cheesiness! 🎶😍
@@casckettfriki I absolutely love both of them. They did such a good job with Here We Go Again. I was very impressed with the casting of the younger versions, and I love Lily James.
@@CatLadyElegy me too. I thought I would miss Meryl Streep so much, cuz you know, it's Mery Streep. But Lily James did such an amazing job I didn't miss her that much
A jukebox musical that absolutely needs to happen is Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Between the great songs and incredible story behind how the album was made, it would make for a phenomenal show!
Favorites on this list: 1. Mamma Mia 2. Rock Of Ages 3. Jersey Boys 4. American Idiot Top 4 I WANT To See 1. Jagged Little Pill 2. Tina 3. Motown The Musical 4 On Your Feet
Head Over Heels is a cute jukebox musical with music from the Go-Gos. But it wasn't a huge success and closed quickly. Still, the cast was super diverse- I loved that the character who was supposed to be "the most beautiful girl in the kingdom" was plus sized.
@@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155 Neat, I saw a school production that same year, and rather like it. The movie cuts the characters of Franz, his father and Regina, and focuses on a subplot of the mayor's wife trying to ban rock music and the club.
I love that the Cher Show and Mamma Mia were both on here! And happy that On Your Feet and Head Over Heels were honorable mentions, at least. Some more that should be here: & Juliet and Summer
3. Mamma Mia - because it’s physically impossible not to sing along 2. Rock of Ages - because rock will never die 1. We Will Rock You (No. 8, seriously?! What is wrong with you???) - because you cannot beat Queen, period.
If you could pick a genre or artist to CREATE a jukebox musical, what would it be? Mine would be the music of Pink. So many of her songs already tell powerful stories and she has some major party jams to bring the energy, I think they’d work well to create a show around.
Beautiful is one of my favorite musicals. I saw the tour on a whim to see Ben Fankhauser perform and have seen it on Broadway right before Kara Lindsay left the show. Such a good show. One of the few shows I can see multiple times and never get tired of it.
I didn't realize there were so many jukebox musicals. I saw Beautiful on Broadway, and Rock of Ages and Million Dollar Quartet elsewhere. I keep telling myself that I will see Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia, but haven't grabbed my chance yet.
They might not have seen & Juliet yet. It only opened on the west end in very late 2019, it closed after just 4 months bc of the pandemic, its North American premiere was cancelled, & everything is still closed. As for Bat out of Hell: the Musical, I thought it was just okay (I see everything, & I really don't need to ever see even part of that show again).
My favorite Jukebox musicals are: Thriller Live, the musical about the life of Michael Jackson and Sunny Afternoon, the musical about the real true story about the life of The Kinks and how The Kinks rose to fame.
Singing in the Rain is actually a jukebox musical. All of the songs (apart from Make Them Laugh and Moses Supposes) were first released in the 1920s and 30s.
I'm very convinced that some of the "clips" from We will rock you are from the german shows (except the two where the cast sings). It's amazing btw. Very powerful - obviously because it's Queen - but how they incorporate the songs is just wonderful ^-^
@@theresaiwright7085 yes. one of the two clips where the cast sings. those are from an english performance. But I saw Brigitte Oelke as Killerqueen and Mark Seibert as - I guess - Galileo. Edit: Brigitte Oelke is AMAZING! :3
Not a jukebox musical. It's literally an adaptation of the film. Jukebox musicals take an assortment of songs and build a musical around them; they don't take a movie-musical and putit on stage.
Maybe I’m a little biased, because it’s one of my favorite musicals, but… Does Moulin Rouge truly classify as a jukebox musical 🤷♀️ In my oppinion, they have changed so many of the songs so much from the originals, that I’m not sure it’s still a jukebox 🤷♀️ And they have an original song in it as well… But it may just be me, who thinks that jukebox musical, is like putting on the original song, without altering it☝️🤷♀️
If I had seen the movie then bought a ticket to see the musical and wasn’t informed about it first, I would be piiissssed if they swapped out a bunch of the songs.
Fun fact; One of the critics that lampooned WWRY never actually saw the show. Brain May found out and roasted them in an open letter published in the paper.
It'd be nice if they were all original stories. I feel it's more interesting if you can take existing songs and make an original story around them, especially if you don't have to change the words of the songs.
@@theresaiwright7085 I realise that; I'm referring to the other ones on this list that weren't original stories. I didn't say that 'We Will Rock You' was about Queen.
the temptations and tina make black americans proud some numbers from both are underrated but make a difference mamma mia on the other hand maybe too catchy but still works the other ones i'd like to see just like respect the aretha franklin story
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical had a limited engagement on Broadway (I don’t know why it closed within a year) but 2 of the Stars Ariana Debose and LaChanze were both nominated for a Tony. It’ll be touring this coming year. Maybe an honorable mention? 🤷🏼♀️
At the time, it was competing with multiple other jukebox shows and it was honestly just not up to snuff. It played like a 100-minute Wikipedia article of her life with little character development and her songs awkwardly crammed in an anachronistic fashion. Good for a cruise ship or a drag show, but not Broadway.
How did ‘We will rock you made it to number 8 but ‘American idiot’ only got honorable mention? Come on! I saw WWRY in LA while on tour and the story is just BS. The second act is just trash. I’ve also seen American Idiot and that made a lot more sense and it was pretty awesome.
@@margegarland7635 "Les Miserables" was an album before it was a musical. So were "Cats,""Evita," "Chess,""Jesus Christ Superstar," "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," and "Hadestown." "Hamilton" began in 2009 as "The Hamilton Mixtape." "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" began as an album long before it was an off-Broadway musical or a Broadway show. So they're all jukebox musicals, right? I'd always thought that the definition of "jukebox musical" is a show in which a story is written around pre-existing pop songs that have long been available to be played on the radio or on a jukebox. But if you want the definition to be any show in which there's a sung-through concept album (ie a cast album/musical) with its own story was written and recorded before that sung-through musical was produced to be performed on stage, then any show that was developed by recording songs first and performing those songs on stage next - once the album has been used afterwards to attract producers - is a "jukebox musical." It's an imaginary jukebox in which all the songs happen to be by the same singer/songwriter and - by concidence? those songs are all from the same sung-through musical with a plot that's understood without anyne stepping onto a stage.
Rent isn't a jukebox musical. A jukebox musical uses songs that are already songs. A lot if them tend to be biographical about the group or singer. I'm sure Rent is on another list :)
Watching this video out of curiosity, and will never understand why everything has to be turned into a lackluster musical that sounds nowhere near as good as the original? Seriously, a Green Day musical?
@@michaelbuckelew Yes. I don't understand why people who haven't seen or heard (or even heard OF) a musical before watching this) feel entitled to have an opinion.
I'm glad it's coming back in September...I just hope Danny Burstein is up to returning as Harry Zidler. Grief is a very personal thing, and he loved his late wife Rebecca Luker very, very much.
lol Motown the Musical was one of the worst shows I've ever seen. I would have replaced that in the honorable mentions with & Juliet, Movin' Out, or The Bodyguard
I mean your opinion. Singing in the rain is great but it's not a jukebox musical. Also the stage musical of Mamma Mia is great and far better than the film
@@OscarMPG1 Why do you keep saying movie? This video is about musicals, not just the movies. None the less you were basing your opinion on the Mamma Mia movie. The stage musical of Mamma Mia started back in 1999 and the music from it are all hit songs by the group ABBA, who were extremely popular in the 70's. I apologise I have looked into it, Singing in the rain is a jukebox musical and your opinion about it being better than Mamma Mia, I agree with if we were just talking about the movies of the musicals. As for the stage productions, both are great
What's YOUR favorite jukebox musical? Let us know below!
Probably "Movin Out" or "We Will Rock You!" 😎🎸
Rock of ages. I’ve also wrote some jupbox musicals
Hoy no me puedo levantar (Mecano) It is a Spanish one.
Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia, we will rock you, Carole king musical, jersey boys, jagged little pill and moulin rouge the musical
Wait. How did Bat Out of Hell not even get a mention?
If the thumbnail hadn't already clued us in, then we all knew that "Mamma Mia!" would nab the top spot. It's such a feel good musical, and proudly embraces its cheesiness! 🎶😍
Sooo good! I love the movie prequel/sequel as well!
Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia Here We Go Again are one of few movie musicals that could cheer me up when I'm sad or when I'm bored
Me too. I love both movies. I love it so much that I have a big poster of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again on my bedroom
@@casckettfriki I absolutely love both of them. They did such a good job with Here We Go Again. I was very impressed with the casting of the younger versions, and I love Lily James.
@@CatLadyElegy me too. I thought I would miss Meryl Streep so much, cuz you know, it's Mery Streep. But Lily James did such an amazing job I didn't miss her that much
A jukebox musical that absolutely needs to happen is Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Between the great songs and incredible story behind how the album was made, it would make for a phenomenal show!
I know right
Mamma Mia and especially All Shook up based around 25 Elvis songs and I was in the school version my high school senior year !
Favorites on this list:
1. Mamma Mia
2. Rock Of Ages
3. Jersey Boys
4. American Idiot
Top 4 I WANT To See
1. Jagged Little Pill
2. Tina
3. Motown The Musical
4 On Your Feet
Ain't too Proud the Temptations Story is sooooooo good.
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Moulin Rogue
Mamma Mia
Some songs from both of them are so catchy.
I agree, specially the Broadway version for Moulin Rouge!
Head Over Heels is a cute jukebox musical with music from the Go-Gos. But it wasn't a huge success and closed quickly. Still, the cast was super diverse- I loved that the character who was supposed to be "the most beautiful girl in the kingdom" was plus sized.
Rock of ages deserves more love. Regina and Stacey Jax are both dream roles of mine. Rock of ages and Oliver were what started my love for theater
Ditto, it's such an underrated gem, and while I liked the movie, I wish that it had been a bit more faithful to the stage show.
@@trinaq I never watched it, but I caught the stage show back in 2019
@@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155 Neat, I saw a school production that same year, and rather like it. The movie cuts the characters of Franz, his father and Regina, and focuses on a subplot of the mayor's wife trying to ban rock music and the club.
@@trinaq but that was some of the best parts of the show
@@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155 Agreed, it was a bit disappointing that they omitted them completely.
I was literally about to say Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia are my favorites
Mamma Mia is my favorite movie ever mery Streep and Amanda seyfried very good job mother and daughter,
I love that the Cher Show and Mamma Mia were both on here! And happy that On Your Feet and Head Over Heels were honorable mentions, at least.
Some more that should be here: & Juliet and Summer
3. Mamma Mia - because it’s physically impossible not to sing along
2. Rock of Ages - because rock will never die
1. We Will Rock You (No. 8, seriously?! What is wrong with you???) - because you cannot beat Queen, period.
Jagged Little Pill should be made into a movie!
If you could pick a genre or artist to CREATE a jukebox musical, what would it be?
Mine would be the music of Pink. So many of her songs already tell powerful stories and she has some major party jams to bring the energy, I think they’d work well to create a show around.
I've never been much of a musical guy, but I love the movie version of Rock Of Ages.
It’s so bad, but to each their own
I'm going to do Rock of Ages in my theatre camp
The Buddy Holly Story didn't even get a mention?! Like I knew not to expect Leader of the Pack, but like. it's SO GOOD.
Iwas going to say the same, Where is the Buddy holly story?
Two you totally missed were Movin’ Out (Billy Joel) and the Donna Summer Musical Summer
Beautiful is one of my favorite musicals. I saw the tour on a whim to see Ben Fankhauser perform and have seen it on Broadway right before Kara Lindsay left the show. Such a good show. One of the few shows I can see multiple times and never get tired of it.
I didn't realize there were so many jukebox musicals. I saw Beautiful on Broadway, and Rock of Ages and Million Dollar Quartet elsewhere. I keep telling myself that I will see Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia, but haven't grabbed my chance yet.
MAMA MIA!!
I haven't even heard of these musicals, but now they seem to be so interesting and intriguing that I want to watch them
Seriously? No & Juliet? No Bat Out of Hell? Seriously?
They might not have seen & Juliet yet. It only opened on the west end in very late 2019, it closed after just 4 months bc of the pandemic, its North American premiere was cancelled, & everything is still closed. As for Bat out of Hell: the Musical, I thought it was just okay (I see everything, & I really don't need to ever see even part of that show again).
That was a definite feel-good break in my day. Loved everything on the list!
My favorite Jukebox musicals are: Thriller Live, the musical about the life of Michael Jackson and Sunny Afternoon, the musical about the real true story about the life of The Kinks and how The Kinks rose to fame.
Shout the Mod Musical should have at least made honorable mentions. 60's hits sung by an all female cast? c'mon
Singing in the Rain is actually a jukebox musical. All of the songs (apart from Make Them Laugh and Moses Supposes) were first released in the 1920s and 30s.
All Shook Up is my fave as I was in it plus I loooooooove Elvis! Xxxx
I'm very convinced that some of the "clips" from We will rock you are from the german shows (except the two where the cast sings). It's amazing btw. Very powerful - obviously because it's Queen - but how they incorporate the songs is just wonderful ^-^
I saw Brian May playing his guitar in the clip.
@@theresaiwright7085 yes. one of the two clips where the cast sings. those are from an english performance.
But I saw Brigitte Oelke as Killerqueen and Mark Seibert as - I guess - Galileo.
Edit: Brigitte Oelke is AMAZING! :3
What about "The Who's Tommy," based of the rock opera of the same name?
Not a jukebox musical. It's literally an adaptation of the film. Jukebox musicals take an assortment of songs and build a musical around them; they don't take a movie-musical and putit on stage.
Obviously Mamma Mia! is #1.
Mamma mia 🤩
Mamma Mia very beautiful actress and actor very both amazing performance, mamma Mia is my favorite movie ever,
I'm realized surprised that Xanadu on Broadway wasn't included! It not only adapted the movie musical, but improved upon it!
I love the movie
Do you know what a jukebox musical is? Hint: it's not an adaptation of an album & it's not an adaptation of a movie musical.
Also, I’m seeing Mamma Mia tonight!
I knew Mamma Mia would be number 1!! I totally agree!
I want to see the Tina Turnner musical!!!
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They should adapt Across the Universe for Broadway. I think it is better than a few of the shows on this list, but it was only ever a movie.
10 million percent agree. That movie was amazing and had live vocals. It would adapt so easily to stage.
I love jukebox musicals! I think Jersey Boys is my favorite!
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Grease is my favorite movie is best actress and actor both amazing team,
Jersey boys is my all time favourite pick 😁
Moving Out and Margaretaville should've been on here, too
Maybe I’m a little biased, because it’s one of my favorite musicals, but…
Does Moulin Rouge truly classify as a jukebox musical 🤷♀️
In my oppinion, they have changed so many of the songs so much from the originals, that I’m not sure it’s still a jukebox 🤷♀️
And they have an original song in it as well…
But it may just be me, who thinks that jukebox musical, is like putting on the original song, without altering it☝️🤷♀️
Many other jukebox musicals have mixed and mashed up songs in a similar fashion.
I mean Rock of Ages has changed a couple of their songs to fit the narrative of the show. It happens a lot so I would still consider them jukebox.
It really surprised me that it was on the list. It completely depends on what is the definition of Jukebox musical is.
If I had seen the movie then bought a ticket to see the musical and wasn’t informed about it first, I would be piiissssed if they swapped out a bunch of the songs.
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i love the Musical of haiespary
Movie musicals are the Best. Like Moulin Rouge and both Mamma Mia films. And others of course.
No Bat Out Of Hell? No Movin' Out? No Buddy? Smh.
The Boy From Oz!
All shook up? Movin’ out?
For a split second I was like what about Across the Universe???? then oh yeah... LOL
I would add in....Girl from the North County which is all music by Bob Dylan.
Movin’ Out, The musical built around Billy Joel’s music didn’t even get an honorable mention?? That is a crime!
Really enjoyed these musicals!
I saw American Idiot 5 times I love that musical so much😁😁😁😁
Absolutely SLEEPING on Disaster the musical.
Sorry, but We Will Rock You at 8? Behind Cher The Musical? No chance
The Who had a stage show Tommy which was a rock opera featuring a lot of their music
You forgot “Movin’ Out”!
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if only "Balan Wonderworld" can have a jukebox-musical! but its ok!😉
very very great epic fun list I like it a lot very great job mis mojo one of my very favorite list ever ❤
Fun fact; One of the critics that lampooned WWRY never actually saw the show. Brain May found out and roasted them in an open letter published in the paper.
When they forgot Bat Out Of Hell and & Juliet 😡😡😡😡😡😡
It'd be nice if they were all original stories. I feel it's more interesting if you can take existing songs and make an original story around them, especially if you don't have to change the words of the songs.
We Will Rock You isn't about Queen they just used their music.
Jagged Little Pill. Alanis was like, “take the music, keep the lyrics for ironic and don’t make it about me.”
@@theresaiwright7085 I realise that; I'm referring to the other ones on this list that weren't original stories. I didn't say that 'We Will Rock You' was about Queen.
the temptations and tina make black americans proud some numbers from both are underrated but make a difference mamma mia on the other hand maybe too catchy but still works the other ones i'd like to see just like respect the aretha franklin story
I would kill to see one of my favorite movies Sing be adapted into a stage musical.
Love the four seasons
Jersey Boys!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜
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You forgot Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Hate to break it to you, but Hedwig had original music made for the show. It’s not a jukebox musical
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical had a limited engagement on Broadway (I don’t know why it closed within a year) but 2 of the Stars Ariana Debose and LaChanze were both nominated for a Tony. It’ll be touring this coming year. Maybe an honorable mention? 🤷🏼♀️
At the time, it was competing with multiple other jukebox shows and it was honestly just not up to snuff. It played like a 100-minute Wikipedia article of her life with little character development and her songs awkwardly crammed in an anachronistic fashion. Good for a cruise ship or a drag show, but not Broadway.
I’d never seen it, I heard that it was good and quite frankly, because the 2 leading ladies got Tony nods, I thought it would be. I trust you.
Tanz Der Vampire for me is the best of all times
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&Juliet !!!
How did ‘We will rock you made it to number 8 but ‘American idiot’ only got honorable mention? Come on! I saw WWRY in LA while on tour and the story is just BS. The second act is just trash. I’ve also seen American Idiot and that made a lot more sense and it was pretty awesome.
I saw WWRY in New Haven, CT. It was a tasteless production of the London version.
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I kind of hate Mamma Mia???
I saw the tour of Jersey Boys three times, and have loved it everytime I went
What about & Juliet
Too bad they're only doing Broadway musicals. I love the who's tommy.
Tommy was on Broadway. Michael Cerveris played Tommy
@@kristinmarie862 oh. Thanks for the info. In that case, it belongs on this list. The songs used were an album before it was a musical
@@margegarland7635 Again, not a jukebox. It's literally an adaptation of the movie.
@@sparklemotion101ni3 the literal definition of jukebox is using song from actual albums. The album came first so yes it is a jukebox musical
@@margegarland7635 "Les Miserables" was an album before it was a musical. So were "Cats,""Evita," "Chess,""Jesus Christ Superstar," "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," and "Hadestown." "Hamilton" began in 2009 as "The Hamilton Mixtape." "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" began as an album long before it was an off-Broadway musical or a Broadway show.
So they're all jukebox musicals, right?
I'd always thought that the definition of "jukebox musical" is a show in which a story is written around pre-existing pop songs that have long been available to be played on the radio or on a jukebox.
But if you want the definition to be any show in which there's a sung-through concept album (ie a cast album/musical) with its own story was written and recorded before that sung-through musical was produced to be performed on stage, then any show that was developed by recording songs first and performing those songs on stage next - once the album has been used afterwards to attract producers - is a "jukebox musical." It's an imaginary jukebox in which all the songs happen to be by the same singer/songwriter and - by concidence? those songs are all from the same sung-through musical with a plot that's understood without anyne stepping onto a stage.
What no love for Thriller.😕
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I’m sad DreamGirls or Rent weren’t mentioned!
Rent isn't a jukebox musical. A jukebox musical uses songs that are already songs. A lot if them tend to be biographical about the group or singer. I'm sure Rent is on another list :)
@@tonialston1968 thanks for clarifying for me
How the hell wasn’t DreamGirls on that list? It came out before Mama Mia.
Definetly mama mia
Its part of my child hood
same
Oh my gosh, more musicals I hate. Mama Mia tops my list this time.
Watching this video out of curiosity, and will never understand why everything has to be turned into a lackluster musical that sounds nowhere near as good as the original? Seriously, a Green Day musical?
Listen to the original cast recording. Then come back with your opinion. I REALLY would like to see this one.
@@michaelbuckelew Yes. I don't understand why people who haven't seen or heard (or even heard OF) a musical before watching this) feel entitled to have an opinion.
I just hate that the movie of Rock of Ages completely changed the story!!
What about waitress? A better version of Jessi meullers performances
We Will Rock You was the literal worst POS I have ever seen and I have never left a theater more angry
NO hedwig?
Moulin Rogue is too low on your list. Sorry.
I'm glad it's coming back in September...I just hope Danny Burstein is up to returning as Harry Zidler. Grief is a very personal thing, and he loved his late wife Rebecca Luker very, very much.
lol Motown the Musical was one of the worst shows I've ever seen. I would have replaced that in the honorable mentions with & Juliet, Movin' Out, or The Bodyguard
Never heard of Momma Mia.
I love musicals but, Hey no hate responses we all our opinions I didn't enjoy this video at all.
Never heard of it? Wowza!
Talk about living under a rock
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Mamma Mia was the worse movie ever done, the stage Mamma Mia was so much better and way way better singers
Also, how could you forget the magic of it the musical?
Mamma Mia is overrated.
I call BS on this list. Mamma Mia is a TERRIBLE film. Singing in the Rain should be number 1
The list is about jukebox musicals!
I mean your opinion. Singing in the rain is great but it's not a jukebox musical. Also the stage musical of Mamma Mia is great and far better than the film
@@CezTV The songs in Singing in the rain WEREN'T written for the movie. They were written years beforehand. Hence it's a jukebox musical
@@OscarMPG1 Why do you keep saying movie? This video is about musicals, not just the movies. None the less you were basing your opinion on the Mamma Mia movie. The stage musical of Mamma Mia started back in 1999 and the music from it are all hit songs by the group ABBA, who were extremely popular in the 70's. I apologise I have looked into it, Singing in the rain is a jukebox musical and your opinion about it being better than Mamma Mia, I agree with if we were just talking about the movies of the musicals. As for the stage productions, both are great
@@CezTV my mistake about movie. Sorry about that.
Painful to watch this!!! Give me Rodgers and Hammerstein any day!!!