Juke Box Musical Analysis

The musical has gone through many changes in its lifetime. Its has been developed, explored and performed in millions of theatres around the world. But what really are the foundations of the art form itself? All of the three elements are really important, but there is one that stands out and has changed the most. That would be the music. The music has served the musical in many ways. It serves the characters extended feelings of fulfillment and gives the audience something to hum out of the theatre. It even has music in the name it clearly is the most important aspect. The musical element of the musical gave the art its initial success, and this heavily influenced the popular music scene. Once people heard these songs form these shows they …show more content…
The Biggest draw of these Juke Box musicals were that you could listen to musicals written by your favorite artists with songs you already knew. These became to be huge money makers for producers and artists. The most popular one would be Mamma Mia. The story of Mamma Mia is about a woman Sophie who is getting married and wants her father to be there. Only one problem, she doesn’t know who her father is because her mother had relationships with three different men nine months before she was born. So through the music of ABBA, Sophie tries to discover which one is her father. This musical is currently the the eighth longest running show on Broadway and ABBA fans love it. Mamma Mia contains all of the flashy costumes that any ABBA lover could ask for. And has their greatest hits in one flashy energetic musical. The second longest Juke Box Musical on Broadway is Jersey Boys. The show follows the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons through their beginnings their trials and their successes. This is one of the very few cases where a Juke Box Musical has a good story. Because the Musical is told like a documentary you get to see the ways that the band interacted and what caused some of these hits to be created. Jersey Boys can be entertaining heart breaking and fascinating at the same time. Jersey Boys is by far one of the best Juke Box Musicals. After Jersey Boys it seemed as though there wasn’t going to be a Juke Box Musical that could out do it, and there wasn’t. After the Successes of Mamma Mia and Jersey Boys Broadway became over saturated by Juke Box Musicals and there became less and less original works. One of the most infamous examples of this was Rock of Ages. This Jukebox Musical has a bunch of songs mashed together from the eighties. The show takes place in LA in the eighties with a kid trying to make it as rock star. This show