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Their exchange sums up the whole vibe of this biographical jukebox musical about a middle-class young woman from Brooklyn making her way in show business and finding her own voice after years of writing hit songs for other artists.
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Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Williams’s career could easily have been shot as a straightforward jukebox musical, running down the track listing of his greatest-hits CDs while sprinkling in some run-of-the-mill backstory material.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
The upshot: a $190-million (some reports place the budget closer to $200 million) jukebox musical with seeming art-house pretensions whose odds of justifying its cost now seem remote.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 7 Oct. 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
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Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Williams’s career could easily have been shot as a straightforward jukebox musical, running down the track listing of his greatest-hits CDs while sprinkling in some run-of-the-mill backstory material.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
The upshot: a $190-million (some reports place the budget closer to $200 million) jukebox musical with seeming art-house pretensions whose odds of justifying its cost now seem remote.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 7 Oct. 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
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“Jukebox musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jukebox%20musical. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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