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| or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) | |
| Posted by: dreambaby 10:40 am EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - bway1430 02:08 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I recently saw the 1970 televised adaptation of the 1969 musical starring Joel Grey, GEORGE M, and wondered about its place in the history and pantheon of jukebox musicals. I'm certain there were similar musicals developed utilizing a song catalog before it, but can't name any off the top of my head. | |
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| re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) | |
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| Posted by: Chromolume 10:59 am EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) - dreambaby 10:40 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| There have been composer-themed revues for decades...many of them not produced on Broadway (too small, etc) and many of them not all that well-known, but I'm sure regional/community/school groups do them all the time. Obviously, there are the more well-known ones like Side By Side By Sondheim (and the other Sondheim revues), Ain't Misbehavin', Closer Than Ever and Starting Here, Starting Now, Jacques Brel, etc. Or shows like Forever Plaid, The Taffettas, The Marvelous Wonderettes, etc, which target both a sense of period and the boy/girl group style. There have been a few Cole Porter revues (most notably the London-born "Cole"), there was the Noel Coward "Cowardly Custard," a few Rodgers revues (at least 2 well-known ones about the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog, and one called "Sing For Your Supper" with Rodgers and Hart songs), some Irving Berlin revues, and then others that were less Broadway-centric but featured composers/lyricists of the same golden era, like Stardust, Swingin' On A Star, etc. Or, revues like Tintypes that have a more overt historical take on music of a certain period. (And more - there are revues about Loesser, Harburg, Kander And Ebb, Herman, Finn, and on and on...) So yes, there have been many, many of these. Do we consdier them to be "jukebox" retroactively (before the term was ever used to describe such shows)? I guess that's a personal decision as to what their classification is. But yes, the idea of revues that use composers/writers/performers as a common theme have been around for a long time. |
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| re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) | |
| Posted by: dreambaby 12:49 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) - Chromolume 10:59 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I didn't see the Broadway production of George M. Was it considered a revue, rather than a musical? | |
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| re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) | |
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| Posted by: comedywest 01:21 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) - dreambaby 12:49 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I wouldn't say that. I saw the TV version and remember it being very low-key (but then I was a kid and expecting a stage version of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"). But there was a real plot. |
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| re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:07 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: or going back further, GEORGE M (one of the first jukebox musicals?) - comedywest 01:21 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| Yes - George M is a book show - I somehow wasn't thinking about that when I posted about the other revues lol. | |
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