Originally Posted by
kenneth
@Reese,
I'm not a big fan of the jukebox musicals. I did see "5 Guys Named Moe," which was an early [[90s) revue of songs by Louis Jordan, I believe. I also saw "Motown the Musical." I listened to "Beautiful" the Carole King musical and "Jersey Boys." What I always walk away from these shows thinking is that the show may have been okay, but I'd always rather hear the songs by the original singers. I mean Cher is a good example. Who could ever sound like her, and if it's a great imitation, I don't know, why bother?
Of course I'm glad if these musicals open up the artists' repertoire to a new audience, so I'm all for that. It's just that for me they don't play that well.
I don't know what it takes to break even on Broadway these days, but I would speculate that these shows are cheaper to produce than say "Phantom" or "Les Miz." If "Tina" played more than a year that would seem to be a pretty good run.
How long did the other shows you cite run? I thought Motown the Musical was also very successful.
Anyway, just curious as to what caused you to reach that conclusion. Thanks.
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