jukebox musical

noun

: a musical that features popular songs from the past

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While the jukebox musical based on the band’s music, The Heart of Rock and Roll, has been staged in San Diego and on Broadway in recent years, Lewis was this week named in the ongoing search for the guitar Michael J. Fox played in Back to the Future. Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 June 2025 Those who can’t immediately summon that song’s distinctive synth loop will find themselves in a similar bind throughout a jukebox musical that often plays on two frequencies. Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 May 2025 Blending real tour footage, a faux biopic, a tongue-in-cheek jukebox musical and a museum filled with half-fake relics, the film is part tribute, part Gen X time capsule, part absurdist prank. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025 On stage at Chicago Shakespeare’s Yard theater, the familiar iconography of the jukebox musical, a venerable Anglo-American genre, is being rehearsed. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jukebox musical

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First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of jukebox musical was in 1993

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“Jukebox musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jukebox%20musical. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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