jukebox musical

noun

: a musical that features popular songs from the past

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Instead, the game’s compositions often track like Broadway jukebox musical versions of songs of the South. Harold Goldberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Band From the ‘Club’ When the Bee Gees’ 1978 jukebox musical Sgt. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025 Where to watch: Peacock, Apple TV, Amazon, Fandango at Home 'Better Man' The eccentric music biopic/jukebox musical is up for a best visual effects Oscar for its impressive efforts turning British pop star Robbie Williams into an electric, cheeky ape. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 The Musical’ Much like the 2001 movie version starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, this stage iteration is a jukebox musical set in the turn of the 20th-century Belle Epoque period, but with anachronistic songs from the more recent Top 40 charts. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 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 21 Apr. 2025.

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