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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR SEP 12 - 18
"Jukebox musicals" have gotten a bad rap as being kind of a lesser form of musical theater, cashing in on nostalgia and a familiarity with existing songs rather than creating something new.
Pioneer Theatre Company: Jersey Boys "Jukebox musicals" have gotten a bad rap as being kind of a lesser form of musical theater, cashing in on nostalgia and a familiarity with existing songs rather than creating something new. But as with any creative form, there are better and worse examples—and one of the most satisfying such musicals is one that not only places the songs in the context of the artists who created them, but evokes the golden age of the jukebox itself.
Jersey Boys —the 2005 musical with a book by Rick Elice and veteran screenwriter Marshall Brickman—chronicles the history of…
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- Pioneer Theatre Company
Professional theatre on the University of Utah campus: a full season of plays and musicals, with season tickets and single performances.