How jukebox musicals are written in order to create a narrative and how they become successful.

By Harriet Hills

POINTS I PLAN ON DISCUSSING

• How writers combine songs into creating a narrative
• Examples of jukebox musicals and writers
• How successful they've been over the years
• The original song writers opinion of their music becoming a jukebox musical
• My personal favourites

RESEARCH RESOURCES

• plays.about.com
• broadwaymusicalhome.com
• virgin.com
• theguardian.com
• Variety.com/t/jukebox-musicals/

HOW I PLAN ON PRESENTING MY QUESTION

• Essay/presentation form
• Including images
• Quotes
• Facts and figures
• My personal opinions and views

EXAMPLES OF JUKEBOX MUSICALS

• Viva forever - The Spice Girls
• We will rock you - Queen
• Mamma Mia - Abba
• American idiot - Green Day
• The Bodyguard - Whitney Housten

THE RATIO OF JUKEBOX MUSICALS IN THE WEST END TODAY