15 Facts About Jukebox Musicals We're Singing Along To

Jukebox musicals are like when you get way too high in the backseat of your younger brother’s car cause yours is at the shop and you put the radio on and hallucinate for two hours. These licensed rights nightmares are a soundscape of flipping through radios and visuals that look like what cartoons dream of. Despite not having an original thought possessed in the entire film, some jukebox musicals turn out astounding, despite basically being the equivalent of a bunch of famous cinema stars singing along to a mixtape their brother’s friend made for them on the trip to the beach.

Here are some facts about all your favorite mixtapes. From the dark and sultry tones of a burlesque show in France to the impossible heights of Moulin Rouge, to the Greece-inspired Greece of Mamma Mia to… uh, not Grease apparently because it’s not a jukebox musical despite our Bearenstein memories of it.