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Monday, March 30, 2026
Country Jukebox Musical WILD ROSE Will Open Off-Broadway This Year
www.broadwayworld.com: Wild Rose is headed to New York! The musical, directed by John Tiffany, is set to make its U.S. premiere Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop later this year, Deadline reports.
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Eliana Stevens
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I held that most people do not like jukebox musicals, and the split in who likes jukebox musicals and who does not like juxebox musicals seems to be straight down in the middle of people who enjoy theaters for fun versus people who do theater and study theater, and understand the basics of the theater. My first takeaway from this article is it describes the summary in the plot as it being just like any other musical or story about a person from the wrong side of the tracks which gives me the feeling that well then what makes this story special as I have never seen the movie or heard about the story I don't know what this is about so I'm interested to learn more and hear what special about this one that separates it from any other story about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. I am honestly not sure if I would like this musical purely based on the fact that it's gonna be country music, and I don't really know any or like any country music songs.
I think people spend a lot of time hating on the obvious facets of jukebox musicals. “The songs don’t further the plot!” and “They weren’t written for the musical!” shout purests. But what they’re missing is that jukebox musicals are often REALLY FUN, simple as that. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Mamma Mia is the greatest work of art of the 20th century but I am going to tell you that it is, no matter what performance you see, a really good time. I think a lot of people will be dissuaded from this musical because of its perceived “low brow” art form (for musical theater) and the fact that it’s comprised mostly of country music which the general public have decided is an ok music genre to bash despite its roots in black american culture and its position as the most “american” music genre. I’m not familiar with many of the songs in the musical’s soundtrack except for Outlaw State of Mind by Chris Stapleton which is a fine song. Even if it’s not “high art” not every movie, book, or painting is either. We need a wide range of classiness in musical theater so it’s not just for snobs who think Cats reveals deep truths about the human condition.
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I held that most people do not like jukebox musicals, and the split in who likes jukebox musicals and who does not like juxebox musicals seems to be straight down in the middle of people who enjoy theaters for fun versus people who do theater and study theater, and understand the basics of the theater. My first takeaway from this article is it describes the summary in the plot as it being just like any other musical or story about a person from the wrong side of the tracks which gives me the feeling that well then what makes this story special as I have never seen the movie or heard about the story I don't know what this is about so I'm interested to learn more and hear what special about this one that separates it from any other story about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. I am honestly not sure if I would like this musical purely based on the fact that it's gonna be country music, and I don't really know any or like any country music songs.
I think people spend a lot of time hating on the obvious facets of jukebox musicals. “The songs don’t further the plot!” and “They weren’t written for the musical!” shout purests. But what they’re missing is that jukebox musicals are often REALLY FUN, simple as that. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Mamma Mia is the greatest work of art of the 20th century but I am going to tell you that it is, no matter what performance you see, a really good time. I think a lot of people will be dissuaded from this musical because of its perceived “low brow” art form (for musical theater) and the fact that it’s comprised mostly of country music which the general public have decided is an ok music genre to bash despite its roots in black american culture and its position as the most “american” music genre. I’m not familiar with many of the songs in the musical’s soundtrack except for Outlaw State of Mind by Chris Stapleton which is a fine song. Even if it’s not “high art” not every movie, book, or painting is either. We need a wide range of classiness in musical theater so it’s not just for snobs who think Cats reveals deep truths about the human condition.
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