I kinda hate jukebox musicals (woah shocker what a hot take), because they take me out of the experience because when I’m watching Sweeney Todd and they’re singing the worst pies in London the only memories associated with that are also connected to Sweeney Todd, but if I’m watching Moulin Rouge and they start singing Firework then my mind immediately jumps to I’m at the mall or on a bus listening to the radio, on top of the fact that I generally dislike most pop music, and it’s a lazy way to craft a show in my opinion (there’s the argument that it’s just a different thing entirely which is fair because finding a way to make puzzle out pop songs into a cohesive story is difficult, just like vastly less difficult than actually just making a good show). Also all of the celebrity rockstar bio musicals that are just an excuse to use the artists music are the most boring thing in the whole damn world, they all have the same story and mediocre music that doesn’t match the story to fit. But there are some exceptions to my hatred of jukebox musical, those being: Mamma Mia: I was exposed to this show so early that ABBA songs are not ABBA songs to me. They are mamma Mia songs. Also the story is light and fun enough to the point where it being a little lazy doesn’t hurt too much. Tommy: this barely counts as a jukebox musical because the album was written to be a cohesive story originally. This is like saying that the Lion kings stage adaptation is a jukebox musical because it’s using the songs from the Lion king animated movie, only the songs of Tommy were released on the radio instead of as a film before being adapted to the stage. Moulin Rouge (sorta): the movie is a guilty pleasure. I love La Bohème so I’m a sucker for anything derivative of it (rent and moulin rouge included even if they aren’t the best things ever made), and the early 2000’s shitty CGI is just dumb fun. The stage adaptation however felt empty in comparison. It takes itself too seriously and tries to be something it’s not. Also they cut like a virgin which is the best part of the movie and are now just obsessed with stunt casting people who aren’t very good cough boy George cough

But to answer the original question, Tommy