jukebox musical
n.— «Right now they’re putting on the ultimate jukebox musical, Louis Jordan’s “Five Guys Named Moe,” and swinging everybody into bad health.» —“‘Five Guys’ swings on Jordan’s star” by Bill Morrison in Fayetteville News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) May 29, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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