# Why aren't TV/Movie musicals made anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-tv-movie-musicals-made-anymore/454852 "2008-07-01T02:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-tv-movie-musicals-made-anymore/454852/41 "2008-07-02T20:46:32Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] What intrigues me is the fact that many of the new musicals feed on a sense of nostalgia by using familiar music _Mamma Mia_ - ABBA _We Will Rock You_ - Queen and a whole bunch of others, many of which have (deservedly) failed - the Cliff Richard one, for example. [/QUOTE] [Jukebox musicals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukebox_musical) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-tv-movie-musicals-made-anymore/454852/42 "2008-07-02T20:58:25Z")
I wonder how much has to do with fewer stars being trained in song and dance. This might be a chicken and egg thing. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-tv-movie-musicals-made-anymore/454852/43 "2008-07-03T16:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] I wonder how much has to do with fewer stars being trained in song and dance. This might be a chicken and egg thing. [/QUOTE] Cite? There are still song and dance stars out there. Meryl Streep has never done a movie musical, but she is absolutely fabulous in Mamma Mia! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-tv-movie-musicals-made-anymore/454852.md?page=2)