Peter travers of rolling stone wrote.
Stacee jaxx rock of ages musical.
It was written by chris d arienzo directed by kristin hanggi and choreographed by kelly devine with music supervision arrangements and orchestrations by ethan popp.
Rock of ages is pretty fun despite a terrible script bland leads and awful wigs mainly thanks to a performance by tom cruise as fictional hair metal rocker stacee jaxx.
A father and son team of german developers tom cardinal and billy depetro want to bulldoze hollywood s sunset strip and evict the rock fans who live and work there.
Even song positioning is noticeable at rock of ages the musical film vs theater reasons for the fund raising rock of ages the musical film vs theater.
Several critics gave praise to the performances particularly that of cruise as stacee jaxx.
Burton mail richard davenport we catch up with the 36 year old from grimsby who has taken on the role of stacee jaxx.
Jukebox musicals are a pretty silly invention and rock of ages is sillier than most.
Aqua net big hair the walkman and rock music flow freely at one of the sunset strips last legendary venues a place where legendary rocker stacee jaxx takes the stage and groupies line up for their chance at an autograph.
Kevin clifton as stacee jaxx in uk tour of rock of ages image.
Stacee jaxx the comedic villain of the show is a bona fide rock star who doesn t quite realize through his selfish and wild antics that he s reached the peak of his career.
It ended up in an acapella mash up.
Rock of ages nominated for five tony awards including best musical captures the iconic era that was the big bad 1980s hollywood.
Cast a charismatic performer with an excellent voice who can command the stage and make a self absorbed rock star both villainous and hilarious.
The musical features songs from styx journey bon jovi pat benatar twisted sister steve perry poison and europe among other well known rock bands.