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On April 7, 2004, ''The Blues Brothers Revival'', a musical tribute based on the ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch and soul revivalist group The Blues Brothers, was performed at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts.<ref name=":0">The Blues Brothers Revival - Chicago Reader</ref><ref>The Blues Brothers Revival on Illinois: Get Tickets Now! | Theatermania - 102426</ref> It was a one-night only event and was greeted with fairly negative reviews.<ref name=":0" /> <ref name=":1">https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/the-blues-brothers-revival-1200533568/#!#</ref>It featured many songs from the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 original film] and the already existing Blues Brothers albums.<ref name=":2">"Soul Man" Aims for Heaven in The Blues Brothers Revival, Set for Chicago April 7 | Playbill</ref>

== Plot ==
The plot of the film has "Joliet" Jake Blues dead and in purgatory, with his brother Elwood (along with some choir singers) trying to get him into heaven.<ref name=":2" /> It featured songs such as "Sweet Home Chicago," "She Caught the Katy," "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.," and "Jailhouse Rock," along with a few others.

== Reception ==
The production was met with fairly negative reviews, with many outlets such as Variety stating: "...A tawdry, loose, humorless and generally half-baked effort, with a book so weird and wafer-thin it makes no compelling case whatsoever for its own existence."<ref name=":1" /> 

The Chicago Reader stated "[Victor R. Pisano] gives us only the barest fig leaf of a story: Jake, who’s dead and burning in purgatory, is trying to get into heaven. Nothing about this Blues Brothers nostalgia concert, lightly sprinkled with references to the 1980 Blues Brothers movie, gives us a reason to care about it."<ref name=":0" />

== Background & Availability ==
The musical was written by Victor R. Pisano, husband to Judith Belushi-Pisano (former wife of John Belushi, the original actor for Jake Blues), and while it was performed, nothing out of the musical has ever surfaced. No videos, pictures, or even a script have been found. The only thing confirming its existence are a few reviews of the musical<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and an announcement by Playbill.<ref name=":2" />

==See Also==
===Other Blues Brothers Articles===
*[[The Blues Brothers (lost roadshow cut of musical comedy film; 1980)]]
*[[The Blues Brothers: The Animated Series (partially found episodes of unaired film-based animated series; 1997)]]

==References==
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