Home / Music / Sunny Afternoon is a jukebox musical about The Kinks' rise to fameMusic linernotes album music original-london-cast-of-sunny-afternoonSunny Afternoon is a jukebox musical about The Kinks' rise to fameBased on the music of The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon tells the story of their rise to fame in the 1960s. It premiered at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London in 2014. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSunny Afternoon took home the Olivier for Best New Musical in 2015Sunny Afternoon packs classic Kinks hits into one stage musicalSufjan Stevens' Songs for Christmas mixes original songs with traditional carols — Sister Winter and Star of Wonder are the standoutsGary Clark brought his Danny Wilson bandmates along for the albumSufjan Stevens followed Songs for Christmas with an even bigger box setExploreBill Evans's 'We Will Meet Again' was written for his brother, subtitled '(For Harry).'Don Peake played the wah-wah guitar line on Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On.'Spandau Ballet's 'True' was one of the most recognized songs of the new romantic movement.Tim Duzit's Bush Girls is defined by its energy.'I Am Europe' is Chilly Gonzales's satirical spoken-word take on European identity.Previous Sunny Afternoon packs classic Kinks hits into one stage musicalNext Secretly Canadian released Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now in 2005