“Empire Records: The Musical” ultimately struggles to find the movie’s soul, instead parading its characters and story out like some sort of ‘90s musical revue.

A day in the life of the employees of Empire Records. Except this is a day where everything comes to a head for a number of them facing personal crises - can they pull through together?

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