The cast of Jersey Boys will help bid farewell to departing host Katie Couric live on NBC's "Today Show" tomorrow, Wednesday, May 31. The show airs between 7am and 10 AM ET (check local listings for times outside New York City).
Christian Hoff,
Daniel Reichard,
J. Robert Spencer and
John Lloyd Young will perform several songs from the hit musical as part of a special tribute to Couric, who has been with "The Today Show" for over 15 years.
Jersey Boys is written by
Marshall Brickman and
Rick Elice, with music by
Bob Gaudio, lyrics by
Bob Crewe, and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner
Des McAnuff. The show is playing at Broadway's
August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue).
Jersey Boys has been nominated for eight Tony Awards--among them Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical - John Lloyd Young, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Christian Hoff.Jersey Boys "is the story of
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons:
Frankie Valli (Young),
Bob Gaudio (
Daniel Reichard),
Tommy DeVito (Hoff) and Nick Massi (
J. Robert Spencer). This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty," state press notes.
A cast recording is available now on Rhino Records.
Tickets to
Jersey Boys are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com, and at the
August Wilson Theatre box office (245 West 52nd Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Group sales tickets available by calling (877) 5-Dodger / (877) 536-3437. Visit
www.JerseyBoysBroadway.com for more information on the show.
