JERSEY BOYS 1st National Tour Closes Today in San Francisco

The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, ends its first national tour at San Francisco's SHN Curran Theatre today, April 28, 2013, after playing a total of 2,598 performances on the road. The second national tour continues to travel throughout the country. Jersey Boys worldwide has been seen by over 15 million people.

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).

Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys is written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.

The cast of the first national tour features Nick Cosgrove (Frankie Valli), John Gardiner (Tommy DeVito), Miles Jacoby (Bob Gaudio) and Michael Lomenda (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Donnie Kehr.

The ensemble includes: Tommaso Antico, Christopher Deangelis, Lauren Decierdo, Frankie J. Galasso, Miguel Jarquin-Moreland, Justin Lonesome, Mauricio Pérez, Timothy Quinlan, Kyli Rae, Brian Silverman, Sam Strasfeld, Leslie Taylor, Kara Tremel, Mark Verdino and Adam Zelasko.

JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. 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.

JERSEY BOYS opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005. The Jersey Boys First National Tour originally opened in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, played a record-breaking run in Los Angeles and has broken house records in cities across North America. Jersey Boys is currently playing in New York; London; Las Vegas; Brisbane, Australia; and across the U.S. on its 2nd National Tour. Jersey Boys is coming soon to Adelaide, Australia; Singapore; and Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Jersey Boys design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony Award for his Lighting Design of Jersey Boys), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music).

JERSEY BOYS is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Jersey Boys, produced by Bob Gaudio, was recently certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The cast recording is now available on Rhino Records. Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Broadway Books) is the official handbook to the smash Broadway hit. Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas, a new holiday CD featuring international cast members of Jersey Boys, produced by Bob Gaudio, is now available on Rhino Records.

Pictured: Michael Lomenda, John Gardiner, Nick Cosgrove and Miles Jacoby. Photo Credit: Jeremy Daniel.