JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, will break two records in two days. The hit musical will surpass Annie with 2,378 performances, becoming the 24th longest-running Broadway show following the performance tonight, Tuesday, August 9, and JERSEY BOYS will surpass Cabaret (Revival) with 2,379 performances, becoming the 23rd longest-running Broadway show following the matinee performance on Wednesday, August 10.
JERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the
August Wilson Theatre. The show is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; Sydney, Australia; and in cities across the U.S. on a National Tour and a production will open in Auckland, New Zealand in April, 2012.
The Broadway cast of JERSEY BOYS is led by
Matt Bogart (Nick Massi),
Ryan Jesse (
Bob Gaudio),
Dominic Nolfi (
Tommy DeVito) and
Jarrod Spector (
Frankie Valli) as The Four Seasons; with
Peter Gregus and
Mark Lotito. The cast also includes
Miles Aubrey,
Erik Bates,
Brad Bass,
Cara Cooper,
Ken Dow,
John Edwards,
Russell Fischer,
Katie O'Toole,
Joe Payne,
Jessica Rush,
Dominic Scaglione Jr.,
Nathan Scherich,
Sara Schmidt and
Taylor Sternberg.
JERSEY BOYS is written by
Marshall Brickman &
Rick Elice, with music by
Bob Gaudio, lyrics by
Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner
Des McAnuff and choreographed by
Sergio Trujillo.
JERSEY BOYS is the story of
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons:
Frankie Valli,
Bob Gaudio,
Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, about a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who 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. The show features all their hits including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Oh What A Night," "Walk Like A Man," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and "Working My Way Back To You."
JERSEY BOYS is the recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical. The Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by
Bob Gaudio, received the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Broadway production also won the 2006 Outer Critics Circle & Drama League Awards for Best Musical. The London production also won the 2009 UK People's Choice and What's on Stage Awards for Best New Musical. The Toronto production is the winner of three Dora Awards, including the Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production. The Australian production is 2010 recipient of the Helpmann Award for Australia's Best Musical and seven Victorian Green Room Awards.
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