Jersey Boys, which opened on Sunday, November 6th at the August Wilson Theatre to some of the best reviews of the season, raked in
$529,100 in single tickets the following day.
Directed by Des McAnuff (The Who's Tommy, Big River),Jersey Boys
was a smash hit at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego last year (where as the
most successful show in the history of the theatre, it extended three
times). The show
"chronicles the lives of 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. Jersey Boysfeatures their hit songs 'Sherry,' 'Big Girls Don't
Cry,' 'Rag Doll,' 'Oh What a Night' and 'Can't Take My Eyes Off of You,' among
others," according to production notes.
The
show features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, as
well as songs with music by Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe. Dodger
Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella will produce
the musical on Broadway, and Klara Zieglerova (sets), Jess Goldstein
(costumes),
Howell Binkley (lighting), Michael Clark (projections) will comprise
the design team. Jersey Boysfeatures musical direction by Ron Melrose and orchestrations by Steve Orich.
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 the Jersey Boys website at www.JerseyBoysBroadway.com.