Jersey Boys, winner of this
year's Tony Award for Best Musical, will be presented in Los Angeles at
Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre for a limited engagement May
through July 2007, as part of the show's national tour.
"I am absolutely delighted to have
Jersey Boys
be part of our new season at the Ahmanson," said Ritchie. "It is a
great show and deserves all the accolades that it has received. I
think Los Angeles audiences will love it."
Jersey Boys is "the story of
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy
DeVito and Nick Massi, and how this 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
sound and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were
thirty," according to press notes.
Jersey Boys is directed by
two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff. The musical, which won a total
of four 2006 Tony Awards and continues to set new weekly box office
records at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, 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.
At CTG's Ahmanson Theatre,
Jersey Boys replaces the previously announced production of Berry Gordy's
Ain't No Mountain High Enough. The Motown musical has been postponed due to copyright issues.
The
Jersey Boys design and
production team will also comprise Klara Zieglerova (sets), Jess
Goldstein (costumes), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony Award for
his Lighting Design o
f Jersey Boys),
Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound), Michael Clark (projections), Charles
LaPointe (wig and hair design), Steve Orich (orchestrations) and Ron
Melrose (music direction, vocal arrangements & incidental music).
Casting for the Los Angeles production of
Jersey Boys will be announced at a later date.
The musical is produced on Broadway by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J.
Grano, Pelican Group, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, in association with
Latitude Link and Rick Steiner/Oshen/Staton/Bell/Mayerson Group.
The Los Angeles engagement marks the return of
Jersey Boys
to Southern California where the musical premiered at the La Jolla
Playhouse on October 17, 2004, and played a record-breaking run prior
to the Broadway production.
The national tour of
Jersey Boys, which will launch in San Francisco beginning December 2006, will be coordinated by AWA Touring Services.
Tickets for
Jersey Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre are available at this
time on subscription only, as part of the Ahmanson Theatre's 2006-207
season. To subscribe, call (213) 628-2772 or purchase online at
www.CenterTheatreGroup.org. The show will also be an attraction of
the Broadway/L.A. 2007-2008 season. Single ticket on-sale information
to be announced at a later date.
Visit the website for the national tour of
Jersey Boys at
www.JerseyBoysTour.com.
