He will return on July 4th--his birthday. He will also not perform on July 16th. In his absence, understudies Michael Longoria and Dominic Nolfi will go on for him (although it has not yet been announced who will play what performance).Jersey Boys recently won four Tony Awards--including Best Musical. The show 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 "is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli (Young), Bob Gaudio (Daniel Reichard), Tommy DeVito (Christian 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.
