Toronto's JERSEY BOYS To Close 8/22

Celebrating two years on stage, one million tickets sold and three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Toronto production of JERSEY BOYS will say "Bye, Bye Baby" to Toronto on Sunday, August 22, 2010, the date of their second anniversary.

JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, premiered in Toronto initially as a limited engagement on August 21, 2008. After opening to rave reviews, adding additional performance weeks and setting box office records, JERSEY BOYS became a resident production on December 12, 2008. Now the longest-running musical in the history of the Toronto Centre for the Arts, JERSEY BOYS will play its final performance Sunday, August 22 at 7:30pm, which will be the Company's 830th performance. Tickets to all performances are now on sale.

"We owe a huge thanks to the City of Toronto," said Aubrey Dan, President, Dancap Productions. "Toronto embraced JERSEY BOYS from the start and it was thrilling to see audiences celebrate this incredible story and timeless music. We are very proud of the accomplishments as we share this great success with the entire Company of JERSEY BOYS, our partner Dodger Theatricals from New York, our employees and the Toronto Centre for the Arts. We especially thank the audiences that came from all over the world who made it all possible."

JERSEY BOYS stars Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, Jeff Madden as Frankie Valli, Daniel Robert Sullivan as Tommy DeVito and Quinn VanAntwerp as Bob Gaudio. The company also comprises: Gabriel Antonacci, Matthew G. Brown, Matt Cassidy, Jade Elliott, Élodie Gillett, Steven M. Goldsmith, Bryan Hindle, Victoria Lamond, Aaron MacKenzie, Adrian Marchuk, W. Joseph Matheson, Timothy Sell, Alison Smyth, Grant Tilly, Cleopatra Williams and Shawn Wright.

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 Canadian production of JERSEY BOYS is produced by Dancap Productions Inc., Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group in association with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner.
Launched in 2007 by Aubrey Dan, Dancap Productions Inc. is a commercial theatre company dedicated to producing and presenting the best of Broadway-style theatre created in collaboration with acclaimed artists and award-winning creative teams based in Toronto, Canada. Current Broadway shows with producing and investment credits include: The Addams Family, Memphis (2010 Tony Award® for Best Musical), West Side Story, A Little Night Music, Come Fly Away, In The Heights and Jersey Boys. Past Broadway and international credits include: Wicked, Tom Stoppard's Rock ‘n' Roll, [Title of Show], Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Jersey Boys, the First National Tour, productions in Las Vegas, West End, Melbourne and the long-running show in Toronto.

JERSEY BOYS TORONTO is playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street.
Tickets range from $25 - $125 and can be purchased in person at the box office of the Toronto Centre for the Arts, by calling 416.644.3665 or online at www.JerseyBoysToronto.com

Limited same-day RUSH SEATS are available for $25 in person only at the Toronto Centre for the Arts box office for performances Tues/Wed/Thurs on sale two hours prior to the performance only. For groups of eight or more, call 416.644.3666 or toll free at 1.866.950.7469.

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