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VIDEO: Watch Teaser for First Official JERSEY BOYS Film Trailer!

By: Apr. 17, 2014
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A teaser for the the first official trailer for the big screen adaptation of JERSEY BOYS aired last night on Entertainment Tonight.

While it went by in a flash, the film's star, Erich Bergen, who will reprise his role of Bob Gaudio after playing the singer in the Tony-winning Broadway show's first national tour and onstage in LA and Las Vegas, shared the footage on Instagram. Check it out below!

Along with the post, the actor quipped: "If you blinked, you missed it. A teaser for the#JerseyBoysMovie trailer did in fact air tonight. Tune in to ET tomorrow night for more!"

Check back to BWW tomorrow, when we'll hopefully have more footage to share of the highly anticipated film!

JERSEY BOYS is based upon the Broadway musical featuring the music and lyrics of Bob Gaudio & Bob Crewe, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. It is 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 People¹s Choice and What¹s on Stage Awards for Best New Musical. The Toronto production won three Dora Awards, including the Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production. The Australian production is 2010 recipient of the Helpmann Award for Australia¹s Best Musical and seven Victorian Green Room Awards.

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