TV: Follow JERSEY BOYS From Broadway to the Big Screen

JERSEY BOYS got its start at the La Jolla Playhouse. In this video feature, BroadwayWorld correspondent Audra Stafford shows how the show went from a basement, to Broadway and now, the big screen!

Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys film, which opened in nearly 3,000 theaters over the weekend. Click here for BWW's Review Roundup on the film.

Jersey Boys follows the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio,Tommy DeVitoand 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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