STAGE TUBE: JERSEY BOYS Chicago 'Sings A Good Deed'

The Chicago Sun Times had a very special video BWW TV wanted to share with you here on Stage Tube, reporter Stefano Esposito brought the emotional story to the public's attention that the Chicago company of 'Jersey Boys' did a truly wonderful thing on a recent morning, making a "house call" for a local woman who is very, very ill. Sherry Tomasello sat in her wheelchair and appeared stunned that the four stars of the Broadway musical playing in the Loop, were standing there in her front room.

It wasn't until Bryan McElroy begun to strum his guitar, that she realized they were there to sing for her. A huge smile lit up her face and she began tapping her white-socked feet to the sounds of "Because" by The Dave Clark Five. Judy Charnota, one of Tomasello's closest friends, knew she loved the songs from the musical, but she also knew her friend was too sick to see them on stage. So Charnota reached out to local media to see if they could help bring the Jersey Boys to the Northwest Side. On Monday, Charnota got word that they were coming.

"We're happy to make house calls," said Cory Grant, who plays Frankie Valli in the musical.

Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys won both the 2006 Tony® Award for Best Musical and the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Recording, and continues to break box office records on Broadway and in Chicago. 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.

Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. 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.

Presented by Broadway In Chicago and TheatreDreams, the record-breaking hit Jersey Boys is celebrating its second smash year in Chicago. Jersey Boys premiered in Chicago on October 5, 2007 and became a resident production on February 27, 2008. The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Individual tickets range in price from $30 to $110. A select number of premium seats are also available. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St. and 18 W. Monroe St.); the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312) 902-1400; all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores); and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com.

Tickets are available to groups of 20 or more by calling (312) 977-1710. To search best available seating for upcoming performances, visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com/BestSeats.

 

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