Review: Can't Get Enough of Those JERSEY BOYS, Thru Dec 6

By Dr. Anton Anderssen and Marco Airaghi

JERSEY BOYS is like a bag of potato chips. Once you savor that addictive first taste, you can't enough. JERSEY BOYS is back in town and even if you have seen it numerous times, you don't want to pass this show up. These songs are timeless. The story is timeless. This is the show that never loses its appeal.

The actors who appear on stage at the Fisher Theatre are simply astonishing. Aaron De Jesus is a world class interpreter of Franki Valli, who, incidentally sits in on auditions for the various parts. Matthew Dailey is stellar as Tommy DeVito; if you want to see a hunk with muscles busting out of his blazer, you will not be disappointed with Dailey. And you get an even better look when he is sitting on the bench in his wifebeater T shirt before "Oh What A Night." I swear, these actors will fuel an addiction in your thespian appetite.

The Four Seasons sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty years old. There are 33 songs in the show, including 5 #1 hits, and 11 songs that made Billboard's top ten. 19 hit songs by The Four Seasons or Frankie Valli didn't make it into the show, and are listed in the playbill as "The Ones That Got Away" (including 4 top ten hits). As the musical traces the origins of the group when they performed songs written by other groups, the songs in the show represent work by 34 songwriters, including Otis Blackwell, Dorothy Fields, Louis Prima and Judy Parker. Most of the hits of The Four Seasons were written by original member of The Four Seasons Bob Gaudio and their producer/lyricist, Bob Crewe. JERSEY BOYS is Broadway's biggest success story! It won four 2006 Tony Awards® including Best Musical; the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album; the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia), along with many other awards worldwide.

Don't miss the opportunity to see this larger than life musical. Tickets are available at BroadwayInDetroit.com

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