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Quinn Van Antwerp joins the Toronto 'Jersey Boys' 1/8
By: Mark Andrew Lawrence Jan. 04, 2009
Derek Krantz, who had been playing the role of Bob Gaudio in the Toronto production of Jersey Boys, left the production on Sunday, December 21, 2008 by mutual agreement with the creative team.
Quinn Van Antwerp will take over the role on Thursday, January 8, 2009. In the interim, Grant Tilly, the understudy, will play the role. Quinn's theatre credits include Andrew in the world premiere of Atlanta at the Geffen Playhouse and most recently he had a supporting role in the film Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Jersey Boys is playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street).
The cast also stars Jeremy Kushnier as Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and Jeff Madden as Frankie Valli, plus Timothy Sell as Gyp DeCarlo and Shawn Wright as Bob Crewe. The company also comprises: Gabriel Antonacci, Matthew Brown, Matt Cassidy, Jade Elliott, Élodie Gillett, Bryan Hindle, Victoria Lamond, Jenny Lee Stern, Adrian Marchuk, Joe Matheson, Aaron MacKenzie, Lindsay Thomas and Grant Tilly.
Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. It tells the tale 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 sound and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were 30.
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