Jersey Boys coming to Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas from September 8 – 26, 2010. The Jersey Boys San Antonio cast included Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) and Ryan Jesse (Bob Gaudio). Tickets are in full demand, Hurry up and Book your Seats today.
“TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!” raves the New York Post for Jersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.
The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys will play Philadelphia’s Forest Theatre beginning Sept. 30.
Casting has been announced for the Philadelphia engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical “Jersey Boys”, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, coming to the Forrest Theatre on Sept. 30, 2010.
The cast will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi), and Quinn VanAntwerp (Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo. The show will run through Dec. 12, 2010.
Jersey Boys, according to press notes, is “the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. It’s a journey 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 30.”
Jersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical, received rave reviews in Austin at the Bass Concert Hall, where it opened Friday, August 20 (performances began August 18) and will play through Sunday, September 5. From Austin, Jersey Boys will play San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre Wednesday, September 8 through Sunday, September 26.
The cast of Jersey Boys is lead by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), original Broadway cast member Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi), Ryan Jesse (Bob Gaudio), with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.
The ensemble of Jersey Boys includes Candi Boyd, Christopher Deangelis, John Michael Dias, John Edwards, Alayna Gallo, John Gardiner, Buck Hujabre, Denise Payne, Nathan Scherich, Brian Silverman, Courter Simmons, Ryan Strand, Kara Tremel, Mark Verdino and Kevin Worley.
Jersey Boys is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award(r), the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
In “Jersey Boys” there are three amazing women who play many roles. Three talented women are cast in as many as 17 parts each in the popular musical that hit the Bass Theatre stage Wednesday night on the University of Texas campus.
Denise Payne is cast as “Francine Valli” – but also plays 17 other female characters. Alayna Gallo is “Lorraine” – and plays 15 other parts. Kara Tremel plays the role of “Mary Delgado” and 11 other women. Together, their combined energies and charisma help make the hit production pop.
Thursday afternoon the women gave a behind-the-scenes tour, and talked about the frenetic pace of costume changes, wig switch-overs and the fun they have being part of “Jersey Boys.” According to Tremel, even their own parents don’t know them at times when they’re in character.
“Usually a lot of people don’t realize there are only three women in the show until the final number where the whole cast comes out, and everyone’s like, ‘Wait a minute – where are all the girls?’” Tremel explained.
“It’s just us!” added Payne, smiling.
When asked what it’s like to play a huge amount of characters, all three agreed they love it, but it’s the crew who helps them keep things straight and in order, lest they forget which character goes out on stage when.
“I personally love it. It keeps it fresh. You’re always playing something else,” said Tremel. You always have to be on your toes and you’re not kind of just doing the same character throughout the show. You can change it up and play around and play with your fellow actors.”
“What helps keep it straight for me are the dressers,” said Gallo. “If I put on the wrong costume, and do a character that doesn’t match it — it’s not going to work out. So the dressers say, ‘Hey, it’s this costume.’ ‘Oh, I know what I’m playing now.’”
“When I first joined I had cue cards to try to remember my next role,” Payne explained. “I was trying to make a story line in my head. And then I realized day one ‘just go in the quick-change booth and they’ll hand you the costume you wear next,’ and it was, ‘Oh, good, good. Just hand me my costume.’”
“Fashion changed so much, in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s – that’s why we have to have so many different costumes,” said Alayna.
The girls operate out of two different dressing rooms, one placed backstage on each side. The trio said it’s the crew who does so much of the work to make the show run smoothly, before and during the show.
“Usually the crew comes in an hour before ½ hour, when the cast arrives,” said Tremel. “The cast arrives ½ hour before curtain. And they come in and basically prepare everything. They’ll set up costumes. They’ll get all the props set up, all the pieces that have to go on, so everything is ready for the time when we come in,” said Tremel.
“But there is so much prep,” said Payne. “For all these costumes, they steam all of them. They’re shining shoes. In every single show, they do that. They’re such an incredible crew. We have our own crew and we pick up local crew in the city. It’s kind of like a crazy little world back here,” said Payne.
“They wash dishes. They clean off the piano,” Tremel added.
“And even throughout the show, as we get finished with one thing, as soon as we’re done with one thing, as soon as we’re done with that, they’ll take it and they’ll start prepping it for the next show, so it’s like a constant thing,” said Gallo.
Tremel summed it up best when she said, “It’s a well-oiled machine.”
Jersey Boys runs through September 5 at the Bass Concert Hall on the UT campus, 2300 E. 23rd St. Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m. Saturdays feature a 2 p.m. matinee and 8:00 evening show. Sunday shows are at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. Buy Jersey Boys Austin TX Tickets for all Bass Concert Hall performances.
Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.
The Broadway play 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 sound and sold 175 million records worldwide, all before they were 30.
Two members of the cast visited KVUE to speak about the show’s success and time in Austin. Jersey Boys is currently playing on tour in Austin, TX through September 05, 2010. The next performance is at San Antonio, TX from September 08 to September 26, 2010.
Jersey Boys Las Vegas, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, celebrates its 1000th performance at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 28. To celebrate the milestone performance, Jersey Boys will host the “Walk Like a Man” shoe drive where fans can bring a pair of new children’s shoes to the theater lobby between 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. August 28 in exchange for a complimentary ticket to this special performance. A maximum of two pairs of shoes per person will be allowed and up to 1,000 tickets will be distributed to fans who participate in the shoe drive. The complimentary tickets are only valid for the 6:30 p.m. performance on August 28. All shoes will be donated to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas.
Jersey Boys will donate 1,000 pairs of children’s shoes to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas just in time for the start of the new school year. Following the drive, the Jersey Boys cast will make the special delivery to the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas. The organization’s mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. More than 13,000 youth ages 5-18 are served in eight facilities throughout the Valley.
“We are thrilled, not only to celebrate this exciting milestone performance on the Las Vegas Strip, but to be able to give back to the children of Las Vegas at the same time,” said Jersey Boys producer Michael David.
Hope Dworaczyk, the 2010 Playboy Playmate of the Year, attended Jersey Boys at the Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino on Friday, August 13th. Following the performance, Hope went backstage to meet the cast and take a photo with the stars of the show.
Peter Saide, Travis Cloer, Playmate Hope Dworaczyk, Deven May, Jeff Leibow
This super-hit blockbuster takes you up the charts, across the country and behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Discover the secret of a 40-year friendship: four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom and experience electrifying performances of the golden greats that took these guys all the way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “My Eyes Adored You,” and more. As the New York Times says, “The crowd goes wild!”
Jersey Boys, the hit Broadway musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, will lead off Omaha Performing Arts’ 2011-12 season of touring Broadway musicals.
Jersey Boys Orpheum Theater Omaha Tickets
The show, which won the Tony for best musical in 2006, will play the Orpheum Theater from Sept. 7-25, 2011.
“We’re absolutely thrilled,” said Joan Squires, Omaha Performing Arts president. “We’ve had a lot of requests for the show and wanted to get the word out early.”
She said season ticket holders for 2010-11 will get first crack at reserving seats for “Jersey Boys” a little less than a year from now.
John Lloyd Young, formerly from Bellevue, originated the role of Valli on Broadway. He won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for best actor in a musical. He is not touring with the show. The original cast album won a Grammy.
Emmy Award-winning television host Larry King and his wife, country music vocalist Shawn King, attended the Friday, August 6 performance of Las Vegas’ Jersey Boys at the Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino. Following the show, they went backstage to meet and congratulate the cast on their performance.
Shawn King, Deven May, Larry King, Travis Cloer, Colin Trahan, and Peter Saide
Jersey Boys — written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe — tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and includes dozens of their popular hits.
The lead actors at the August 6 performance included Travis Cloer (Frankie Valli), Deven May (Tommy DeVito), Peter Saide (Bob Gaudio), and Colin Trahan (Nick Massi).
On Broadway, Jersey Boys grossed $1,001,306 and had a 94.9% attendance rate for the week ending August 1, 2010. The 25 shows on the boards grossed $20,117,169, dropping nearly 3% from the previous week.
Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 1, 2010.
1. Wicked $1,720,540
2. The Lion King $1,643,193
3. The Addams Family $1,227,340
4. Mary Poppins $1,193,680
5. Promises, Promises $1,162,007
6. Billy Elliot: The Musical $1,109,588
7. Jersey Boys $1,001,306
8. Mama Mia! $963,375
9. The Phantom of the Opera $957,458
10. Memphis $896,674
