Jersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, returning to the Orpheum Theatre April 21 playing through May 8, 2011. Tickets are available online.
The premiere engagement of Jersey Boys Minneapolis was an overwhelming success, breaking Orpheum Theatre box office records. The Star Tribune called it “an entertaining jaunt down memory lane” and the Pioneer Press said, “With all the infectious singing and dancing, it’s easy to see why the show won the Best Musical Tony!”.
Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, this sensationAl Blockbuster won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia) and continues to break box office records on Broadway and across North America.
Ticket prices begin at $29 depending on performance time and seating preference.
Performance dates for Jersey Boys at the Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55403) are Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, May 8, 2011. Show times are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m. There are 2 p.m. matinee performances on Thursday, April 21, 28 and May 5 and there is no 6:30 p.m. performance on Sunday, May 8.
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Jersey Boys London has extended its booking period by 6 weeks – tickets are now on sale to 29 May 2011.
Jersey Boys opened at the Prince Edward Theatre 18 Mar 2008, following previews from 28 Feb 2008 to reasonable notices from the popular press: THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Slickly animated production.” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “It has a quality you rarely find in musicals – gritty honesty – as well as the best collection of pop hits since Mamma Mia!” THE GUARDIAN says, “A pleasant, forgettable night out; no more, no less.”
Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe.
The London production is staged by the entire original Broadway creative team: Directed by Des McAnuff , designed by Klara Zieglerova, lighting by Howell Binkley, choreography by Sergio Trujillo, costumes by Jess Goldstein, sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy and projections design by Michael Clark. The orchestrations are by Steve Orich and the music direction and vocal arrangements by Ron Melrose.
The story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi – and how this group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American and International 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. Their songs include ‘Sherry’, ‘Walk Like A Man’, ‘December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)’, ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, ‘My Eyes Adored You’, ‘Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)’.
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