Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys current ‘Franki Valli,’ John Lloyd Young, will play his final performance on 28 Jul 2013. The producers of Jersey Boys announced July 11 that Dominic Scaglione Jr. and Joseph Leo Bwarie will alternate in the role of Frankie Valli in the Broadway company at the August Wilson Theatre beginning July 30.
A veteran of the Broadway company, Scaglione currently plays the role at Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances, and has also performed the role in the Chicago and Las Vegas productions. Bwarie, who will be making his Broadway debut, played ‘Frankie Valli’ across the country in the musical’s first national tour.
Scaglione will play ‘Frankie Valli’ six times a week, while Bwarie will perform the role at the Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances.
The cast of Jersey Boys also includes Matt Bogart (Nick Massi), Drew Gehling (Bob Gaudio) and Andy Karl (Tommy DeVito) with Peter Gregus and Mark Lotito, Miles Aubrey, Erik Bates, Candi Boyd, Jared Bradshaw, Ken Dow, Russell Fischer, Renée Marino, Rashad Naylor, Katie O’Toole, Joe Payne, Jessica Rush, Nathan Scherich, Sara Schmidt and Taylor Sternberg.
Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, direction by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.
Jersey Boys, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, celebrates its 7th Anniversary on Broadway today, Tuesday, November 6.
Jersey Boys opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre where it has played over 2800 performances.
Congratulations & happy seventh anniversary to the JB current and former cast and crew members, the creative team, and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons!
Jarrod Spector will again take the role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys Broadway on October 2 at the August Wilson Theater as Tony winner John Lloyd Young will play his final performance on September 30. The Jersey Boys Broadway cast will also joined by Drew Gehling and Jeremy Kushnier on October 9 as Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito, respectively as Quinn VanAntwerp and Andy Karl scheduled to depart on October 7.
Jarrod Spector Will Again Play Frankie Valli
Jersey Boys musical current cast – Matt Bogart as Nick Massi in addition to Peter Gregus, Mark Lotito, Miles Aubrey, Jared Bradshaw, Cara Cooper, Ken Dow, John Edwards, Russell Fischer, Kristofer McNeeley, Katie O’Toole, Joe Payne, Jessica Rush, Dominic Scaglione Jr., Nathan Scherich, Sara Schmidt and Taylor Sternberg.
Jarrod Spector joined the Broadway company of Jersey Boys in 2008 after touring with the show and opening the musical’s Chicago production. Gehling previously made his Broadway debut in the role of Bob Gaudio and has also appeared in the show’s Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago companies. He has also appeared on Broadway in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Kushnier has toured with Jersey Boys and appeared on Broadway in Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent and Footloose.
Audiences at Broadway’s Jersey Boys have been more at home than ever in the past month following the Jan. 8-10 installation of firmer seat cushions in the 1,250-seat auditorium of the August Wilson Theatre. Jujamcyn Theaters president Jordan Roth and seating expert Ian Moore discuss the posture-enhancing makeover – Watch the video below:
The Wilson, on 52nd Street, became the first theatre in North America to use ProBax brand seating technology, an ergonomic addition to the venue. “Dual density foams” encourage “an anatomically correct posture,” reducing “back ache and muscle fatigue from sitting.”
The replacement of every seat cushion and seatback at the Wilson — from orchestra to mezzanine — happened between the end of the Sunday, Jan. 8 Jersey Boys matinee and the start of the Tuesday, Jan. 10 evening performance.
