On July 3, the Broadway company of Jersey Boys will welcome back John Lloyd Young, who created the role of Frankie Valli in the original Broadway company and on the Grammy-winning, platinum cast album. John Lloyd Young’s first performance is Tuesday, July 3rd at 7 p.m.
John Lloyd Young Returns to Jersey Boys
Young played Marius in Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and guest starred on “Glee.” Offstage, Young is a successful artist. His pieces sell at East and West Coast fine art galleries, have raised tens of thousands for charity, and a JLY piece hangs at L.A.’s famed restaurant, Spago. Young will soon present his debut album. www.johnlloydyoung.com. For his performance, Mr. Young won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for Leading Actor in a Musical and a Theatre World Award.
John Lloyd Young will be joined on Broadway by Matt Bogart (Nick Massi), Quinn VanAntwerp (Bob Gaudio) and Andy Karl (Tommy DeVito) as The Four Seasons; with Peter Gregus and Mark Lotito. The cast also includes Miles Aubrey, Erik Bates, Jared Bradshaw, Cara Cooper, Ken Dow, John Edwards, Russell Fischer, Katie O’Toole, Joe Payne, Jessica Rush, Dominic Scaglione Jr., Nathan Scherich, Sara Schmidt and Taylor Sternberg.
Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, about a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who 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 thirty. The show features all their hits including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh What A Night,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” and “Working My Way Back To You.” Jersey Boys is the recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical. The Broadway production won the 2006 Outer Critics Circle & Drama League Awards for Best Musical.
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Jersey Boys, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, will begin playing all weeknight (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening) performances at 7pm as of September 6 in Broadway. The hit musical will also continue to play Wednesday matinees at 2pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm and Sundays at 3pm.
Jersey Boys opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre. The show is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; Sydney, Australia; and in cities across the U.S. on a National Tour.
The company currently features Matt Bogart (Nick Massi), Ryan Jesse (Bob Gaudio), Dominic Nolfi (Tommy DeVito) and Jarrod Spector (Frankie Valli), along with Peter Gregus and Mark Lotito. The cast also includes Miles Aubrey, Brad Bass, Erik Bates, Cara Cooper, Ken Dow, John Edwards, Russell Fischer, Katie O’Toole, Joe Payne, Jessica Rush, Dominic Scaglione Jr., Nathan Scherich, Sara Schmidt, Taylor Sternberg, and Lauren Tartaglia.
The show, playing at the August Wilson Theatre, is based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. With book by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the musical features dozens of the group’s popular hits, including “Walk Like a Man,” “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh What a Night,” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.”
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Find below the upcoming cities and dates for the Jersey Boys national tour:
• West Palm Beach, FL at Kravis Center Dreyfoos Concert Hall, Currently Playing till March 28, 2010
• Charlotte, NC at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, March 31-April 18, 2010
• Buffalo, NY at Sheas Performing Arts Centre, April 21-May 9, 2010
• Providence, RI at Providence Performing Arts Center, May 12-June 6, 2010
• Indianapolis, IN at Murat Theatre, June 9-July 3, 2010
• Des Moines, IA at Des Moines Civic Center, July 7-25, 2010
• Louisville, KY at Whitney Hall, July 28-August 15, 2010
• Austin, TX at Bass Concert Hall, August 18-September 5, 2010
• Philadelphia, PA at Forrest Theatre, September 30-December 12, 2010
• Tampa, FL at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, March 23-April 17, 2011
