July 14, 2010
Jersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical, received rave reviews in Des Moines at the Des Moines Civic Center, where it opened Friday, July 9 (performances began July 7) and will play through Sunday, July 25. From Des Moines, Jersey Boys will play Louisville’s Kentucky Center for the Arts Wednesday, July 28 through Sunday, August 15.
Des Moines Register
The Des Moines Register’s Sophia Ahmad’s writes “Near the end of the first half, Jersey Boys actors portraying The Four Seasons dance with their backs to the audience. Singing at the top of their lungs, the quartet is greeted with wild cheers and applause at an imaginary stadium concert.”
Star 102.5 Radio
Star 102.5 Radio’s Luke Matthews raves “JERSEY BOYS is #1 with a bullet. I heard all of the hype. I had seen the glowing reviews. I had anticipated its arrival for months. JERSEY BOYS delivered on all fronts.”
Newton Daily News
The Newton Daily News’ Mandi Lamb raves “Dazzling the audience with more than 30 classic songs spanning 40 years of music from the legendary 1960s pop/rock band The Four Seasons, JERSEY BOYS is equally compelling in its story of the four men who emerged from the streets (and jails) of New Jersey to become one of the best-selling musical acts of all time.”
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 Michelle Aravena, 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.
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June 24, 2010
BBC Proms in the Park on 11 September
This year’s BBC Proms in the Park on 11 September with feature performances from Oliver! star Kerry Ellis and Queen guitarist Brian May.
Songs from hit West End musicals Jersey Boys and Oliver! are to feature in this year’s BBC Proms in the Park, it has been revealed.
Kerry Ellis, who plays Nancy in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will take to the stage in Hyde Park on September 11th 2010 with Queen guitarist Brian May in order to add a theatrical twist to the annual classical music event.
Meanwhile, the cast of Jersey Boys will kick off the afternoon’s events after being introduced by BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce, WhatsonStage.com reports.
After all of the entertainment has been enjoyed in the park, a big screen will link up with the Royal Albert Hall in order to hold a nationwide sing-along for the Last Night of the Proms.
The BBC Proms is the world’s largest classical music festival and is now in its 15th year. It is thought that 40,000 people will flock to Proms in the Park in September in order to take part in the festivities.
BBC Proms in the Park tickets are now on sale for one of the biggest events on the music calendar, descending upon Hyde Park in September 2010.
Click here to get tickets for the 76 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and 13 chamber concerts at Cadogan Hall.
Aubrey Dan, left, president of Dancap Productions, surprises Amanda Sant, 21, from Innisfil, Ont., with the news she will go to New York to see Jersey Boys on Broadway. Sant was the millionth customer at the Toronto production of Jersey Boys on Wednesday, July 23, 2010.
The Innisfil woman was surprised Wednesday afternoon to be told she was the millionth customer to attend Jersey Boys, the hit musical presented by Dancap Productions at the
Toronto Centre for the Arts.
Sant, who is five months pregnant, took her mother to the matinee and was rewarded with a prize of an all-expense-paid trip to New York, including a night at Jersey Boys on Broadway, where the show opened in 2005.
For almost two years, the musical saga of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons has played to large and enthusiastic audiences in Toronto, just as it has done in other cities across North America since its first tryout in La Jolla, Calif., in 2004.
When the show’s Toronto presenter, Aubrey Dan, announced he was opening the show at a theatre north of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave., downtown skeptics doubted it could succeed. But the GTA has changed and, as Dan puts it, “what used to be perceived as the north of the city is now the heart of the city.”
When the show opened on Aug. 24, 2008, Dan said he “never dreamed it would reach its millionth customer . . . but that doesn’t make it any less thrilling.”
Dan said the success of Jersey Boys has also given him courage to continue in his battle to be considered as a major presenter of commercial theatre in Toronto. He has struggled to get venues and some of his attempts have failed, such as last fall’s show The Toxic Avenger.
“I’m committed to staying with this effort,” Dan said. “In fact, I’m more involved than I ever have been before. My organization has its finger on the pulse of Toronto, but we’re also close to what’s happening in New York and London.”
Dan is one of the producers of Memphis, which won this season’s Tony Award for Best Musical, evidence that the quirky, slouch-hatted impresario is not to be written off as a major player on the city’s scene.
As for the lucky Sant, her prize trip will be her first ever to Manhattan, and a memory she’ll never forget.
{Via Toronto Star}
June 19, 2010
Peter Saide, Travis Cloer, Eric Stonestreet, Jeff Leibow, Deven May
On Tuesday, June 15, Eric Stonestreet, who plays the starring role of “Cameron Tucker” on the ABC comedy Modern Family, attended Jersey Boys at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino. After the show he went backstage to meet the cast and visit with his friend Travis Cloer, who stars as “Frankie Valli” in Jersey Boys.
Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This 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 thirty
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April 15, 2010
The hit musical “Jersey Boys” has been the subject of a copyright infringement/co-owner lawsuit, as previously discussed here and here.
Changing hats from being the defendant in a copyright infringement suit to “singing the tune” of the plaintiff, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, and the playwrights of the musical “Jersey Boys” filed suit against “The Boys in Concert” tour, alleging similarity of songs, stage elements, and logos.
According to news reports, the plaintiffs are seeking an injunction against further performances of The Boys, $150,000 US for each of 10 songs from Jersey Boys used in the show, and additional unspecified damages.
