Jersey Boys will premiere at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center June 06 to June 24, 2012. The first national tour of jersey boys will stop in Tulsa, OK for only 3 weeks.
Jersey Boys Tulsa Performing Arts Center Schedule:
Tuesday to Tuesday – 7:30 PM
Friday – 8:00 PM
Saturday – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday – 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Additional show on Thursday, June 21 at 2:00 PM
On Sunday, June 24 as the tour closes with the 2:00 PM show.
Jersey Boys will be playing at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center June 6-24 and is presented in Tulsa by Celebrity Attractions. Tickets are on sale for Tulsa’s premiere engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys – is the story of The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.
Jersey Boys musical 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 years old.
Jersey Boys First National Tour cast members recently sang a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem at the Chicago White Sox game at Cellular Field.
Jersey Boys – Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Alayna Gallo (Lorraine and others), and Kevin Crewell (Bob Crewe and others) from the national touring company of Jersey Boys talk about the show, their experiences, and their acting beginnings. They had a lot to say, including some particularly nice things about the Durham Performing Arts Center as a venue.
BWW: Jersey Boys has been around a long time now. What can fans who have seen the show before expect when they see it for a 2nd or 3rd time?
Kevin Crewell: Well, there’s so much that goes on, I feel like if you really do want to see everything, you need a good two or three shots at it.
Alayna Gallo: My mother has seen it at least 20 times, and every single time, she’s like “Oh, Alayna, I had no idea that this, this, and that happened.” She will still see it another 20 times.
Kevin Crewell: That’s the indicator – mom will keep seeing it…
Alayna Gallo: Yeah, and everybody that says that. It’s a show that they say that they would like to see it again. So much is happening and you start seeing other little tiny details and you’re like “Oh my God, that’s amazing.”
BWW: What’s the experience like joining a show that’s already established itself as a phenomenon?
Alayna Gallo: Wow. Um…
Kevin Crewell: I love it. I mean, I loved it. It was because the work’s kind of done for you. They’ve already carved this brilliant piece of theater and art out, so…
Alayna Gallo: But also, I feel it was also a little nerve-wracking to meet the expectation that it’s been at for so long. And just being a part of something that’s so much larger than us is so overwhelming. But then once you get the hang of it, you’re like, “oh, this is what it’s about.” And everyone’s always great and friendly and welcoming. So…
Kevin Crewell: Always? Always? [laughter]
Alayna Gallo: [laughter] I think so!
KC: Alayna ignored me our first three days. No, I’m just kidding. (laughter) She didn’t. I mean, it’s one of those shows that all you really gotta do is jump on the train at the beginning and ride it.
Alayna Gallo: Oh, yeah.
Kevin Crewell: Some shows, you feel like you’re kinda pulling, having to do work to compensate maybe that the material’s not so great or something like that. And this, boy, all you really gotta do is kind of get out of the way because the material’s just so good.
BWW: How is playing real people different from playing characters who are pure fiction? Is the process different?
Alayna Gallo: Actually yes, because when I first started, I was given a book of the dramaturgy, of the history of everything, from what New Jersey was like at that time, what the working class was like at that time, what was going on in the 50s, and about the character that I primarily play, Lorraine, which is his [Frankie’s] girlfriend towards the end of the show. I mean, I have three meaty scenes, but there was all this information about this woman. They are down to the detail. It’s like this is something you can really research and see who these people were, are, and their families and their lives, so I would say that that was kind of a different process because in most shows it’s all fictional for the most part. And you want to uphold the truth, because you can’t change the truth.
BWW: How do you keep the material fresh after so many performances?
AG: I mean, honestly, for me it’s easy because it’s so fast-paced, because I’m playing 17 different roles at a time.
KC: You guys don’t have time to think! [laughter]
AG: I really don’t. And the second that beat starts, the first before Ces Soir [hums the music], we’re on. We’re all on. And there’s no turning back. So, it’s easy for me.
KC: Mine, I get a lot of time down in the dressing room. [Laughter] To sit in my Italian suits. I mean, that’s where I think technique comes in. That’s where when we study, when you work on your craft and all of that. That’s where technique comes in. If you’re having a bad day personally, a bad day physically, any of that stuff, that’s when your technique of who are you talking to, what it’s about, what do you want, all of those things. The craft, I think, of acting, comes in to keep it fresh. There’s stuff about when new people come in and out of the show, that always gives it a nice little fresh spritz. You know, if you have an understudy on. If, all of a sudden, the person you’re across from is different. Audiences, every single night are different. Every single night. So, they’re the last piece of the puzzle. So, if they’re more tired, more excited, if they are rowdy, if they’re a little timid, then they add to the production in one way or another, which makes it different every single night. But, I call BS on actors that are like, “Um, it’s not different, every…” No. It is different. Totally different every single night.
Jersey Boys will play in Providence at PPAC August 15 – September 2, 2012. Jersey Boys is a three-week engagement as scheduled below:
Tuesday to Friday – 7:30 PM
Saturday – 8:00 PM
Sunday – 1:00 PM & 6:30PM
Special Matinee on Thursday, August 16 at 1:00 PM
Landmark Theatre, Syracuse announced 2012-2013 season which starts the series with Jersey Boys Musical in October 2012.
Jersey Boys performances at Landmark Theatre NY start on October 9, 2012 and continue through Sunday,October 28, 2012.
The musical is based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. It opened on Broadway in 2005 and is still going strong. Audiences are prone to singing along with such hits as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” and “My Eyes Adored You.”
Jersey Boys Musical, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi: Jersey Boys is recommended for 12 years of age and older. The show contains smoke, gun shots, strobe lights, drug references, sexual situations and authentic “profane Jersey language.”
Jersey Boys will be performing at The Landmark Theatre Syracuse only for 3-weeks and conclude on October 28, 2012, Buy Jersey Boys Landmark Theatre NY Tickets Online. Get $10 OFF on Jersey Boys Syracuse NY Ticket Orders of $350 or more by using code #SpringSavings at Checkout!
The 2012/2013 Taco/The White Family Foundation Broadway Series includes the return of Jersey Boys. The 2012/2013 Contemporary Classics Series launches with the highly-anticipated return of Jersey Boys Wednesday, August 15 to Sunday, September 2, 2012. The Chicago Tribune says Jersey Boys is “the most exciting musical in years.” Jersey Boys is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning Best 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. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds, and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were 30! Jersey Boys features their hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night,” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.”
The Jersey Boys first national tour returns to Charlotte, North Carolina’s Belk Theater, opening Wednesday, February 22 with 24 performances through March 11. Jersey Boys Musical, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi: 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 thirty.
Jersey Boys Musical coming to play at Broward Center for the Performing Arts for only 3 weeks from January 11 through January 29, 2012.
Casting has been announced for the Fort Lauderdale engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, January 11 – 29, 2012.
The cast of Jersey Boys will be led by Preston Truman Boyd (Bob Gaudio), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), John Gardiner (Tommy DeVito) and Michael Lomenda (Nick Massi), with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo. The ensemble of Jersey Boys includes Christopher DeAngelis, Nick Cosgrove, Lauren Decierdo, Frankie J. Galasso, Buck Hujabre, Denise Payne, Mauricio Pérez, Timothy Quinlan, Kyli Rae, John Rochette, Brian Silverman, Kara Tremel, Mark Verdino, Donald Webber, Jr., Kevin Worley and Adam Zelasko.
Jersey Boys design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony® Award for his Lighting Design of JERSEY BOYS), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich(Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music).
Jersey Boys produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner..
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Jersey Boys, produced by Bob Gaudio, was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The cast recording is available on Rhino Records.
The premiere engagement of Jersey Boys in Fort Lauderdale was an overwhelming success, seen by over 80,000 theatergoers, breaking Broward Center box office records and hailed as “Solid gold!” by critics and audiences alike. The economic impact of the 2009 Jersey Boys Fort Lauderdale engagement, is estimated around $20 Million.
Jersey Boys Second National Tour Kick start performances at Forrest Theatre from Dec 06, 2011 and play through Jan 14, 2012. When the national touring company of “Jersey Boys” came to Philadelphia’s Forrest Theatre last year, it broke all box office records — more than 140,000 people saw it during its run.
So when the producers launched the second national touring production of “Jersey Boys” they chose Philadelphia as its first stop. The show is now playing at the Forrest Theatre through Jan. 14. “Jersey Boys” tells the story of Frankie Valli and the 1960s pop singing group the Four Seasons
“Philadelphia was an important city in launching the career of the Four Seasons,” says Rick Elice, who wrote the book for “Jersey Boys” with Marshall Brickman. “When the group came to Philadelphia in 1962, the city embraced them so wholeheartedly that their lives were irreversibly changed. They sold more than 120,000 records and they were stars.
“What makes this story so compelling is that this group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide — all before they were 30.”
“Jersey Boys” also launched Elice’s career. The show was his first Broadway credit and it won the Tony, Olivier, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Grammy awards for Best Musical. He and Brickman also wrote the book for “The Addams Family,” now playing at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. And Elice wrote the book for last year’s Off Broadway hit, “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a prequel to the story of Peter Pan. Elice is hoping that it will move to a Broadway theater.
When “Jersey Boys” first opened at the LaJolla Playhouse, no one was more surprised at its success than Elice, Brickman and its director Des McAnuff.
“We were shocked when we first did it in LaJolla,” recalls Elice. “On opening night, the audience loved it and this was Beach Boy-territory, not Four Seasons. Marshall and Des said this must be some mistake, but the second night response was the same.”
“Jersey Boys” opened on Broadway in 2005 and became a hit. Today there are six productions of “Jersey Boys” playing worldwide.
“This is a great show,” says Elice. “It has great music and all those Four Seasons hits. It delivers a great story and the audience has a great time. Bob Gaudio and Frankie took what was essentially a low art form and elevated it on to the stage. They did to music what Roy Lichtenstein did for pop art; they took blue collar music to regular people.”
Elice says while the story and the music remain the same, new technology has improved the staging. “We didn’t have LED technology when ‘Jersey Boys’ first opened in 2005. In those days all we had was a single projector to project the slides. The show has now been refitted and its staging and projections are much more dramatic and very high-tech.”
The First National Tour began in San Francisco at the Curran Theatre in 2006. Since that time, the Tour has logged 48,137 miles on its way back to Washington, D.C. Jersey Boys is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).
Montgomery County native Joseph Siravo, who plays Gyp DeCarlo (among other roles), has been with the Tour from the beginning. Also on Tour from the start are company members Caren Cole (Keyboards), Gerbie Connolly (Wardrobe Supervisor), Christopher Miele (Reeds), Douglas “Pablo” Moscinski (Assistant Carpenter), Michael Murphy (Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor), Mark Papazian (Drums), R. Doug Rodgers (Company Manager), and Brian Silverman (Guitar).
Jersey Boys worldwide has been seen by approximately 13 million people (as of July 17, 2011). There are six Current Productions of Jersey Boys: New York; London; Las Vegas; Sydney, Australia; and two US National tours. Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.
