Broadway's Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning JERSEY BOYS, will be featured on PIX 11 (WPIX-TV)'s "Curtain UP" Broadway Week on Tuesday, August 23 at 8:30am EST.
PIX 11 correspondent Laurie Dhue goes backstage to chat with
Jarrod Spector who stars as
Frankie Valli to find out what makes the crowd go wild, and Laurie learns to Walk Like A Man with the help of
Matt Bogart who stars as Nick Massi and dance captain and cast member
Katie O'Toole.
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; in cities across the U.S. on a National Tour and it will open in Auckland, New Zealand in April, 2012.
The Broadway cast of JERSEY BOYS is led by
Matt Bogart (Nick Massi),
Ryan Jesse (
Bob Gaudio),
Dominic Nolfi (
Tommy DeVito) and
Jarrod Spector (
Frankie Valli) as The Four Seasons; with
Peter Gregus and
Mark Lotito. The cast also includes
Miles Aubrey,
Erik Bates,
Brad Bass,
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 Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by
Bob Gaudio, received the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Broadway production also won the 2006 Outer Critics Circle & Drama League Awards for Best Musical. The London production also won the 2009 UK People's Choice and What's on Stage Awards for Best New Musical. The Toronto production won three Dora Awards, including the Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production. The Australian production is 2010 recipient of the Helpmann Award for Australia's Best Musical and seven Victorian Green Room Awards.
