Chicago 'Jersey Boys' Offers $25 Day-of Rush Tickets

Beginning at 10AM on the day of every Chciago performance of Jersey Boys, ten (10) front row seats and as many as forty (40) additional seats subject to availability at select performances will be available for just $25 each at the LaSalle Bank Theatre Box Office (18 W. Monroe).  This special rush ticket offer begins Tuesday, October 16, 2007. 

Please note:
- Two (2) ticket limit per patron
- Cash only
- Only available for purchase in person at the LaSalle Bank Theatre box office
- Tickets are limited view

The performance schedule is as follows:  Tuesdays at 7:30PM; Wednesdays at 2PM & 7:30PM; Thursdays at 7:30PM; Fridays at 8PM; Saturdays at 2PM & 8PM; and Sundays at 2PM.Please note: There WILL be a 7:30PMperformance on Sunday, October 21, Sunday, December 30 and Sunday, February 10.  There will NOT be a 2PM performance on Wednesday, February 6.  There will NOT be a 7:30PM performance on Tuesday, December 25.

Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, currently plays the LaSalle Bank through April 13, 2008.  Due to popular demand, Jersey Boys has already added an additional 14 weeks of performances prior to opening, extending its Chicago engagement to six months.

Jersey Boys stars Drew Gehling as Bob Gaudio, Michael Ingersoll as Nick Massi, Jeremy Kushnier as Tommy DeVito and Jarrod Spector as Frankie Valli, with Craig Laurie and Jonathan Weir.

The ensemble of Jersey Boys includes Dominic Bogart, Lyndsey Cole, John Michael Coppola, John Michael Dias, Mike Erickson, Steven M. Goldsmith, John Hickman, Lauren Marshall, Kraig McCreary, Rashad Naylor, Jenny Lee Ramos, Jake Speck, Kara Tremel, Chuck Webb and Ryan Quinn West.

Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical and continues to break box office records at the August Wilson Theatre since opening in November 2005.  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.

Jersey Boys is presented in Chicago by Broadway In Chicago and TheatreDreams.  Jersey Boys is part of the 2007 Walgreens Broadway In Chicago Season Series and TheatreDreams subscription.  

"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 sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty," describe press notes.

The Jersey Boys design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony Award, Lighting Design), 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 is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner.

Jersey Boys premiered in Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe) on October 5, 2007 is currently scheduled to run through April 13, 2008. 

Tickets for Jersey Boys range in price from $30 - $95.  A limited number of VIP seats are available at $125 for weekdays and $150 for weekends.  Tickets are available at Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (18 W. Monroe, 24 W. Randolph St. and 151 W. Randolph St.), through the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312) 902-1400, at all Ticketmaster ticket centers (including Carson Pirie Scott stores, Hot Tix, select Coconuts and fye stores) or online at ticketmaster.com.  Groups should call (312) 977-1710.  For more information on Jersey Boys, go to www.JerseyBoysChicago.com or www.BroadwayInChicago.com.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Jersey Boys, produced by Bob Gaudio, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.  The cast recording is now available on Rhino Records.  "Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons" (Broadway Books) is the official handbook to the smash Broadway hit and will be published on October 16, 2007.