JERSEY BOYS Makes Columbus Premiere August 17

The Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is coming to the Ohio Theatre. The musical will make its Columbus premiere on August 17 and play through September 4.

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).

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.

JERSEY BOYS is part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series presented by Broadway Across America and CAPA.

JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons-Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi-and how this 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 30.

JERSEY BOYS opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005. The JERSEY BOYS national tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, played a record-breaking run in Los Angeles, and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. There are five Current Productions of JERSEY BOYS-New York, London, Las Vegas, Sydney, Australia, and a US national tour. As of April 24, 2011, JERSEY BOYS worldwide has grossed over $1.1 billion dollars and been seen by approximately 12.5 million people.

The 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, and incidental music).

JERSEY BOYS is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner.

Tickets for JERSEY BOYS begin at $25 and are available at the Ohio Theatre Box Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000. Orders for groups of 20 or more may be placed by calling (614) 719-6900. Performance schedule, prices, and cast are subject to chance without notice.

The performance schedule is s follows:

Wednesday, August 17, 8pm
Thursday, August 18, 2pm & 8pm
Friday, August 19, 8pm
Saturday, August 20, 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, August 21, 1pm & 6:30pm
Tuesday, August 23, 8pm
Wednesday, August 24, 8pm
Thursday, August 25, 8pm
Friday, August 26, 8pm
Saturday, August 27, 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, August 28, 1pm & 6:30pm
Tuesday, August 30, 8pm
Wednesday, August 31, 8pm
Thursday, September 1, 8pm
Friday, September 2, 8pm
Saturday, September 3, 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, September 4, 1pm & 6:30pm

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of JERSEY BOYS, produced by Bob Gaudio, was recently certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 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.

For more information on JERSEY BOYS, go to www.JerseyBoysTour.com or www.capa.com.