Casting Now Complete for Broadway's Jersey Boys

By: Aug. 10, 2005
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Full casting has been announced for Jersey Boys, with the supporting roles now filled as well as the four leads. The upcoming Broadway musical is based around the songs of the Four Seasons, and will open at the Virginia Theatre on Sunday, November 6th after beginning previews on Monday, October 3rd.

Tituss Burgess, Steve Gouveia, Peter Gregus, Donnie Kehr, Michael Longoria, Mark Lotito, Jennifer Naimo, Dominic Nolfi, Erica Piccininni, and Sara Schmidt will join the previously-announced Christian Hoff (The Who's Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar national tour) as Tommy DeVito, Daniel Reichard (Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Radiant Baby at the Public Theatre) as Bob Gaudio, J. Robert Spencer (Side Show, Lucky Duck at the Old Globe) as Nick Massi and John Lloyd Young (The Drawer Boy at Paper Mill Playhouse) as Frankie Valli. With the exception of Young (who replaces David Noroña), all are holdovers from the La Jolla production.

Directed by Des McAnuff (The Who's Tommy, Big River), Jersey Boys was a smash hit at the La Jolla Playhouse in LA last year (where as the most successful show in the history of the theatre, it extended three times). The show "chronicles the lives of 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. 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,' among others," according to production notes.

The show will also feature a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, as well as songs with music by Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe. Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella will produce the musical on Broadway, and Klara Zieglerova (sets), Jess Goldstein (costumes), Howell Binkley (lighting), Michael Clark (projections) will comprise the design team.

Jersey Boys will have the following performance schedule: October 4 to November 5,  Monday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm. There will be no performance on Monday, October 31. Beginning November 7 onward, Tuesday evenings at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm, Sunday matinees at 3pm.

Tickets to Jersey Boys go on sale beginning September 11and are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, or online at Telecharge.com. Group sales tickets available at (877) 5-Dodger / (877) 536-3437. The Virginia Theatre box office (245 West 52nd Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue) will open on September 12, 2005.

 For more information, visit www.jerseyboysbroadway.com. 
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