MEET THE MIDTOWN MEN Documentary Premieres in NYC Area

Stars of the award-winning Original Cast of Broadway's Jersey Boys take fans along as they prepare for and perform their fifth North American tour in their new public television special, MEET THE MIDTOWN MEN. Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard, and Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer -- The Midtown Men -- share personal stories of their rise to fame and perform some of the biggest songs of the 1960s.

The special is now airing in the NYC area on both NJTV and WLIW (check local cable listings). Viewers who support these stations by pledging can earn VIP tickets to see The Midtown Men in concert on May 20th, 2016 when they return to the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ or at BB Kings Blues Club in NYC on May 21, 2016. Or they can choose from a DVD, Blu-Ray or CD of the group's May 2015 concert taped at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

MEET THE MIDTOWN MEN offers unique access to the men behind the "Men" - poignant confessionals and career highlights as well as the behind-the-scenes camaraderie that began on Broadway and developed into a true brotherhood. The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Chiemi Karasawa who directed and produced the acclaimed documentary, "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and was theatrically distributed by IFC/Sundance Selects in 2014.

Upcoming airings in the NYC area include the following:
On WLIW-September 12th at 7pm and September 13th at 5:30pm
On NJTV---September 19th at 7pm & September 20th at 11am

Meet The Midtown Men is presented by NJTV in association with WNET. Produced by The Midtown Men, Rockhouse Productions and Isotope Films. Executive in charge of production for NJTV: John Servidio. Directed and Produced by Chiemi Karasawa. Concert footage Directed and Produced by Pierre and Francois Lamoureux. Supervising Producers: Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and Jeff Vee.
During their time in the mega-hit musical Jersey Boys, these four talented artists shared the stage for over a thousand performances. Since forming The Midtown Men in 2010, they have performed more than 450 concerts across North America, and have dazzled television audiences with appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Access Hollywood, Katie, and The Chew.

NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to all 21 counties in New Jersey and its tri-state neighbors. NJTV presents acclaimed PBS series such as Nature, American Masters, Charlie Rose, and BBC World News America and children's programs with diverse local programs including American Songbook at NJPAC, On the Record with Michael Aron, Driving Jersey, NJDocs, Due Process, One-on-One with Steve Adubato, Classroom Close-Up NJ and State of the Arts. The network's flagship news broadcast, NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams, features stories from across the Garden State utilizing the Agnes Varis NJTV Studio in Newark, its Trenton Statehouse studio and remote cameras at university content bureaus as well as media partners. The NJTV website offers online programs and free digital resources for educators. NJTV is comprised of WNJN, WNJS, WNJB, and WNJT, which collectively broadcast throughout NJ. NJTV is operated under an agreement with the state of New Jersey by Public Media NJ, Inc. (PMNJ), a non-profit affiliate of WNET, parent company of award-winning New York public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21.

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