Photo Preview: Jersey Boys Tour Begins in Chicago in Oct.

Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, premieres in Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe) October 6, 2007 through April 13, 2008.  Due to popular demand, the show has already added an additional 14 weeks of performances prior to opening, extending its Chicago engagement to six months.  The musical is currently playing in San Francisco.

The musical will star Drew Gehling as Bob Gaudio, Chicagoan Michael Ingersoll as Nick Massi, Jeremy Kushnier as Tommy DeVito and Jarrod Spector as Frankie Valli.

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.  The show 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 "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," state press notes. 

For more information and tickets, go to www.JerseyBoysInfo.com or www.broadwayinchicago.com.

Photos by Joan Marcus

Jarrod Spector, Drew Gehling, Jeremy Kushnier and Michael Ingersoll

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