NBC's Weekend Today Show on Saturday, November 5th will offer a behind-the-scenes look at Jersey Boys from 7:00am to 9:00am EDT (check local listings outside of the NY area). Featured in the segment are legendary Four Seasons star Frankie Valli, Four Seasons composer Bob Gaudio, Four Seasons lyricist/producer Bob Crewe, and Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff, as well as stars Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young.
Then on Sunday, November 6th, Gaudio, Valli, Lloyd Young and Reichard (who star as Valli and Bob Gaudio, respectively, in the show) will be featured on CBS-2 News on WCBS-TV at 7:40am EDT.
Jersey Boys began previews on October 4th, and will open at
the August Wilson Theatre (formerly the Virginia Theatre) on
November 6th.
The show stars Hoff (The Who's Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar national tour) as Tommy DeVito, Reichard (Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Radiant Baby at the Public Theatre) as Gaudio, Spencer (Side Show, Lucky Duck at the Old Globe) as Nick Massi and Young (The Drawer Boy at Paper Mill Playhouse) as Valli. Tituss Burgess, Steve Gouveia, Peter Gregus, Donnie Kehr, Michael
Longoria, Mark Lotito, Jennifer Naimo, Dominic Nolfi, Erica Piccininni
and Sara Schmidt are also in the cast.
Directed by Des McAnuff (The Who's Tommy, Big River), Jersey Boys
was a smash hit at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego 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 features 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.
Tickets to Jersey Boys are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com,
and at the August Wilson Theatre box office (245 West 52nd Street,
between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Group sales tickets available by
calling (877) 5-Dodger / (877) 536-3437. Visit the Jersey Boys website at www.JerseyBoysBroadway.com.
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