Valli and Jersey Boys' Young Featured Tonight, Oct. 26, on ET

By: Oct. 26, 2005
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Legendary Four Seasons star Frankie Valli, and John Lloyd Young, who stars as Valli in the new Broadway musical, Jersey Boys, will be featured on ET's "The Insider" today, Wednesday, October 26 on CBS-TV at 7:00pm EST (check local listings for times outside of New York). "The Insider"'s Kathie Lee Gifford will sit down with Valli and Young to discuss the role of Frankie Valli in real life and on stage.

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 Bob Gaudio, Spencer (Side Show, Lucky Duck at the Old Globe) as Nick Massi and Young (The Drawer Boy at Paper Mill Playhouse) as Frankie 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 California 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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