JERSEY BOYS Closes at Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare July 17

The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons closes in Cleveland at PlayhouseSquare on July 17.

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia). The premiere engagement of JERSEY BOYS in Cleveland was an overwhelming success, seen by over 105,000 theatergoers, breaking box office records; our final week of performances in 2008 was the single highest gross 8 - performance week ever at PlayhouseSquare and Jersey Boys worldwide (at the time) - $1,883,450.00 and hailed as "Open your eyes, ears and heart to Jersey Boys! Summer entertainment with joy and tears. State-of-the-art!" - Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"Cleveland loves Jersey Boys," stated Gina Vernaci / Vice President of Theatricals at PlayhouseSquare "As a matter of fact, so many people wanted to see this musical that we set a world wide record with the last engagement. Not only were the theaters packed but the streets bustled with guests patronizing neighborhood restaurants and businesses. We are excited for a repeat performance this summer. Jersey Boys creates such a beehive in the theatre district allowing us to see the impact of PlayhouseSquare's not for profit mission utilizing the arts for a catalyst of economic activity."

Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS 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 part of the U.S. Bank Star Performance Series presented in Cleveland by PlayhouseSquare.

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.

JERSEY BOYS opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005. The JERSEY BOYS National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, played a record-breaking run in Los Angeles and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. There are five Current Productions of JERSEY BOYS: New York, London, Las Vegas, Sydney, Australia, and a US National tour.

The JERSEY BOYS design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony Award® for his Lighting Design of JERSEY BOYS), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music).

JERSEY BOYS is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner.

JERSEY BOYS returns to Cleveland at PlayhouseSquare June 22 - July 17. The performance schedule is Tuesdays through Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 2:00pm and 8:00pm; and Sundays at 1:00pm and 6:30pm. There will be two additional matinee performances on Thursday, June 23 and Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00pm. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to chance without notice. For more information, please visit www.JerseyBoysInfo.com or www.playhousesquare.org.

Jersey Boys tickets are on-sale NOW and prices range from $35.00 to $130. Tickets are available at The PlayhouseSquare ticket office, (1519 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland), online at playhousesquare.org or call (216) 241-6000. Group orders (15 or more) may be placed by calling (216) 664-6050.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of JERSEY BOYS, produced by Bob Gaudio, was recently certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The cast recording is now available on Rhino Records. JERSEY BOYS: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Broadway Books) is the official handbook to the smash Broadway hit.

For more information on JERSEY BOYS, go to www.JerseyBoysInfo.com or www.playhousesquare.org.

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