Tickets Go On Sale 9/18 For The Detroit Run Of JERSEY BOYS, Opens At The Fisher Theatre 12/17

Tickets will go on sale this Friday, September 18 for the Detroit premiere engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Fisher Theatre, December 17, 2009 - January 23, 2010.

Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS won the 2006 Tony® Award for Best Musical, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and continues to break box office records on Broadway and across North America. 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 2009-10 Season presented by Broadway in Detroit.

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 sound 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 seven Current Productions of JERSEY BOYS: New York, London, Chicago, Las Vegas, Toronto, Melbourne, 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.

Performance times for JERSEY BOYS, appearing December 17, 2009 - January 23, 2010 at the Fisher Theatre, located at 3011 W. Grand Blvd., in Detroit, are:

- Special Monday evening performances on Dec. 21 and Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. (No other Monday evening performances)

- Tuesday through Saturday performances at 8:00 p.m. (No performance on Dec. 24)

- Wednesday matinees on Dec. 23 and Jan. 20 at 1 p.m.

- Friday matinee on Dec.18 at 1 p.m.

- Saturday and Sunday matinee performances at 2:00 p.m. (No matinee performance on Dec. 19)

- Sunday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.

Ticket prices for the Detroit engagement of JERSEY BOYS begin at $34 (inclusive of parking and facility fees) and will go on sale September 18 at the Fisher Theatre box office and all Ticketmaster locations. Tickets will also be available for purchase online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.BroadwayinDetroit.com, and by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-982-2787. Limited premium seats are also available at all sale locations as well as online and by phone. For group sales (20 or more) please call (313) 871-1132 or email groupsales@nederlanderdetroit.com (use JERSEY BOYS GROUP as your subject line). For additional information, call (313) 872-1000 or visit www.BroadwayinDetroit.com.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of JERSEY BOYS, produced by Bob Gaudio, was recently certified Gold 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.BroadwayinDetroit.com.

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