Charles LaPointe News

The national tour of Jersey Boys has replaced the new Motown musical Ain't No Mountain High Enough on the Ahmanson Theatre's 2006-2007 line-up

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

The Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Diary of Anne Frank, starring Isabel Keating and Michael Rupert, will begin performances on January 18th

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the second production of the 2005-2006 season: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's timeless classic drama The Diary of Anne Frank adapted by Wendy Kesselman with direction by Carolyn Cantor.

Performances of JERSEY BOYS begin tonight, Tuesday, October 4. JERSEY BOYS features a book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff (700 Sundays, The Who's Tommy, Big River).

Rhino will release the original cast recording of Broadway's JERSEY BOYS, the new musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Complete casting was announced today for the all-new Broadway production of William Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, starring two-time Academy® Award-winner Denzel Washington as Brutus. The cast also stars Colm Feore as Brutus' co-conspirator, Cassius; Jessica Hecht as Brutus' wife, Portia; William Sadler as Julius Caesar; Tamara Tunie as Caesar's wife, Calphurnia; Eamonn Walker as Marc Antony and Jack Willis as Casca.

Tickets go on sale for Broadway's GOOD VIBRATIONS, the new musical featuring the songs of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, beginning Sunday, November 7 by phone through Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200 or online at Telecharge.com; and in person at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre box office (230 West 49th Street) beginning Monday, November 8.

Casting has been announced for GOOD VIBRATIONS, the new musical featuring the songs of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, which will come to Broadway this December. Directed and choreographed by John Carrafa (Tony Award nominee for Urinetown and Into the Woods), GOOD VIBRATIONS will begin preview performances on December 20, 2004 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). The official opening date is January 27, 2005.