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The 2nd National Tour of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, opens tomorrow, Friday, December 9, at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia. JERSEY BOYS is enjoying worldwide success with 6 productions currently playing around the globe: New York; Las Vegas; London; Sydney, Australia; and 2 US tours in cities across North America.

Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees has joined the lineup for the Orlando Shakespeare Company's upcoming season, replacing the previously announced Brian Bedford. He'll be performing his one-man show, WHAT YOU WILL, on February 29.

Due to overwhelming demand across North America, a second touring production of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, launches in Philadelphia, PA at the Forrest Theater tonight for a six week engagement.

The musical JERSEY BOYS is currently playing a return engagement at The National Theatre through January 7, 2012. The premiere engagement of JERSEY BOYS in Washington, D.C., was an overwhelming success, seen by more than 130,000 theatergoers, breaking The National Theatre's box office record previously held by Monty Python's Spamalot, and going on to break its own record three more times.

JERSEY BOYS First National Tour cast members Preston Truman Boyd, Joseph Leo Bwarie, John Gardiner, and Michael Lomenda will perform a special holiday selection during the pre-show of the 89th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on Thursday, December 1, beginning at 4:30 p.m ET. Presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the ceremony will take place on the Ellipse in President's Park in Washington, D.C., and will be streamed live at www.thenationaltree.org. The event will also be broadcast throughout December on PBS stations nationwide. Check local listings for full broadcast schedule.

JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, will surpass The Producers with 2,503 performances, becoming the 22nd longest-running show in Broadway history and the longest running show in Jujamcyn Theaters' history, following the performance on Tuesday, November 29.

In celebration of the Washington, D.C., return engagement of JERSEY BOYS, theater and music fans are invited to tune in to WJLA/ABC7 on Sunday, November 27, at 1 p.m. ET for the premiere of an all-new documentary television special "Oh, What A Night! The Story of JERSEY BOYS."

THE ADDAMS FAMILY may be inhabiting a new neighborhood in 2013.

In celebration of the Washington, D.C., return engagement of JERSEY BOYS, theater and music fans are invited to tune in to WJLA/ABC7 on Sunday, November 27, at 1 p.m. ET for the premiere of an all-new documentary television special "Oh, What A Night! The Story of JERSEY BOYS."

JERSEY BOYS First National Tour cast member Mauricio Perez will be a special guest at tomorrow night's CNN-televised GOP debates from Washington, DC, airing Tuesday, November 22 at 8:00pm ET on CNN. He will sing the national anthem for the candidates, Wolf Blitzer, the audience that has gathered at DAR Constitution Hall, and an estimated national audience of 5 million.

The national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Nashville premiere January 3 through 8 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center as part of the HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC series

Casting has been announced for the Philadelphia return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. JERSEY BOYS will launch a new Second National Tour at the Forrest Theatre on Dec. 6 - Jan. 14. The official press opening will be Friday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 pm

StageNotes.net and SchoolTube.com are extending the message of National Bullying Prevention Month (October) by encouraging K-12 educators to join forces with classes across America in taking the No Snap Judgments Pledge as a strategy to put an end to violence in schools!

On Monday, November 14 the stars of Broadway's JERSEY BOYS will perform at the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake at a special ceremony in front of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, singing selections from the newly released holiday album, 'Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas.'

On Monday, November 14 the stars of Broadway's JERSEY BOYS will perform at the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake at a special ceremony in front of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, singing selections from the newly released holiday album, 'Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas.'