Jersey Boys, the
Tony Award winning Best Musical, will open in Melbourne, Australia
at the Princess Theatre in March 2009. For
more information visit www.jerseyboysaustralia.com.au
Jersey Boys is the
story of how four boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the
biggest American pop music sensations of all time. Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio,
Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi - the Four Seasons - 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.
Jersey Boys is the
winner of four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Other Tony Awards
include Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a
Featured Actor in a Musical and Best Lighting Design of a Musical. Drama Desk
Awards for 2006 include Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outstanding Sound
Design. Outer Critics Circle Awards for 2006 include Outstanding Broadway
Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outstanding Lighting Design. Jersey Boys also received the 2006 Drama
League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical.
The Original Cast Recording of Jersey Boys won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album
and in its award winning week topped the Billboard Album charts.
"Jersey Boys - The
story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons," written by Marshall Brickman
and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, choreography by
Sergio Trujillo and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, first
debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2004 and was the most successful
production in the history of the company, extending three times.
Jersey Boys
officially opened on Broadway to critical acclaim at the August Wilson
Theatre on 6 November
2005. Since opening, Jersey Boys has
played to over 2.4million people, dominating at the box office, regularly
grossing $1.2m per week in New York and
breaking box office records throughout the USA.
Jersey Boys will
open in London's West End in March 2008; Las Vegas in May 2008; Toronto
in August 2008; with the Melbourne
premiere to follow in March 2009.
The Jersey Boys
design and production team includes Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess
Goldstein (Costume Design), Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Lighting Design),
Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design),
Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations), Ron
Melrose (Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music).
Article reprinted with permission from www.BroadwayWorld.com
