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About Jersey Boys broadway musical

Jersey Boys is a documentary-style musical based on the lives of one of the most successful 1960s rock 'n roll groups, the Four Seasons. The musical opened on Broadway on November 6, 2005, and has had a North American National Tour, along with productions in the West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney and Philadelphia. Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards, Best Musical, Best Actor (John Lloyd Young), Best Featured Actor (Christian Hoff), and Best Lighting Design (Howell Binkley).

Jersey Boys premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse at University of California, San Diego, in an out-of-town tryout on October 5, 2004 and ran through January 16, 2005 The musical began preview performances on October 4, 2005 and officially opened on Broadway on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre starring John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Christian Hoff as Tommy DeVito, Daniel Reichard as Bob Gaudio, and J. Robert Spencer as Nick Massi. The musical is directed by Des McAnuff, the then artistic director at La Jolla Playhouse, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo. It uses many of the group's hit songs to tell the turbulent story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' rise to fame. The Broadway production has had 38 previews and 2,065 regular performances as of November 7, 2010.

The first national tour of Jersey Boys began on December 10, 2006, at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. On May 3, 2007, that tour's run ended in San Francisco to prepare for its Los Angeles premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre. The next day, a second company debuted at the Curran and ended its run on September 30, 2007, before transferring for an open-ended run at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre. The Chicago production opened on October 5, 2007, with Michael Ingersoll, a Chicagoan, in the role of Nick Massi. The Chicago opening brought Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio to Chicago and was promoted prominently, including a December 9, 2007, puck-dropping at a Chicago Blackhawks hockey game. Meanwhile, the First National tour continues to make its way across the country, including, recently, at the Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, from September 30 to December 12, 2010. The production "broke the box office record at the Forrest Theatre for the sixth time, grossing $1,451,273 for the week ending November 28."

A special holiday return engagement played at the Curran Theatre from November 20 - December 30, 2007, starring Rick Faugno as Frankie Valli, Andrew Rannells as Bob Gaudio, Bryan McElroy as Tommy DeVito and Jeff Leibow as Nick Massi. The majority of this cast became the original Las Vegas cast, which debuted at The Palazzo Hotel on Saturday, May 3.

The musical made its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre in February 2008. The creative team were the same that brought the production to Broadway. Principal cast were Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli, Stephen Ashfield as Bob Gaudio, Glenn Carter as Tommy DeVito and Philip Bulcock as Nick Massi. The production won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The San Francisco/Chicago cast appeared on stage in the 2007 Emmy Awards in a tribute to HBO's The Sopranos.

The Las Vegas production of the show opened to critical acclaim on Sunday, May 3, at The Palazzo Hotel in the newly built Jersey Boys Theatre. Mike Weatherford from the Las Vegas Review-Journal said, “Grade A. A crackling musical staging.” Richard Ouzounian from the Toronto Star said, “The Las Vegas premiere of Jersey Boys at the elegant new Palazzo Hotel is a cheering, stomping, hats-in-the-air triumph. This show is a winner.”

It was announced on Australia Day, January 26, 2008, that the Australian Production would open at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne in March 2009. Despite being delayed until July 2009, the opening received a lot of hype and was attended by the state premier John Brumby. In particular the Melbourne cast has received high praise from audiences. After selling strongly, the Melbourne production closed on July 25 and began performances in Sydney on September 3, 2010. The show opened on September 18, 2010, to rave reviews.

Due to the huge success of the First National Tour stop at Toronto Centre for the Arts in Toronto, Ontario from August 21 to December 6, 2008, an open-ended run began performances on December 12 with a new, mostly Canadian cast that includes Jeremy Kushnier and Jenny Lee Stern from the First National Tour. This production celebrated its 500th show on February 27, 2010. The production closed on August 22, 2010 on the show's second anniversary.

The story dramatizes the forming, rise and eventual break-up of the original four members of The Four Seasons. The musical is separated into four sections, with each section narrated by a different member of the band: Spring (Tommy DeVito), Summer (Bob Gaudio), Fall (Nick Massi) and Winter (Frankie Valli); each member has a different perspective on the band and their contribution to it.