Thursday, April 7, 2011

Casting announced for 'Jersey Boys' run at The Fox
Casting has been announced for the St. Louis return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Fabulous Fox Theatre May 11-29. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) and Quinn VanAntwerp
(Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.
The ensemble of JERSEY BOYS includes Candi Boyd, Jared Bradshaw, Christopher DeAngelis, John Michael Dias, John Edwards, Alayna Gallo, John Gardiner, Buck Hujabre, Denise Payne, Brian Reardon, Courter
Simmons, Ryan Strand, Lauren Tartaglia, Kara Tremel, Mark Verdino and Kevin Worley.
JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia). The premiere engagement of JERSEY BOYS in St. Louis was an overwhelming success, seen by over 88,000 theatergoers in April-May 2008 and included the National Tour’s highest-grossing week to date. JERSEY BOYS was embraced by critics, theatre patrons and new guests to the Fox Theatre alike!
“Simply electrifying,” raved Judith Newmark from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Harry Hamm from KMOX exclaimed “An unforgettable, energizing evening of music, memories, drama and heart.” As of 1/30/11,
JERSEY BOYS worldwide has grossed over $1 billion dollars and been seen by approximately 12 million
people.
Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Awardwinner 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 U.S. Bank Broadway Series and sponsored by American Airlines.
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 sounds 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 record-breaking run in Los Angeles and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. There are five current productions of JERSEY BOYS: New York, London, Las Vegas, Sydney, 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.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of JERSEY BOYS, produced by Bob Gaudio, was recently certified Platinum 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.
JERSEY BOYS returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis May 11-29. Curtain times for this limited
three-week engagement are Tuesdays through Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm; Sunday, May 15 & 22 at 2pm & 7:30pm; and Sunday, May 29 at 1pm & 6pm. There is also a weekday matinee on Thursday, May 12 at 1pm.
Tickets for JERSEY BOYS begin at $33 and are available at the Fox Theatre box office, by phone at 314-534-1111 and online at www.metrotix.com. A limited number of VIP tickets are also available, call for additionalinformation. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice. For more information, please visit www.JerseyBoysInfo.com or www.fabulousfox.com.

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