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Producer:
Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group
Writer:
Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe
Jersey Boys, The Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is now open at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Discover the rags-to-rock-to riches tale of four boys working their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights on international pop-stardom. Featuring such hits as "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
You know their name and you probably know their songs – even if you’re not aware that they wrote them. The Four Seasons enjoyed an incredible string of hits in the 1960s including “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Sherry,” “Walk Like a Man” and “Rag Doll,” all featuring their unmistakable sound tight doo-woo-inspired harmonies supporting lead singer Frankie Valli’s soaring falsetto vocals. What makes the success of The Four Seasons particularly striking is that they were one of only a hand full of American bands to weather the British invasion that started in 1964. But unlike those English groups – The Beatles, The Rolling Stones - The Four Seasons never sparked a myth or a movement. Eschewing the counterculture and harder rock and roll, this quartet of blue collar, streetwise Jersey Boys performed unabashedly catchy pop tunes that spoke to their own demographic: working class guys and gals trying to make out and make it in an increasingly complicated world.
Press Quotes
"This is an utterly wonderful show full of vitality, pace and power." - Daily Express
'A triumph of style, substance, heart and soul - A definite must-see!' (London Lite)
"It's just too good to be true!" - New York Post
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