After an impressive total of 4,642 performances on the Great White Way, the bio-musical sensation that is Jersey Boys returns to New York City to play an open-ended off-Broadway engagement at Stage 1 in New World Stages.
The Broadway production originally began previews on October 4, 2005, officially opening on November 6 and going on to be crowned the Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" at the 2006 ceremony. It played its final performance at the August Wilson Theatre on January 15, 2017.
Tickets are on sale now.
NOTE: This show contains strong language.
(Photos by Joan Marcus)
15 images Jersey Boys is the behind-the-music story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn't get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story - a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. The show features all their hits including "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Oh What A Night", "Walk Like A Man", "Can’t Take My Eyes Off You", and "Working My Way Back To You".
Oh What a Night for Nicolas Dromard! The Off-Broadway cast of the hit bio-musical Jersey Boys at New World Stages welcomes him back to the role of Tommy DeVito tonight, having closed the Broadway production in that role in January 2017. Mr. Dromard's other Broadway credits include Mary Poppins, The Boy from Oz, and the 2002 revival of Oklahoma! His touring credits also include Wicked and Mamma Mia!
Oh What a Night! Nick Hines and CJ Pawlikowski join the Off-Broadway cast of Jersey Boys at New World Stages tonight, assuming the roles of Nick Massi and Bob Gaudio, respectively. They join Aaron De Jesus (as Frankie Valli) and Corey Greenan (as Tommy DeVito), as well as Dianna Barger, Stephen Cerf, Amanda Dela Cruz, Andrew Frace, Austin Owen, John Rochette, Paul Sabala, Dru Serkes, Joshua Charles Skurnik, and Olivia Valli.
NOTE: This is a review of the Broadway production of Jersey Boys. Sometimes a commercial artistic impulse and demography seem to merge in a way that guarantees success. I think we’ll be seeing an example of this phenomenon when the new musical Jersey Boys, about the lives and career of the pre-boomer pop group The Four Seasons, that just opened at the newly-named August Wilson Theater (... Read more
