Jersey Boys welcomes Matt Bogart back to Broadway

The Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys welcomes Matt Bogart back to the Broadway cast as Nick Massi. He had departed the musical to appear in Himself and Nora off-Broadway. Michael Lomenda covered the role of Nick Massi from 3 May through to 4 September 2016.

Matt Bogart made his Broadway debut as Chris in 'Miss Saigon.' Other Broadway credits include 'Smokey Joe's Cafe,' 'The Civil War,' and 'Aida.' He took on the role of Nick Massi in Jersey Boys in 2008.

Winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, with Orchestrations by Steve Orich and Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music by Ron Melrose.

Jersey Boys began previews at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre on 4 October 2005 and officially opened on 6 November. The production is currently booking through to 5 February 2017.

The principal cast of Jersey Boys currently includes Mauricio Pérez and Dominic Scaglione Jr. (sharing the role of Frankie Valli), Richard H. Blake (Tommy DeVito), Quinn VanAntwerp (Bod Gaudio) and Matt Bogart (Nick Massi).

Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, about a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who 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.

The musical opened to excellent reviews: "Still dynamically alive in music while, as a drama, it catches the very texture, almost the actual smell, of its time." (New York Post); There's no point in beating around the bush — I had a great time." (New York Daily News); "It's basically a nostalgic evening—but a thoroughly enjoyable one." (NYTG)

Jersey Boys is produced on Broadway by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, in association with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner/Oshen/Staton/Bell/Mayerson Group.

- by Tom Millward