The four original Jersey Boys renew their contracts

All four original actors of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys, J. Robert Spencer (Nick Massi), Daniel Reichard (Bob Gaudio), John Lloyd Young Frankie Valli), and Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito), have renewed their contract and will remian with the show.

Their original contracts expired on the 1 Oct 2006, but all four actors have renewed, though no details as to the length of the new contracts are available.

John Lloyd Young who won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Frankie Valli, left the show for two week vacation on 2 Oct 2006. He returns to Jersey Boys on 16 Oct 2006.

Jersey Boys opened at the August Wilson Theatre on the 6 Nov, following previews from the 4 Oct and is currently booking to the 11 Nov 2007. The show won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical

The musical opened to excellent notices. New York Daily News critic, Howard Kissel, wrote "There's no point in beating around the bush � I had a great time. "Star-ledger wrote "A hot new Broadway show." newyorktheatreguide.com's reviewer, Polly Wittenberg, wrote it will "become the smash hit it deserves to be."

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Jersey Boys is based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. The musical chronicles the lives of 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. Features their hit songs 'Sherry', 'Big Girls Don't Cry', 'Rag Doll', 'Oh What a Night' and 'Can't Take My Eyes Off of You'

Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff.