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Dates Announced for Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award Winning Best Musical Jersey Boys

MARCH 8, 2010

The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

 

Directed By Des Mcanuff

 

Playing Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre, Sept. 30 - Dec. 12, 2010

 

Dates have been announced for the Philadelphia engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Forrest Theatre, as part of the new 2010-2011 Broadway Season.  The musical will make its Philadelphia premiere on September 30, 2010 and play through Dec. 12, 2010.

 

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

 

Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Award-winner 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 Broadway Season presented in Philadelphia by the Kimmel Center and the Shubert Organization.  The entire 2010-2011 Broadway Season will be announced soon.  Tickets  are only available by subscribing to the new season.  Subscription packages are on sale beginning March 15 by calling 215-893-1955 or online at www.kimmelcenter.org/broadway1011.  Groups of 20 or more call 866-276-2947 or 215-790-5883. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public  at a later date.

  

Catch a sneak peek of Jersey Boys! Log on to JerseyBoysInfo.com/watch or text PHILLY to 38568.

 

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 a record-breaking run in Los Angeles and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. There are six current productions of JERSEY BOYS:  New York, London, Las Vegas, Toronto, Melbourne, 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.  StubHub is The Official Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace of JERSEY BOYS.

 

For more information on JERSEY BOYS, go to  www.JerseyBoysInfo.com or www.kimmelcenter.org.

 

 

PRESS CONTACT:  Carole Morganti/CJM Public Relations/609-953-0570

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