JERSEY BOYS Opens at Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center 7/28

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre.

Previews began Thursday, July 23rd. The show officially opens tonight Wednesday July 28th and plays through Sunday, September 26.

The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

The ensemble of JERSEY BOYS includes Christopher Deangelis, Graham Fenton, John Gardiner, Buck Hujabre, Leo Huppert, 

Michelle Knight, Renée Marino, Brandon Matthieus, Denise Payne, Nathan Scherich, Brian Silverman, Courter Simmons, Ryan Strand, Katie Tomlinson, Kara Tremel and Kevin Worley.

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 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, Chicago, Las Vegas, Toronto, a US National tour, and a seventh production will open in Melbourne, Australia in July, 2009.

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 Gold 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.

Tickets for JERSEY BOYS are now on sale at the Citi Performing Arts Center Box Office, online at www.citicenter.org or by calling 866-348-9738. Prices begin at $49; all prices include a $3.00 facility/education-public programming fee per ticket. Tickets are available for groups of 20 or more by calling Citi Performing Arts Center Group Sales at 617-532-1116 or Show of the Month Group Sales at 857-366-8182.

JERSEY BOYS tickets are also available for members of The Club at Citi Performing Arts Center and Show of the Month Club. The Club at Citi Performing Arts Center members can purchase tickets by calling 877-232-8898, online at www.citicenter.org/club or in person at the Box Office Monday - Saturday, 10 AM - 6PM. Show of the Month Club members can purchase tickets by calling 857-366-8181 or online at www.showofthemonth.com/jerseyboys.

Photo (Top): Josh Franklin, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Matt Bailey, Steve Gouveia and The company of JERSEY BOYS

Photo (Bottom): Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin and Matt Bailey

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus