Dates have been announced for the Penn State engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical “Jersey Boys,” the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing at Eisenhower Auditorium for eight performances. The musical will make its State College premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and plays through Sunday, Nov. 8.
“Jersey Boys” is the winner of the 2006 Tony Award for best musical, the 2006 Grammy Award for best musical show album, the 2009 Olivier Award for best new musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for best musical (Australia).
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.
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presents “Jersey Boys” in State College.
Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change. For more information on the play or tickets, visit the “Jersey Boys” website or the Center for the Performing Arts website. Tickets for “Jersey Boys” will be available beginning Monday, June 1.
Catch a sneak peek of “Jersey Boys.”
“Jersey Boys” is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the true 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 30. The show features all the 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.”
“Jersey Boys” opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on Nov. 6, 2005. The “Jersey Boys” U.S. national tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on Dec. 1, 2006, and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. “Jersey Boys” is currently playing in New York City, Las Vegas and London, plus in cities across North America and the United Kingdom on national tours. More than 22 million people worldwide (as of January 2015) have seen “Jersey Boys.”
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 supervision, vocal/dance arrangements and 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 “Jersey Boys” performance schedule is 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3–8 and 2 p.m. Nov. 7 and 8. Audio description, which is particularly helpful to patrons with sight loss, will be available for the 2 p.m. Nov. 8 performance at no extra charge to ticket holders.
The original Broadway cast recording of “Jersey Boys,” produced by Bob Gaudio, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The cast recording is available on Rhino Records. “Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons” (Broadway Books) is the official handbook to the Broadway hit. “Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas,” a holiday CD featuring international cast members of “Jersey Boys,” produced by Bob Gaudio, is available on Rhino Records.