Farewell and Best Wishes to Christopher Kale Jones!
June 17th, 2008Photo #1: ChristopherKaleJones.com, Photos #2-3: by Joan Marcus, Photo #4: JBB.
On Sunday, June 15, the incredible Christopher Kale Jones played his final performance as Frankie Valli in the Jersey Boys national tour. Watching Chris’s phenomenal performance that first time at the Curran Theatre back in December 2006 was one of the most amazing and memorable experiences as a Jersey Boys fan! I still can remember Chris as the young Frankie Castelluccio singing “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” the audience’s cheers with “Sherry” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” and of course the awesome finale when Chris, as an older Frankie, told the audience he was still “Chasing the music. Trying to get home.”
All the best to the amazingly talented Christopher Kale Jones as he moves on to star with his wife Jenna Coker-Jones in the Stages St. Louis production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in July! Thank you again to Chris for all of the wonderful Jersey Boys memories and we are excited to see what the future holds for him!
Chris was a remarkable Frankie. His was a very emotional performance and he will be missed by all. I was lucky enough to see him 5 times here in Houston and got to meet him twice. I wish him only the best in all of his future endeavors.
Comment by GLADYS MARLIN — June 18, 2008 @ 11:46 am
Hey Chris, congratulations on your new venture in St. Louis and wish I could have attended the last show in Cincinnati (had to cancel after change of travel plans to watch the Chicago Cast and the OBC afterwards for Father’s Day weekend…..).
Since you were our first “Frankie” with the National Tour back in late 2006, you opened up a door which led to viewings of the San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas Previews and ultimately the OBC. After you got married, enjoyed a successful run with the National Tour where you received awards in Los Angeles and beyond, we hope that your career will continue to be successful and your life full of good fortune.
Any possibility of you, your wife and Chicago’s Bob Crewe, your friend, Craig Laurie, reuniting onstage in the future? Hope so….. Good luck!
Comment by Mike B. Magbaleta — June 18, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
Dear Chris, you were my first Frankie and the person I have seen as Frankie the most times. Your performances were so wonderful. You have a beautiful voice and are an incredibly strong actor. At the stage door you were always so wonderful and generous. We all wish you and your lovely wife the best of luck in Joseph, and in everything else you do. Thank you so much.
Comment by mrsvalli — June 18, 2008 @ 7:10 pm