Comments on: Jersey Boy Frankie Valli Also Has Ties to Pennsylvania! http://jerseyboysblog.com/jersey-boy-frankie-valli-also-has-ties-to-pennsylvania/1513 Dedicated to Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning smash hit Broadway & international musical of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tue, 23 Jan 2018 04:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jerry D ... http://jerseyboysblog.com/jersey-boy-frankie-valli-also-has-ties-to-pennsylvania/1513/comment-page-1#comment-61112 Jerry D ... Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:52:43 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/?p=1513#comment-61112 Frankie and the guys have probably appeared about 2 dozen times in our area of NE PA, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre since 1964. I first saw the original group back in 1964 at the Scranton CYC. Later on during the summer they would make their first of 3 appearances at WARM Day. WARM was a very popular radio station in NE Pa, for a very long time. It is still in existence as an Oldies Station. The next year 1965, we would get our first look at Joe Long at WARM Day.
Frankie always mentions his roots in the area whenever he comes back. I remember in the 60′s when the group would be appearing locally. There was always a ton of Frankie’s Uncles, Aunts and cousins sitting up front for the show. He would always talk about what he did when he was in Dunmore during the many summers he spent there at his grandparents home …

]]> By: Audrey http://jerseyboysblog.com/jersey-boy-frankie-valli-also-has-ties-to-pennsylvania/1513/comment-page-1#comment-60720 Audrey Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:46:18 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/?p=1513#comment-60720 “We were very, very fortunate to get the writers we got… The idea of writing this play from four different points of view was really a stroke of genius.”

Mr. Valli… You got that right!! The writing is truly brilliant and quoted hourly, no doubt, around the country.

The Artspass video interview with Elice and Brickman posted here last week gave us a peak into the organic writing process that reflected egos secure enough to allow the best possible script to emerge. Throw in the comments about their intriguing ability to write with a production budget in mind, and bingo- a show to last forever!

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