Jersey Boys–A Winner in Vegas!
May 5th, 2008More critical acclaim for the Jersey Boys in Las Vegas! Here’s the latest:
From the Toronto Star: The Las Vegas premiere of Jersey Boys at the elegant new Palazzo Hotel was the cheering, stomping, hats-in-the-air triumph everybody hoped it would be, largely thanks to the efforts of three Canadians: Des McAnuff, Sergio Trujillo and Jeremy Kushnier.
Sure, the show still moves “like a joyride in a stolen Cadillac,” as I (Richard Ouzounian) described the original production, but repeated viewings reveal that this is a solid story about love, loss, success and compromise with enough dramatic meat to send any serious theatre fan home happy.
Los Angeles Times: “Jersey Boys,†the musical biography of Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons, opened Saturday at the new Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, and Vegas finally has a Broadway show that fits right in with the flashy sensibility of the place…And the best thing about this version of “Jersey Boys” is the way it captures a group of Italian American kids’ slow, then suddenly meteoric, ascent out of obscurity.
Besides, it’s all so stylishly packaged, with a video-enhanced scenic design throughout that contributes to the production’s visual sleekness. From costumes to lighting, the aesthetic mix of urban blight and showbiz razzle-dazzle is mesmerizing.
