December 10, 2007

Jersey Boys Electrifies Seattle!

December 10th, 2007

Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson notes that for anyone with a broad appreciation of rock ‘n’ roll Americana, the Broadway show Jersey Boys is more than a vastly entertaining musical. It is something of a revelation. This stage phenom about the rise of the Four Seasons pop quartet — the 2006 Tony winner for best new musical — has just about everything going for it.

Now at the 5th Avenue Theatre on national tour, Jersey Boys sweeps you up in a fascinating show biz back story of music, Mafiosi and Italian-American male bonding (and feuding), snappily scripted by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The debut Seattle run of Jersey Boys features four main actors who relate distinctive personalities, while blending strong voices in song, cracking wise in Joisey-ese, playing musical instruments — and sometimes playing hard-ball with each other.

Read the full review on SeattleTimes.com.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI

Please leave a comment