Jersey Boys in LA: A Brilliant Piece of Work!
June 8th, 2007CurtainUp.com’s Laura Hitchcock notes that in the LA production of Jersey Boys, what Des McAnuff brings to this saga of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is a rare combination of dramatic flair with intuitive sensitivity to character and the ways in which people confront, control and are vulnerable to each other. Sergio Trujillo’s crisp hot choreography interprets McAnuff’s vision while remaining true to the Four Seasons’ period moves.
The touring cast is headed by the clear falsetto of Christopher Kale Jones as Frankie and a magnetic Deven May as Tommy DeVito. An arresting dancer, May’s Tommy is a rogue with authority until those same traits bring him down. Lanky Erich Bergen plays the brilliance and the naivity in Gaudio with focused empathy. Michael Ingersoll brings unforced sincerity to Nick Massi who walks away from it all.
Check out Hitchcock’s full review on CurtainUp.com.
