Jersey Boys in Seattle: A Perfect Stage Musical!
December 10th, 2007SeattlePI.com Theater Joe Adcock states that Jersey Boys is a perfect stage musical! Energetic performers belt out the songs. Christopher Kale Jones plays Frankie Valli, the lead singer with the amazing falsetto. Erich Bergen, Steve Gouveia and Deven May play the rest of the sometimes harmonious and sometimes unruly quartet. A versatile cast of secondary actor/singer/dancers fill in a panorama of fraught relationships.
Though the triumphs in Jersey Boys are amazing, the characters are in no way idealized. Nor are they patronized, despite mischief, misdemeanors and the occasional felony. What comes through intensely is admiration, tolerance, affection and solidarity. We see it in the Four Seasons themselves and in the work of the artists and technicians who created Jersey Boys. Moreover, and most importantly, we feel it in the bond that quickly forms between artists and audience.
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