Erick is right when he says that the Four Seasons looked stiff in front of the camera. They really never came across that well on TV, except for certain performances on the Mike Douglas show (and one Murray The K Special) which is one of the few shows where Frankie, and occasionally Bob, Tommy, and Joe would chat with Mike Douglas. But in concert it was an entirely different story. With the exception of Bob, just as he is depicted in the play, Frankie, Tommy, Joe, and Nick were natural born entertainers. They loved singing, playing, and joking around on stage together before a live crowd and weren’t stiff at all (except for dancing where they all qualified as stiffs but thankfully there wasn’t much of that).

Deven, Erich, Michael and Chris are one group reliving the true spirit of the Four Seasons and sharing the lives, successes, loves and pitfalls that all big name musical groups experience with us. Also, most of the audience don’t really remember that Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons had a hand in overpowering most of the “British Invasion”!

The 1st cast in LA are perfect for each other and their chemistry on and off the stage is just unreal! How often do you see a major Broadway cast getting along with each other so well? I’m glad that LA is embracing and loving them as much as SF did, and possibly even more because the entertainment market is larger there!

They’re so (lovingly) mean to Erich Bergen. I love that, too.