Bob Crewe–The Fifth Season
January 15th, 2012
On the Gay South Florida Blog, Steve Rothaus has a fascinating feature on The Four Seasons’ legendary producer and co-songwriter, Bob Crewe, who for years was known as “The Fifth Season.”
“He was responsible for that signature Four Seasons sound. He’s an unsung hero,†says actor Jonathan Hadley, who for four years has portrayed Crewe in the touring company of Broadway’s Jersey Boys, now at the Broward Center for Performing Arts.
Rick Elice says he and Brickman consulted with Crewe, Valli and Gaudio while writing Jersey Boys.
Crewe believed that in the early days, no one knew his sexual orientation. Wrong, according to Valli and Gaudio, who told Elice that “if you looked up gay in the dictionary, you’d see Bob.â€
“It just didn’t matter to them. You’d think they’d be the kind of guys that it would be a problem. But they didn’t give a s— if he was gay, straight or whatever,†says Elice.
Click HERE for the full story.
