May 5, 2008

Jersey Boys–A Winner in Vegas!

May 5th, 2008

More critical acclaim for the Jersey Boys in Las Vegas! Here’s the latest:

From the Toronto Star: The Las Vegas premiere of Jersey Boys at the elegant new Palazzo Hotel was the cheering, stomping, hats-in-the-air triumph everybody hoped it would be, largely thanks to the efforts of three Canadians: Des McAnuff, Sergio Trujillo and Jeremy Kushnier.

Sure, the show still moves “like a joyride in a stolen Cadillac,” as I (Richard Ouzounian) described the original production, but repeated viewings reveal that this is a solid story about love, loss, success and compromise with enough dramatic meat to send any serious theatre fan home happy.

Los Angeles Times: “Jersey Boys,” the musical biography of Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons, opened Saturday at the new Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, and Vegas finally has a Broadway show that fits right in with the flashy sensibility of the place…And the best thing about this version of “Jersey Boys” is the way it captures a group of Italian American kids’ slow, then suddenly meteoric, ascent out of obscurity.

Besides, it’s all so stylishly packaged, with a video-enhanced scenic design throughout that contributes to the production’s visual sleekness. From costumes to lighting, the aesthetic mix of urban blight and showbiz razzle-dazzle is mesmerizing.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI

Please leave a comment