Jersey Boys in Vegas–A Real Broadway Experience!
May 7th, 2008Ellen Sterling of BroadwayWorld.com states that it has finally happened. A hit Broadway musical — a Tony Award-winner — has arrived in Las Vegas and it is the closest thing to both a Broadway experience and a genuine hit Broadway show this city has ever seen.
But, as of tonight, we have Jersey Boys — a full-length, absorbing show with wonderful music, terrifically clever sets and excellent performances. We couldn’t ask for more.
The performances are all so strong that you actually believe you are, first, watching Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and, second, that you didn’t walk into the theater knowing anything about them. You cheer their victories, feel saddened by their sadness and — as if you’d never heard it before — love their music. And, when you think of how familiar the group and their music is to generations of Americans, you have to know how great the accomplishment of these four performers — and, for that matter, the entire cast — is.
