December 6, 2007

Jersey Boys National Tour Cast Member Courter Simmons!

December 6th, 2007

Seattle Gay News has a terrific interview with Jersey Boys national tour cast member Courter Simmons! Courter, who plays the real-life person Joe Pesci in the upcoming Seattle production of JB, wants the audience to know that “the thing that hooks audiences is that it’s music that they love, but it’s also a fantastic story, moving and touching and fun. Audiences expect the Four Seasons, but they might not expect how much this will affect them and move them.”

He continues, “The show is a great mixture of this music everybody knows and identifies with, even younger people. They [the songs] are part of American consciousness, like ‘Sherry’ and ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ and ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You’ are all part of our culture. And then it’s a really intriguing, interesting story about how this all came to be. This isn’t the usual revue that doesn’t have that great a story around the music, this is a really great story.”

Visit SGN.org to read the full story.

6 Comments »

  1. I had the pleasure of seeing Courter go on as Frankie, and for his first time I might add, when I was in Phoenix on business. He was excellent. From watching the performance one would have thought he had done the role of Frankie dozens of times before, and based on the Phoenix audience response to Courter’s performance they certainly thought so. He was that good. I also had the pleasure of speaking with Courter after his performance and he is a very engaging and humble person.

    Comment by David Cace — December 7, 2007 @ 9:44 am

  2. I was able to see Courter on as Frankie during the Costa Mesa run, and he was FANTASTIC! He has a great voice and solid acting chops. His break-up scene with Lorraine was heartbreaking, and dare I say – he did the best “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” that I have ever seen. Not to be forgotten – his great turn as Joe Pesci! Glad to see that he is getting good publicity – very well deserved!

    Comment by Carla — December 8, 2007 @ 1:11 am

  3. I saw Jersey Boys in Wash DC last Sunday and Courter was Frankie Valli – wow, what a voice – he’s the best!!!

    Comment by Darlene — October 13, 2009 @ 6:36 pm

  4. I saw the matinee performance of Jersey Boys on October 18 at the National Theater in Washington, D.C. It was fabulous!! I’m from the generation that grew up listening to the music of Franki Valli and The Four Seasons. Thank you, Courter, for your awesome performance and the other members of the cast for bringing back this wonderful music and the great story. I hope Jersey Boys is made into a movie.

    Comment by Beverle Kowalchick — October 23, 2009 @ 8:31 pm

  5. My daughter, husband and I just returned from a third row seat matinee at the National Theater today, October 24th. I swear these guys channeled the Four Seasons. It was spectacular and really showed their story, warts and all. For this performance, Frankie Valli was performed by Graham Fenton. He truly was a Valli look-alike and his range was probably as good as Frankie’s. Since he does many of the shows, I am disappointed that he does not also appear in a Playbill picture. I’m sure Joseph Bwarie is probably awesome as well, but Graham really looks the part. Hats off to all the cast…you go guys…and girls! Having lived through the original period it was like a walk down memory lane.

    Comment by Pat DiCarlo — October 24, 2009 @ 8:33 pm

  6. My husband and I and our son, and daughter-in-law had the privilege to witness you perform in TheJersey Boys August 28, 20ll, on Sunday Evening. It was the most enjoyable evening we have ever spent. You were just fantastic, we were so much in awe of your voice, you have a fantastic gift. Your performance of Frankie Valli was extraordinary, and loved every minute of it. My husband and I were brought up in that era and loved The Four Seasons and their music. Thank you so much for bringing this fantastic musicial to Columbus, Ohio, it was an evening we will never forget. It was a beautiful way to relieve our many memories of that time and our youth.

    Comment by Marsha Dugan — August 29, 2011 @ 8:13 am

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