December 28, 2008

Jersey Boys Ranks as Top Show on 2008 Lists!!

December 28th, 2008

Vegas Magazine Jersey Boys
Photo courtesy of Tomas Muscionico.

With only a few days left in 2008, entertainment reporters are highlighting the best shows of the year. No surprise, in two of today’s papers, JERSEY BOYS rocks!

Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Mike Weatherford states that JERSEY BOYS is the Broadway hit that works in Vegas!

1. “JERSEY BOYS” — Las Vegas is a land of exile for Tommy DeVito, the black sheep member of Frankie Valli’s Four Seasons. But the group’s crowd-pleasing “Behind the Music” bio at the Palazzo fits the heart and soul of the Strip better than any Broadway hit tried here: Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes the little guy wins.

Visit Las Vegas Review-Journal to see what other shows made Weatherford’s list.

In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Theatre Critic Judith Newmark awarded JERSEY BOYS a 2008 Judy Award for Best Musical (new style, new sound)! Written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio; directed by Des McAnuff; Fox Theatre

Also on the same list, Newmark awarded the Best Couple Judy Award to former JB cast member Christopher Kale Jones and his wife Jenna Coker-Jones, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Stages St. Louis.

Congratulations to JERSEY BOYS!

3 Comments »

  1. Unbelievably after three years of “JB” on Broadway, it just keeps getting better and better all around the world.

    Congratulations again to all the casts of “JB” …

    Comment by Jerry — December 28, 2008 @ 5:37 pm

  2. And a third: http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/2008/12/28/7863881-sun.html

    Comment by Leanna — December 28, 2008 @ 8:30 pm

  3. Every year, bigger and better…like that bunny on TV….

    Congrats all. Especially proud and happy for Chris Kale and Jenna Coker Jones, a super talented couple. Can’t wait for their next project together. (Don’t let Jenna’s height fool you….she’s got a voice that would put Merman to shame!!!)

    Comment by Howard Tucker — December 29, 2008 @ 5:08 pm

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