Reviewer Loves West End Jersey Boys!
June 7th, 2010Lauren Winter of GirlieGossip.com adored seeing JERSEY BOYS in London! Here’s a preview of her fantastic review:
I admit, faced with the prospect of spending two and a half hours stuck in a warp of sixties music, I was initially reluctant to see the show, but the songs are captivating, the performances charismatic and the audience diverse, it’s hard not to enjoy. This isn’t a show of grandeur, the set design is simplistic with a grey prison wire staircase the only constant on stage, all other props are wheeled on as and when necessary by the cast members to ensure the show never loses his rapid pacing. One of the highlights of the musical is the faux telecast of the Four Seasons performing their first major hit “Sherry on “American Bandstand,” classic television cameras are used to project black and white footage of the performers from the stage to large television screens so the audience get a touch of sixties nostalgia. All in all, the set design is irrelevant, Jersey Boys is at its most effective when it’s just four men and their microphones performing classic songs such as “Can’t take my Eyes off you,” “Beggin’,” and “Oh, What A Night.”
After seeing Jersey Boys I can thoroughly see why the Four Seasons deserve their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it’s a great night out. No matter what generation you’re from, whether you’ve heard of the band or not, you are sure to be clapping along and will no doubt be singing the songs for days after
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