with music by Bob Gaudio
, lyrics by Bob Crewe
and book by Marshall Brickman
and Rick Elice
. It is a documentary
-style musical, based on one of the most successful 1960s rock 'n roll groups, the Four Seasons. The musical opened on Broadway
in 2005, and has since had a North American National Tour, along with productions in London's West End
, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney and Philadelphia. Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Jersey Boys premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse
at University of California, San Diego
, in an out-of-town tryout on October 5, 2004 and ran through January 16, 2005 The musical began previews on Broadway
on October 4, 2005 and officially opened on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre
.
(talking about Frankie) He's a good kid, he just needs a little, y'know, guidance.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We're the Variety Trio. (to band) ...three, four! (to audience) And now, a new discovery of mine, little Frankie Casteluccio.
You ask four guys how it happened, you get four different versions. And this is where all of them start. A thousand years ago. Eisenhower. Rocky Marciano. And a few guys under a streetlamp singing somebody else's latest hit.
They ask ya "what was the high point?" The Hall of Fame, sellin' all those records, pullin' Sherry outta the hat? It was all great. But the first time the four of us made that sound, our sound... when everything dropped away and all there was was the music... that was the best.
That's why I'm still out there singin', like that bunny on TV with the battery, I just keep goin' and goin' and goin'... chasin' the music, tryin' to get home.