Jersey Boys is a 2005 jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics
by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is
presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation,
success and eventual break-up of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The
Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each
narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own
perspective on its history and music. Songs include "Big Girls Don't
Cry", "Sherry", "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)", "My Eyes Adored
You", "Stay", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Who Loves You", "Working
My Way Back to You" and "Rag Doll", among others.The musical ran on
Broadway from 2005 to 2017, and since its debut it has been on two
North American national tours and two national tours of The UK and
Ireland. There have been productions of the show in London's West End,
Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne and other Australian cities,
Singapore, South Africa, The Netherlands, Japan, Dubai, and China.
Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the
2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.In the early 2000s,
Bob Gaudio, an original Four Seasons member, sought to make a musical
from the discography of the band. He hired book writers Rick Elice and
Marshall Brickman, and director Des McAnuff (at the suggestion of
Michael David of Dodger Theatricals). Brickman suggested creating a
show about the band's history, instead of repurposing their songs for
an independent story the way ABBA did with Mamma Mia!. Brickman was
drawn to the project because: "It's a classic American story. It's
rags to riches, and back to rags."
by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is
presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation,
success and eventual break-up of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The
Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each
narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own
perspective on its history and music. Songs include "Big Girls Don't
Cry", "Sherry", "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)", "My Eyes Adored
You", "Stay", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Who Loves You", "Working
My Way Back to You" and "Rag Doll", among others.The musical ran on
Broadway from 2005 to 2017, and since its debut it has been on two
North American national tours and two national tours of The UK and
Ireland. There have been productions of the show in London's West End,
Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne and other Australian cities,
Singapore, South Africa, The Netherlands, Japan, Dubai, and China.
Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the
2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.In the early 2000s,
Bob Gaudio, an original Four Seasons member, sought to make a musical
from the discography of the band. He hired book writers Rick Elice and
Marshall Brickman, and director Des McAnuff (at the suggestion of
Michael David of Dodger Theatricals). Brickman suggested creating a
show about the band's history, instead of repurposing their songs for
an independent story the way ABBA did with Mamma Mia!. Brickman was
drawn to the project because: "It's a classic American story. It's
rags to riches, and back to rags."
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