‘Jersey Boys’ returning for Off-Broadway in November
Matt Bogart, Mark Ballas, Drew Seeley and Nicolas Dromard in "Jersey Boys" at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway in 2016. Credit: Joan Marcus
“Jersey Boys” is coming home. The popular show, winner of the 2006 Tony for best musical, will open in November Off- Broadway at New World Stages.
The real-life onstage/offstage story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons features songs like “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man” and “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night).” The cast album also won a Grammy and the show was turned into a movie in 2014.
The show closed on Broadway in January (Mark Ballas was the final performer to play Valli) after 11 years — more than 4,500 performances, making it the 12th longest-running show in Broadway history.
Casting and an official opening date for the upcoming production are to be announced.
Barbara Schuler is Newsday's theater critic, reviewing openings on and off Broadway as well as on the Island.
