14 Facts About Jersey Boys

1.

Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

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2.

Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

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3.

Jersey Boys hired book writers Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, and director Des McAnuff .

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4.

The producers of the Off-Broadway Jersey Boys are Dodger Theatricals, which handled the show's Broadway and touring productions.

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5.

Jersey Boys played at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, where it broke the box office record eight times before moving on to a return engagement in Boston.

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6.

Jersey Boys then opened in Auckland in April 2012 with the new touring cast.

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7.

The Jersey Boys girls were: Francine and others played by Kat Hoyos, Lorraine and others played by Michelle Smitheram and Mary Delgado and others played by Lisa Adam.

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8.

Jersey Boys is currently playing on Norwegian Cruise Liner, Norwegian Bliss.

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9.

Jersey Boys offers to tell the story of the band, explaining how he started out with the group "The Variety Trio" with his brother Nick DeVito and friend Nick Massi, eventually discovering teenager Frankie Castelluccio and taking him under his wing, teaching him everything he knows .

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10.

Score for Jersey Boys requires a small orchestra with nine musicians: three keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, two woodwind players, and trumpet.

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11.

West End cast of Jersey Boys appeared as a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance 2008, which was staged at the London Palladium on December 11 in the presence of senior members of the Royal family.

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12.

In 2010, The West End cast of Jersey Boys performed a show, with the profits going to Children in Need.

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13.

Jersey Boys Chicago has been honored two years in a row at the Broadway Cares event for being the top fundraiser in the Tour category.

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14.

Jersey Boys aimed to raise funds to restore one full music education program in a New York City school.

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