[L-R] Adam Bailey, Luke Suri, Ben Yates and Karl James Wilson in Jersey Boys. Picture: Matt Crockett
Currently playing alternate Frankie Valli on the UK and Ireland tour of the hit show, Suri will join current stars Adam Bailey as Bob Gaudio, Karl James Wilson as Nick Massi and Benjamin Yates as Tommy De Vito.
Other new cast members will include Joey Cornish as Joe Pesci, Kevin Fullinick as Barry Belson, Matthew Goodgame as Gyp De Carlo, Danny Knott as Swing, Gracie Lai as Lorraine, Carolyn Maitland as Mary Delgado, Rosie Needham as Francine, Tom Oliver as Norm Waxman/Hank Majewski and Joseph Peters as Bob Crewe. They will join continuing cast members Elliot Allinson, Jack Campbell, Huon Mackley, Bonnie Page and Andy Smith.
Now booking to 30 April 2023, the musical opened to rave reviews at the new multi-million pound reinstated Trafalgar Theatre last July.
Written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe, Jersey Boys at the Trafalgar Theatre is staged by the original Broadway creative team led by the Tony Award-winning team of Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo with scenic design by Klara Zieglerova, costume design by Jess Goldstein, lighting by Howell Binkley, sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy and projection design by Michael Clark. The orchestrations are by Steve Orich and the music supervision and vocal arrangements by Ron Melrose.
Winner of Tony, Olivier and Helpmann Awards for Best New Musical, Jersey Boys has won 65 major international awards and has been seen by over 27 million people worldwide.
After debuting on Broadway in 2005, the hit-packed jukebox musical which tells the true rags to riches story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, first opened in London at the Prince Edward Theatre on 18 March 2008 before moving to the Piccadilly Theatre in March 2014 where it ran for another three years.
Now in the middle of its third UK and Ireland tour with dates booked through to April 2023, Jersey Boys previously played record-breaking UK and Ireland tours from 2014 to 2016 and from 2017 until 2019.
The Broadway production ran for 11 years, taking its final bow in January 2017 as the twelfth longest-running musical in Broadway history. Jersey Boys returned to New York with a new production in November 2017 and the US national tour broke house records in cities across the country.
Angela Thomas
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