The multi-award-winning Jersey Boys will return for a 20th anniversary tour across the UK and Ireland next year.
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January 2024 date for Jersey Boys final performance
The multi-award-winning West End production of Jersey Boys will take its final bow at the Trafalgar Theatre on 4 January 2024 after 1,000 performances.
Jersey Boys – Trafalgar Theatre
Jersey Boys continues at the Trafalgar Theatre, London, booking until 28 January 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Jersey Boys – booking extended and new cast members
The team behind the multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys has announced another extension to the show’s run at the Trafalgar Theatre in Whitehall with booking now open up to 28 January 2024. Coinciding with celebrations marking 18 years since the hit show opened on Broadway, the new booking period was accompanied by details of new cast […]
Musicals Mash-Up 27-1 December 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
Musicals Mash Up: 2-9 October 2022
Welcome to the first instalment of Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports New cast for Get Up, Stand Up! final performances The producers of the Olivier Award-winning musical […]
Double Stage Debut nominations for Hugh Coles and Ben Joyce
Back to the Future’s Hugh Coles and Jersey Boys’ Ben Joyce will battle it out in two categories at The Stage Debut Awards. The two actors have received nominations in both the Best Performer in a Musical and Best West End Debut categories. In the musical category they will be up against Elijah Ferreira for […]
New Frankie Valli for West End’s Jersey Boys
Luke Suri will make his West End debut as Frankie Valli in the multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys at the Trafalgar Theatre in Whitehall from 27 July 2022. 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 […]
Jersey Boys – Churchill Theatre, Bromley and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley until 11 June 2022 and then tours until 18 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following the true life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, this jukebox musical weaves the group’s most known and loved songs around the narrative of their rise […]
New dates for Jersey Boys tour
The producers of multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys have announced new dates for the hit show’s current UK and Ireland tour. With casting for the second leg of the tour to be announced soon, the new dates will include return visits to venues including Edinburgh Playhouse, the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton and the Wales Millennium Centre […]
Jersey Boys – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 5 March and then tours until 3 December 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The iconic Jersey Boys struts onto the stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week and ‘Oh, What a Night’ audiences have in store. Following the formation, international success and […]
New extended booking period announced for West End’s Jersey Boys
The newest West End run for multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys has been extended with tickets now on sale for performances up to 2 October 2022. Starring Ben Joyce as Frankie Valli, Adam Bailey as Bob Gaudio, Karl James Wilson as Nick Massi and Benjamin Yates as Tommy De Vito, the critically-acclaimed production took up residence […]
Cast for third Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour
Michael Pickering and Lewis Griffiths will return to the roles of Frankie Valli and Nick Massi when multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys hits the road for its third UK and Ireland tour next month. Pickering and Griffiths will be joined by Blair Gibson as Bob Gaudio and Dalton Wood as Tommy DeVito. Luke Suri will play […]
Jersey Boys – Trafalgar Theatre
Jersey Boys continues at the Trafalgar Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Oh what a night! Yet another outing for that old warhorse Jersey Boys, the unstoppable jukebox musical that launches the new-look 630-seat Trafalgar Theatre, back to its Art Deco beauty, and is due to kick off a year-long UK tour […]
Young cast announced for West End production of Jersey Boys
A new, young, dynamic cast has been announced for the return of Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. It will be led by Ben Joyce as Frankie Valli, Adam Bailey as Bob Gaudio, Benjamin Yates as Tommy De Vito and Karl James Wilson as Nick Massi. The musical will open at the new […]
Jersey Boys to hit the road again from November
Multi award-winning musical Jersey Boys will be back on the road for its third UK and Ireland tour from November. Launching at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 25 November 2020 and currently booking through to 12 November 2022, the tour will visit Oxford, Birmingham, Liverpool, Stoke, Milton Keynes, Bradford, Sunderland, Glasgow, Hull, Llandudno, Inverness, Southampton, […]
Jersey Boys to work their way back into the West End in July 2021
Multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys will return to the West End to take up residence at the newly refurbished and reinstated Trafalgar Theatre in Whitehall from 28 July 2021. Plans for the much-loved show which tells the true rags to riches story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to be the first production to play […]
Jersey Boys will be back to reopen Whitehall’s Trafalgar Theatre
Multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys will return to the West End to take up residence at the new refurbished and reinstated Trafalgar Theatre in Whitehall from April next year. The much-loved show which tells the true rags to riches story of New Jersey’s Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be the first production to play […]
Jersey Boys – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 3 February 2018, then tours until 30 March 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ‘Four guys, four stories, one unforgettable musical’, reads the title of Mark Shenton’s programme article. A bold claim to be certain, but hardly unfounded. Directed by Des McAnuff, […]
Musical Theatre 2018 Preview – all you need to know
You can’t get more comprehensive than this, here’s a preview of all the 2018 musical theatre openings we know about so far in the West End, on the London Fringe and across the UK. JANUARY Girl From the North Country – Noel Coward Theatre, London The Old Vic’s critically-acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From […]
Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour extended into 2019
A dozen extra dates have been added to the second UK and Ireland tour of the hit show Jersey Boys which is due to begin at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 16 December. Following on from the success of the show’s debut tour which ended in March last year, the second batch of extra venues […]
Jersey Boys UK tour – more dates for 2018
A number of extra venues have been added to the second UK and Ireland tour of the hit show Jersey Boys which is due to begin at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 16 December. The newly announced 2018 dates are Theatre Royal Plymouth (17-28 April), Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (9-19 May), Bradford Alhambra Theatre (22 […]
Jersey Boys to head off on second UK and Ireland tour
Hit show Jersey Boys is heading back on the road for its second UK and Ireland tour at the end of this year. Following on from the success of the show’s debut tour which ended in March last year, the second outing will begin at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 16 December. Staged by the […]
Selladoor to launch international tours of Jersey Boys and The Producers
Selladoor Worldwide will tour a brand new production of Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning musical Jersey Boys this autumn. The show embarks on an international tour opening at Dubai Opera in October before moving on to China’s Shanghai Daning Theatre, The Jiangsu Centre For The Performing Arts, Guangzhou Opera House and Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts […]
Extra performance of Jersey Boys added before West End production closes
Due to overwhelming public demand, there will be an extra performance of the West End musical Jersey Boys in its final week at the Piccadilly Theatre on Thursday 23 March at 3pm. This week – commencing 13 February 2017 – the show has broken the house record for ticket sales in the history of the Piccadilly […]
West End Jersey Boys to close in March 2017 – tour to follow
Jersey Boys will close at the Piccadilly Theatre on Sunday 26 March 2017, following nine years in London. The musical is currently the sixth longest musical running in the West End. A second national tour of the show will open in December 2017. Producer Michael David said: “When we brought Jersey Boys here nine years ago, we hoped it […]
Jersey Boys sets Broadway closing
Jersey Boys, currently the 12th longest-running show in Broadway history, will close up shop on 15 January. The show, which details in high-octane fashion how Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons went from being potential New Jersey thugs to pop music superstars, ignites audiences with its jukebox score of hits including ‘Walk Like a Man’, ‘Big Girls […]
West End Live 2016 – in words and pictures – ‘hate will never win’
West End Live is the musical theatre lovers’ event of the year and reminds us that we are spoilt for choice for theatre in London. Whether you pop down for a couple of hours or camp out from crazy o’clock to see your theatre favourites, you know you’re bound to have a wonderful weekend. Pictures: […]
Star of Jersey Boys movie Erich Bergen makes London concert debut
Stage and screen star Erich Bergen will make his solo concert debut at The Hippodrome Casino, Club 11 London on Monday 27 June 2016. Best known for his performance as Bob Gaudio in the Clint Eastwood film Jersey Boys (reprising the role he played on US stages for over three years) and co-starring in the hit television drama Madam Secretary (recently renewed for its third […]
Matt Gillett named as new Childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tour
Matt Gillett will move from ensemble player to centrestage in May when he takes over as The Childcatcher in the UK and Ireland touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The actor who won the iconic role after impressing the show’s producers (Music & Lyrics Limited and West Yorkshire Productions) as understudy for current Childcatcher […]
Magic Radio Audience Award 2016 – shortlisted shows revealed
The four West End productions shortlisted for this year’s Magic Radio Audience Award have been announced. Jersey Boys, Matilda the Musical, Les Misérables and The Phantom Of The Opera, are all in the running for the award which will be presented at this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard at the ceremony on 3 April. Created […]
Four new Seasons join the cast of Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre
From Tuesday 15 March, there will be four new Seasons joining the cast of Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre ahead of its 8th anniversary on 18 March. This is the first time since the show opened in London that all four Seasons have changed. The musical has now been seen by more than 23 million people […]
West End round-up – Jersey Boys, Matilda, Billy Elliot, Charlie, Wicked
Frankie Valli catches up with casts of Jersey Boys Legendary singer Frankie Valli took time out from his sold-out concert tour to meet the casts of both UK productions of the hit musical Jersey Boys, which tells the true-life story of Valli’s rise to fame along with his band The Four Seasons. Valli joined the UK […]
New cast for the Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour from 18 August
From Tuesday 18 August 2015, Matt Corner will play the role of Frankie Valli in the ongoing UK and Ireland tour of Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys. Corner previously played the role at certain performances. Sam Ferriday as Bob Gaudio, Lewis Griffiths as Nick Massi and Stephen Webb as Tommy DeVito will […]
Jersey Boys – new cast announced
From Tuesday 10 March, Gary Watson will be joining the cast of Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre, playing Nick Massi, as the smash hit musical celebrates its seventh London birthday on 18 March. Watson’s theatre credits include Norman in Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be (Theatre Royal, Stratford East), Don in A Chorus Line (London Palladium), […]
Jersey Boys – further tour dates added
The producers of the current UK and Irish tour of the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys have announced the addition of further dates to the tour schedule. The newly announced dates are the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (28 April to 9 May), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (21 July to 1 August), Sunderland Empire (8 to 19 September), […]
Jersey Boys – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 4 October, before touring until August 2015. “It’s a classic American story. It’s rags to riches, and back to rags,” says book co-writer Marshall Brickman on why he took up the challenge of bringing the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to the stage. Unlike […]
Casting news for Jersey Boys UK and Irish tour
Joining previously announced West End star Tim Driesen as Frankie Valli in the UK and Irish tour of Jersey Boys, Stephen Webb, Sam Ferriday and Lewis Griffiths have been cast as Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi respectively. Also in the cast will be Sean Kingsley as Gyp DeCarlo, Matt Gillett as Bob Crewe, Nathaniel Morrison as […]
West End LIVE 2014 – in words and pictures
Steffi Geischer gives her overview of this year’s West End LIVE. West End LIVE is without a doubt the biggest theatre-related free event in London. I remember my first visits back in 2009 and 2010 before it was moved to Trafalgar Square. Although Leicester Square was packed all weekend, in those years West End LIVE was still […]
Kids Week returns with line-up of 37 shows
The annual London theatre initiative Kids Week (www.kidsweek.co.uk) returns this summer from 1–31 August 2014 with an exciting line-up of 37 shows offering free tickets for children. Now in its 17th year and run by Society of London Theatre, Kids Week is all about encouraging young people and their families to experience the magic of live […]
West End LIVE celebrates tenth anniversary
West End LIVE in association with MasterCard takes place in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June 2014. Now in its tenth year, this annual event – the largest event of its type in the world – is organised by Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre and offers free family […]
Jersey Boys – Michael Watson is new Frankie Valli
Essex-born Michael Watson has taken on the role of Frankie Valli in the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre. Watson’s previous West End credits include We Will Rock You, Imagine This, Sister Act and Shrek the Musical. He will be appearing alongside Edd Post as Bob Gaudio, Jon […]
Jersey Boys celebrates 2,500th performance
Jersey Boys celebrates its 2,500th performance in London today (Thursday 20 February) at the Prince Edward Theatre, where it opened in 2008. Its last performance there will be on Sunday 9 March, and then it moves to the Piccadilly Theatre, opening there on Saturday 15 March. The show will celebrate its sixth birthday in London […]
Jersey Boys to tour UK for first time
The Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys, which has been playing in London for six years, will be touring the UK for the first time from September 2014 (kicking off at the Palace Theatre, Manchester from 4 September–4 October), while the production also continues at its new home, the Piccadilly Theatre, from March […]
