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Post by candela on Jan 29, 2016 11:59:01 GMT
Full cast has been announced
UPDATE (29/01/16): Dayle Hodge is transferring from the UK tour to the West End production to alternate the role of Frankie Valli.
Also joining the cast of Jersey Boys in on 15th March will be Mark Dugdale, Leanne Garretty, Will Haswell, Mark Heenehan, Joe Maxwell, Nathaniel Morrison and Dan O’Brien, who will join Nicola Brazil, Stuart Dawes, Lucinda Gill, Nicky Griffiths, Mark Isherwood, Ben Jennings, Chris Stoddart, Helen Ternent and Ben Wheeler.
Jersey Boys opened in London at the Prince Edward Theatre in 2008 and moved to the Piccadilly Theatre in March 2014. The show completes its first, record-breaking tour of the UK and Ireland on 5 March.
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Post by candela on Jan 29, 2016 22:08:58 GMT
Judging by Lewis tweets just now something obs happened
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 29, 2016 22:35:15 GMT
Interesting...
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Post by aksis on Jan 30, 2016 2:53:34 GMT
Lewis, Sam and Stephen were supposed to go to Hong Kong with Jersey Boys for a few weeks in April but it was cancelled.
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Post by geeky101 on Jan 30, 2016 14:20:19 GMT
Saw this last night, energy and audience were fantastic and pretty much sold out bar three or four premium seats in the stalls.
Ben Wheeler on as Tommy and he was electric. Not as good a voice as Jon but Ben blows him out the water on the acting front I think. The other three leads are outstanding too... show felt in the best shape it has done for a while - even if Edd had a complete mindblank on the bridge and Ben dropped the queen of hearts (I think?) early on! But like absolute pros both recovered to deliver impeccable performances.
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Post by Steffi on Jan 30, 2016 14:31:00 GMT
Ben has been holding the "Favourite Tommy" crown for 8 years (for me). I love his take on the role. He never plays it exactly he same too which is great when you're a repeat visitor. Always something new to discover.
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Post by geeky101 on Jan 30, 2016 15:18:49 GMT
Ben has been holding the "Favourite Tommy" crown for 8 years (for me). I love his take on the role. He never plays it exactly he same too which is great when you're a repeat visitor. Always something new to discover. I have seen his Tommy a couple of times before but he delivered lines last night in a way that made me go - that makes so much more sense now. He's a lot more animated than Jon and uses his body better I think (I don't mean to Jon-bash by the way, he's brilliant also, just in different ways). And I've seen it a fair few times now myself too! |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 30, 2016 20:41:24 GMT
Lewis, Sam and Stephen were supposed to go to Hong Kong with Jersey Boys for a few weeks in April but it was cancelled. Wow. Why? |
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 30, 2016 23:56:57 GMT
Saw this last night, energy and audience were fantastic and pretty much sold out bar three or four premium seats in the stalls. Ben Wheeler on as Tommy and he was electric. Not as good a voice as Jon but Ben blows him out the water on the acting front I think. The other three leads are outstanding too... show felt in the best shape it has done for a while - even if Edd had a complete mindblank on the bridge and Ben dropped the queen of hearts (I think?) early on! But like absolute pros both recovered to deliver impeccable performances. Ben's Tommy is great and I enjoy seeing him when he's on. He had an off night last time I saw him - rushing his lines throughout and he started singing Silhouettes far too early which was really disappointing (and really noticeable as he had to completely change the melody until the music caught up with him) . Glad to hear that he's back on top form now. |
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Post by aksis on Jan 31, 2016 9:42:29 GMT
Don't know. Just heard that people who had tickets already got the message it was cancelled and after Lewis posted a tweet abou this but did not see a why. |
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Post by stageyninja83 on Feb 3, 2016 9:05:44 GMT
Looks like Matt Thorpe is heading straight from Jersey into the American Idiot tour. Hope he's playing Johnny, would be great to have him in a lead part full time as loved seeing him as Frankie when he was on.
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Post by itsemily on Feb 6, 2016 14:50:15 GMT
Hello, will be making another Jersey Boys trip tomorrow, this may sound daft but where in the Piccadilly is the cast board as on my previous visits I've never spotted it and they don't seem to do understudy announcements - last time I went Mark Isherwood was on as Tommy DeVito - the first time I have ever seen a second cover in anything - he was very good even if I think he may have walked into the pole by the stairs!
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Post by Michael on Feb 6, 2016 15:48:40 GMT
Hello, will be making another Jersey Boys trip tomorrow, this may sound daft but where in the Piccadilly is the cast board as on my previous visits I've never spotted it and they don't seem to do understudy announcements - last time I went Mark Isherwood was on as Tommy DeVito - the first time I have ever seen a second cover in anything - he was very good even if I think he may have walked into the pole by the stairs! Directly opposite the box office, at the wall between the two centermost doors. |
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Mar 2, 2016 19:27:58 GMT
The tour closes in Edinburgh on Saturday. It's second visit to the venue & the end of an over 2 year tour.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Mar 4, 2016 19:53:37 GMT
Having recently seen the London production I'm intrigued to know, how much of the show is actually sung live as from here I was sat it defiantly wasn't 100%?
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Post by aksis on Mar 4, 2016 20:00:55 GMT
Having recently seen the London production I'm intrigued to know, how much of the show is actually sung live as from here I was sat it defiantly wasn't 100%? What gave you his idea? It is supposed to be live 100% so am curious. I once had a Frankie Valli who clearly had back up from back stage but I recognized the voice of the understudy in there. But can imagine that gives someone the idea it is not live. |
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Post by theatre-turtle on Mar 4, 2016 20:45:26 GMT
Having recently seen the London production I'm intrigued to know, how much of the show is actually sung live as from here I was sat it defiantly wasn't 100%? It's live as in there's no taped recording but for some songs there's off stage or on stage backing singers Also remember the microphones on stands are a prop and aren't turned on. They use the same hairline microphones as other shows |
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 4, 2016 21:35:58 GMT
Having recently seen the London production I'm intrigued to know, how much of the show is actually sung live as from here I was sat it defiantly wasn't 100%? It's always sung live, but Frankie is semi-secretly backed up by at least one male ensemble member (usually Joey and/or Barry Belson) and the women. |
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Post by pixypixy on Mar 5, 2016 14:19:22 GMT
I was told the reason why Frankie is "backed up" is to recreate the effect on the real recordings where Frankie was actually recorded a few times and then mixed together
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Mar 5, 2016 14:33:34 GMT
Question for those who have seen tour previously. I thought they came on at the end with the red jackets again. I was positive they did last time was in Edinburgh, but this time they didn't use the red coats. Am I making this up.
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Post by greeny11 on Mar 5, 2016 20:05:30 GMT
Saw it twice in Liverpool and they didn't come out in red coats at the end.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 6, 2016 21:20:38 GMT
Just watched the Jersey Boys performance in the Covent Garden stage for the Oliviers... Not a huge fan of the new cast. It makes you realise how strong Michael Watson is vocally for this role.
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Post by candela on Apr 7, 2016 8:06:58 GMT
I will admit the video doesn't do them justice. They were a lot better live in the plaza. My view never judge a cast by a video/audio. Go and see them at the show then past judgement.
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Post by raiseitup on Apr 14, 2016 11:23:10 GMT
Booking extended to 16th April 2017.
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 14, 2016 20:18:29 GMT
Matt Corner is very good live as Frankie - the video of him at the Piazza doesn't do him justice. I really like the new cast, but the theatre was the quietest (in terms of numbers in the audience, and the volume) I've ever known it for a Jersey Boys show, which I think may have affected my enjoyment of the show.
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