MULTI-AWARD WINNING
BROADWAY PRODUCTION JERSEY BOYS
SET TO ROCK KUALA
LUMPUR THIS APRIL 15 to 27
4 Seasons in Jersey Boys sing "Walk like a Man"
Winning over 54 major awards worldwide including the Tony,
Olivier and Grammy Awards, JERSEY BOYS is the most
exciting musical package Broadway has seen in years.
The finale of show
Finale
Kuala Lumpur will welcome one of the most successful multi-award winning
musicals in the history of Broadway productions, JERSEY BOYS, when this musical
phenomenon rocks its way into Istana Budaya Auditorium from 15 till 27 April.
Seen by over 18 million people worldwide, Malaysians as well as musical
enthusiasts in the region must experience the electrifying performances of the
golden greats that took these guys all the way to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame - BEGGIN',
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU, DECEMBER 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT), WALK LIKE A MAN,
BYE BYE BABY (BABY GOODBYE), SHERRY, BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY and many more.
Organised by
Milestone Production Sdn Bhd, JERSEY BOYS depicts the true-life story and the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in
American pop music history – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - how a group of blue-collar
boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop
music sensations of all time. Apart from featuring the band’s 60’s American pop
worldwide hits, JERSEY BOYS also tells the story of the inspiring journey of
The Four Seasons from the mean streets of Newark, New Jersey to the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame. The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito
and Nick Massi wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175
million records globally – all before they were thirty!
JERSEY
BOYS, winner of 54 major awards including the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best
Musical Show Album, 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and winner of the
Best Musical Tony Award® on Broadway, in London and Australia is not a tribute
band but a full-scale Broadway musical that takes audiences behind the music”
to tell the story of the group through each of the four members’ perspectives.
The storyline weaves a tale about friendships, hardships, fights and the
success resulting from a New Jersey “handshake”. The show opened on Broadway in
2005 and 3000 performances later is STILL running
to full houses. JERSEY BOYS is the 14th
longest-running show in Broadway history; having surpassed the record
previously held by Hello, Dolly!
The
Four Seasons are played by Grant Almirall (Chicago, Evita, Jesus Christ
Superstar) as Frankie Valli; Daniel Buys (Boys in the Photograph, Mamma Mia!)
as Tommy DeVito; Kenneth Meyer (Boys in the Photograph, Evita, Jesus Christ
Superstar) as Bob Gaudio and television star Emmanuel Castis (Scandal!,Isidingo,
season 4 winner of Strictly Come Dancing) as Nick Massi with Jaco van Rensburg
(Showboat, Chicago, Grease) playing Frankie Valli at certain
performances. The three leading female characters, fondly dubbed, the
“Jersey Girls” are played by Carmen Pretorius (Footloose!, Mamma Mia, Cabaret),
Taryn-Lee Hudson (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Kidz Rock, Let the Good
Times Roll) and Kirsten Murphy-Rossiter (Some Like it Vrot, Grease, M-Net’s
Crimes Uncovered).
According
to Grace Lee, Managing Director of Milestone Production Sdn Bhd, “In our constant endeavor to introduce
world-renowned and the best theatrical productions to Malaysia, we are proud to
be bringing this multi-award Broadway musical to our shores. In addition to
bringing in world class quality entertainment to Malaysians, we hope it will
also help boost tourism for our nation.”
We believe Malaysians have a
growing appetite for live theatre productions and it is our hope that with more
of such world class quality presentations, Malaysia will be recognized as a hub
for the performing arts in this region thus further boosting our nation’s
tourism appeal.”
“JERSEY BOYS is a powerful piece of
theatre with extraordinary music! Malaysians and Musical Enthusiasts need not
travel all the way to Broadway or West End to watch this show anymore as it
will be exactly the same experience. So don’t miss this international
phenomenon that's a Broadway triumph,” adds Grace.
JERSEY
BOYS is written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with
music by Bob Gaudio, and lyrics by Bob Crewe. It is directed by two-time Tony®
Award winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo with music
direction, vocal arrangements and incidental music by Ron Melrose. The
production design team is Klara Zieglerova, Scenic Designer; Jess Goldstein,
Costume Designer; Howell Binkley, Lighting Designer; Steve Orich, Orchestrator
and Michael Clark, Projection Designer.
In its effort to bring this
internationally acclaimed Broadway sensation to Malaysia, Milestone Production
is proud to be working with Connoisseur Lifestyle (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Malaysian
Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), Tourism Malaysia and Visit Malaysia
Year 2014 Board under Malaysian Ministry of Tourism and Culture and Istana
Budaya, “The unwavering support from our
sponsors towards staging JERSEY BOYS in Malaysia will go a long way in giving
Malaysians as well as musical enthusiasts in the region the opportunity to
catch one of the most spectacular Broadway productions here in South East Asia,”
adds Grace.
TICKET
SALES INFORMATION
Tickets are now available through all Ticket Charge channels. Prices of tickets range from
RM200 – RM680 per ticket. For more information on ticket sales, please
log on to www.ticketcharge.com.my .
SHOW INFORMATION
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