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Off-Broadway News Jersey Boys Will Return to the New York Stage The long-running musical, which took its last Broadway bow in January 2017, is headed to Off-Broadway.
The company of Jersey Boys Joan Marcus

The Tony-winning Jersey Boys played its final performance at the August Wilson Theatre January 15, concluding a healthy Broadway run of over 11 years. Now, the musical charting the rise of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will work its way back to New York.

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Mark Ballas at the final Broadway performance of Jersey Boys Bruce Glikas/Playbill

The Des McAnuff-helmed musical will resume performances—this time at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages—in November. Dates and casting will be announced at a later time.

This is not the first musical to make the move from the Great White Way to New World Stages. Avenue Q continues to play the below-ground venue after ending its Broadway run in 2009; Million Dollar Quartet—another musical about recording legends—played a year-long run there after concluding its stint at the Nederlander Theatre.

Jersey Boys officially opened on Broadway November 6, 2005; the following year, it won four Tony Awards including Best Musical. The show incorporates a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, plus music of the ‘60s—including myriad hits from The Four Seasons—to explore the group’s legacy through the lenses of its members: Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, and Nick Massi.

The creative team also includes choreographer Sergio Trujillo, music supervisor Ron Melrose, and orchestrator Steve Orich.

A number of international productions have brought the music of The Four Seasons to stages around the world, including Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo. The West End engagement ended its nine-year run at London's Piccadilly Theatre in March.

 
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