BROADWAY’S SMASH HIT JERSEY BOYS TO LAUNCH NATIONAL TOUR IN SAN FRANCISCO DECEMBER, 2006

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

JERSEY BOYS will be presented in San Francisco as part of the Shorenstein Hays Nederlander (SHN) theatre series. “Jersey Boys is simply the greatest musical on Broadway this season", said Carole Shorenstein Hays, owner and president of SHN. "The music is infectious and like the rest of the audience, I was on my feet cheering. I just knew Jersey Boys had to open in San Francisco!"

JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of 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. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty.

The JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Award winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.

The JERSEY BOYS design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (Lighting Design), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music).

JERSEY BOYS is produced on Broadway by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Pelican Group, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, in association with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner/Oshen/Staton/Bell/Mayerson Group.

JERSEY BOYS premiered at LaJolla Playhouse, October 17, 2004. The national tour of JERSEY BOYS will be coordinated by AWA Touring Services.
JERSEY BOYS cast recording available now on Rhino Records. Visit the JERSEY BOYS website at www.JerseyBoysBroadway.com.