TONY, GRAMMY AND OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL JERSEY BOYS RETURNS TO SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS

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1 CONTACT Tim Dunn (714) x4209, Laura Lanzi (714) x4371, Images: SCFTA.org/media RELEASE DATE TONY, GRAMMY AND OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL JERSEY BOYS RETURNS TO SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS January 19 21, 2018 Segerstrom Hall Tickets On Sale Now COSTA MESA, CA Casting has been announced for the Costa Mesa engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The musical will make its much-anticipated return to Segerstrom Center for the Arts for one weekend only January 19 21, The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Tommaso Antico (Bob Gaudio), Corey Greenan (Tommy DeVito), Chris Stevens (Nick Massi) and Jonny Wexler (Frankie Valli) as The Four Seasons. The ensemble of JERSEY BOYS includes Dianna Barger, Ben Bogen, Tristen Buettel, Sean Michael Burns, Jonathan Cable, Wade Dooley, Todd DuBail, Caitlin Leary, Kevin Patrick Martin, Michelle Rombola and Kit Treece. Tickets for JERSEY BOYS start at $40.75 and may be purchased online at SCFTA.org, the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling (714) For inquiries about group ticket savings for 10 or more, call the Group Services office at (714) The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, January 20, 2018 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation. JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best

2 JERSEY BOYS NEWS 2/5 Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia). JERSEY BOYS worldwide has been seen by over 25 million people (as of August, 2017). Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Awardwinner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo. JERSEY BOYS is the behind-the-music story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard and the radio just couldn t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. The show features all their hits including Sherry, Big Girls Don t Cry, Oh What A Night, Walk Like A Man, Can t Take My Eyes Off You and Working My Way Back To You. JERSEY BOYS opened in New York on November 6, 2005 and by the time it closed over 11 years later on January 15, 2017, it was the 12 th longest running show in Broadway history, passing such original Broadway productions as 42nd Street, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof and The Producers. JERSEY BOYS will return to New York with a new production in November The JERSEY BOYS U.S. National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. JERSEY BOYS Tours of the United Kingdom and Australia will begin at the end of 2017 and 2018 respectively. The JERSEY BOYS design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony Award for his Lighting Design of JERSEY BOYS), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Supervision, Vocal/Dance Arrangements & Incidental Music). JERSEY BOYS is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of JERSEY BOYS, produced by Bob Gaudio, was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The cast recording is available on Rhino

3 JERSEY BOYS NEWS 3/5 Records. JERSEY BOYS: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Broadway Books) is the official handbook to the smash Broadway hit. Seasons Greetings: A JERSEY BOYS Christmas, a holiday CD featuring international cast members of JERSEY BOYS, produced by Bob Gaudio, is available on Rhino Records. For more information on JERSEY BOYS, go to The Four Seasons CAST BIOGRAPHIES TOMMASO ANTICO (Bob Gaudio) grew up in small town New Baltimore, MI, where he worked at his family s Italian bakery. His love for the arts started in elementary school when he joined band. He later became involved in theatre and moved to New York at 18 by himself to study the arts. At 19, he went on the National Tour of Cabaret and since has appeared Off-Broadway in Altarboyz, toured with Hairspray and has been in the films Revolutionary Road and Enchanted. He was recently seen in the closing cast of Jersey Boys on Broadway. Follow him on COREY GREENAN (Tommy DeVito) Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sky), Scandalous. National Tour: If/Then, Mamma Mia!. International Tour: Evita (Che). New York/Regional: I Am Harvey Milk, Sweeney Todd, 42nd Street, Much Ado About Nothing. BA Pepperdine University (Theatre Arts). CHRIS STEVENS (Nick Massi) moved to NYC to be in Jersey Boys, and now, five years later, that dream is coming true! National Tour: Mamma Mia! (Sky), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger). Regional: Grease (Engeman), Rodgers & Hammerstein s South Pacific (Walnut), Footloose (Fulton), Tarzan (WPPAC), Cats (TBTS) and The Sound of Music (Paper Mill). NYC: Solo Show UNWRITTEN at 54 Below. Follow JONNY WEXLER (Frankie Valli) is honored to be re-joining Jersey Boys as Frankie Valli after three amazing seasons as Joe Pesci. Select Theatre: West Side Story (Action, New Canaan), Chasing the Song (Frankie Fontana, La Jolla), Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla), Peter Pan (Peter, Drayton Entertainment), It s A Wonderful Life (Clarence, Grand Theatre), The Music Man (Winthrop, Stratford Festival). Selected Film/TV: The Doodlebops (Disney/CBS, 600+ live shows worldwide). Website or follow him on

4 JERSEY BOYS NEWS 4/5 Segerstrom Center for the Arts applauds its corporate partners including Kia Motors America, Official Automotive Partner; United Airlines, Official Airline; and Omaha Steaks International, Official Fine Food Retailer. Spectrum Reach is the Media Partner of the Broadway and Curtain Call Series. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an acclaimed arts institution as well as a beautiful multi-disciplinary cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence, offering unsurpassed experiences and to engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and a diverse array of inspiring arts-based education and community engagement programs. Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County s largest non-profit arts organization. In addition to its six performance venues, Segerstrom Center is also home to the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School. The Center presents a broad range of programming for audiences of all ages, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events. Segerstrom Center is a leader among the nation s performing arts centers for providing education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. The Center s programs reach hundreds of thousands of students each year in five Southern California counties. Community engagement programs developed through the Center for Dance and Innovation and Center Without Boundaries also connect the Center more comprehensively with Orange County s many diverse communities. The CDI supports flagship artistic programming and a wide range of projects that celebrate innovation, nurture creativity and engage audiences of the future. It is home to the ABT Gillespie School and the School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities. The Center Without Boundaries develops partnerships with noncultural organizations to help them in their own efforts to respond the ever-changing needs of the community. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is also proud to serve as the artistic home to three of the region s major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, Philharmonic Society of Orange County and Pacific Chorale, who contribute greatly to the artistic life of the region with annual seasons performed at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. In addition to Segerstrom Center for the Arts as a presenting and producing institution, it also identifies the beautiful 14-acre campus that embraces the Center s own facilities as well as two independently acclaimed organizations: Tony Award -winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.

5 JERSEY BOYS NEWS 5/5 JERSEY BOYS Segerstrom Center for the Arts Segerstrom Hall January 19 21, 2018 Friday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m. The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, January 20, 2018 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation. 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA Tickets - Start at $40.75 In person - Online - The Box Office 600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA Open 10 a.m. 6 p.m. daily SCFTA.org Phone - (714) Open 10 a.m. 6 p.m. daily Group Sales - (714) Information provided is accurate at the time of printing, but is subject to change. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a private, non-profit organization. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a registered trademark. # # #