‘Jersey Boys’ Working its Way Back to Omaha

Omaha, NE (January 31, 2017)–Omaha Performing Arts presents 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 Omaha, playing the Orpheum Theater, March 7-12, 2017.  Tickets, starting at $35, are available at the Ticket Omaha Box Office inside the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas Street, by calling 402-345-0606 or online at TicketOmaha.com.

Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons:  Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi.  This is the true 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 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 is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).  Jersey Boys has been seen by over 24 millions people worldwide.

Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des MacAnuff, Jersey Boys is written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.

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 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 www.OmahaPerformingsArts.org or www.JerseyBoysTour.com or watch online at www.JerseyBoysTour.com/watch.