Andy Karl and Quinn VanAntwerp Are Jersey Boys On Broadway Beginning Oct. 11

By Andrew Gans
11 Oct 2011

Andy Karl
Andy Karl

Andy Karl and Quinn VanAntwerp join the Broadway company of the Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys Oct. 11 at the August Wilson Theatre.

Karl (Legally Blonde, Wicked) steps into the role of Tommy Devito following the departure of Dominic Nolfi, who played his final performance Sept. 25. Erik Bates played the role of DeVito Sept. 27-Oct. 9.

Direct from the national tour of Jersey Boys, VanAntwerp is making his Broadway debut in the role of Bob Gaudio following the departure of Ryan Jesse, who ended his run Oct. 9. 

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

The musical, according to press notes, "is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, about a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who 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 show features “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 recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical. The Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Bob Gaudio, received the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Broadway production also won the 2006 Outer Critics Circle & Drama League Awards for Best Musical.

For more information visit www.JerseyBoysInfo.com.