The original production of 42nd Street had previously held that position.

Jersey Boys opened on Broadway to critical acclaim Nov. 6, 2005, at the August Wilson Theatre. The show has been seen by over 19 million people worldwide and is currently playing in New York, Las Vegas, London, in cities across the U.S. on a national tour, The Netherlands and will open soon in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

The Broadway company stars Matt Bogart (Nick Massi), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Drew Gehling (Bob Gaudio) and Richard H. Blake (Tommy DeVito) with Peter Gregus and Mark Lotito and Miles Aubrey, Erik Bates, Candi Boyd, Jared Bradshaw, Cara Cooper, Nick Cosgrove, Ken Dow, John Edwards, Russell Fischer, Katie O’Toole, Joe Payne, Mauricio Perez, Nathan Scherich, Sara Schmidt and Katie Webber.

Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman and 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.

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