The Jersey Boys Opens - updated March 18, 2008
Posted by admin in : jersey boys , trackback“The Jersey Boys” musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons opens in London tonight the 18th March, and the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 ran an extended report this morning which sounded almost like an advertisement for the show. The reporting by Rebecca Jones included interviews with original Four Seasons members and excerpts from the hit songs.
There will also be a BBC Radio 4 feature after the show on Wednesday in Front Row, 7.15-7.45pm in which John Wilson reports from the British premiere of Jersey Boys.
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Update:
Well, Front Row loved it!
This morning in the UK press the critics are sharply divided.
Charles Spencer in The Daily Telegraph loved it:
the best collection of pop hits since Mamma Mia.
and so did The Times
Oh what a night. High-octane show justifies its transfer.
But in The Evening Standard Nicholas de Jong said:
“Frankie goes to the West End … but will he last four seasons?….. I doubt whether Jersey Boys will make it over here … This may be an American import too many.
and in The Independent Paul Taylor was unimpressed:
The hits keep coming but Frankie frustrates….The idea of New Jersey and many of the cultural references fail to stir the requisite strength of emotion in a British audience
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