JERSEY BOYS on Leno TONIGHT!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:48pm

Touring cast of JERSEY BOYS performs a medley of songs TONIGHT!

The last time I remember Leno having Broadway on was the LA Cast of THE LION KING.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:51pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=928166

That said, I'm super excited to hear about it. It should be happening right now! Or soon.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:09am

That's the announcement thread. This is the "reminder/talk about the performance" thread.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:29am

Has it not aired yet? I need reviews!!!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:29am

They are up next!

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:30am

they're on next

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:35am

Um..


AWFUL.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:35am

The OBC is much better...

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:36am

That was Bad
So Beatlemania.
Was Devin May weraing a Hair piece?


Updated On: 3/20/07 at 12:36 AM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:36am

"My Eyes Adored You" into "Walk Like A Man" into "Oh What A Night"

They sound GREAT! Looked AMAZING on television!

[Dabadoll]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:36am

It was rather bland.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:37am

Which one was Devin May?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:37am

Well, I know which cast I prefer.

(Still have three hours to go...)

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:37am

was he Frankie Valli?
Updated On: 3/20/07 at 12:37 AM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:38am

They are different from the OBC, but I wouldn't call them dull. A great energy!! I think perhaps the voices are too similar sounding, but there was nothing "awful" about the performance.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:38am

Damn, I turned it on just in time to see Oh What A Night, which sounded nice but was just sort of "eh". Wish I had seen the rest of the medley.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:38am

Good god, people!

Deven May is Tommy Devito.

Christopher Kale Jones is Frankie.
http://christopherkalejones.com/

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:39am

phew I was so afraid that I was the only one that didn't like it..it was bad...maybe my expectations were too high since I practically idolize the OBC

Updated On: 3/20/07 at 12:39 AM

[myManCape]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:39am

You could barely hear him at first until they got to the mics. Im glad they did Oh What a Night... but wheres the traditional Sherry and Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:40am

It may be the "your first cast is your favorite" phenomenon at work here...

I guess we'll see what happens in three hours when the SFers weigh in! Maybe I shouldnta read this thread.

Updated On: 3/20/07 at 12:40 AM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:41am

Dreadfull.

[JB Fan]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:41am

I am sorry, I love JERSEY BOYS, but this was a messy performance!

And it doesn't matter which cast: Messy is Messy!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:44am

Not even just messy, but Devin May is all wrong for the part and Kale doesn't sound a bit like Frankie.

I find it hard to believe that those were the best 4 guys they could find.

[jochang621]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:44am

hm, i seem to remember the OBC on tv once (i think the tonight show, but i can't remember) where it just sounded horrible on tv - i think the tv doesn't transmit the high notes very well and it sounded horribly off key. but seeing them in person, they blew me away, and i know it wasn't b/c the OBC was bad.

the SF cast is *amazing* live. if they sounded off tonight, chalk it up to poor tv translation.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:51am

Not even just messy, but Devin May is all wrong for the part and Kale doesn't sound a bit like Frankie.

I've seen the show twice here and I reaaaaaalllly beg to differ. Seeing it live and seeing a three-minute/thirty-second medley are two different things. I get the point that, like the Tonys, they're trying to sell the show, but come on.