Jersey Boys Matinees - Who's On?

JLY is supposed to be doing six shows a week, taking off the two-show-day matinees, right?

I was just wondering who's been going on for him, like if there's a set schedule of which understudy/swing takes which performances.

ETA: Are the rush seats still in the first few rows on the sides? And what time are people getting there?

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Updated On: 12/19/06 at 01:57 PM

It varies. I know Longoria did the last weekend mat.

Is Dominic Nolfi still with the show?

Dominic is still with the show.

I believe he was taken off the Playbill as an understudy for Frankie Valli, and that only Matt and Michael cover the role.

Michael doesn't announce when he goes on anymore. Perhaps they do flip a coin? I'm not sure.

"Michael doesn't announce when he goes on anymore. Perhaps they do flip a coin? I'm not sure."

He does, not as much, but he did. I think he announced on his myspace the last performance he covered.

"The rush tickets are not for the front rows."

Well then, where are they? The last time I went in September, the rush seats were still the first rows on the two sides.

I'm going next week to rush it for my birthday, and I'm trying for the night show, even though I wouldn't mind the matinee because I really liked Michael as Frankie and I'm curious to see Matthew go on as Frankie, but can anyone tell me what time people have been getting to the theatre for rush tickets?

I saw Michael Longoria as Frankie and he was fantastic. I'm a big JLY fan, but I wasn't disappointed at all with Longoria. I actually loved him.

As for the rush tickets, I had front row on the side. They're considered partial view, but they aren't bad at all.

"And his vocals, in my opinion, are much stronger than JLY's. The timbre of his voice sounds a lot closer to Frankie Valli's. "

I love Longoria, and I think he sings great, however, I disagree about this statement. John Lloyd Young's voice is definately closer to in timbre to Frankie Valli's...it's a darker, more rough sound...Michael's is brighter and more "Tenor-y"...Valli's lower notes, the NON-Falsetto notes, were always more of a Baritone. There is a contemporary brightness to Longoria's voice, and a wobble that doesn't ring as 60's-70's as Young's voice.

Also, Young is so much better at the older Frankie scenes. Don't get me wrong, Longoria is fun, and definately holds his own, and is a GREAT understudy...but I disagree that he is closer to Valli..he is less about imitating the Valli sound, and more about doing his own thing.

I remember hearing an interview the Boys did and John said that when he does his falsetto he useses chest and head to just let it all out. Michael on the other hand just useses chest when he sings, a lot of people say he should uses chest AND head when he sings, but I think he still sounds great!

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