Michael Longoria

Much Better.
Yes.

Michael, IMO, is as good as JLY. I enjoyed both of their performances very much.

It's a good understudy. He does have the notes, and for the most part, Longoria is in the ballpark of sounding like Frankie.

It's not as good if not better as some have said, I found glaring differences in terms of acting and quality. That is my opinion.

Good understudy, and really does a nice job...JLY is far superior in my opinion.

^ I saw both, and it was the exact opposite. JLY was straining the entire time, where as Michael could glide through smoothly and hit all those notes with no problem at all.

His capture of Franki was great too. Had me bawling at the phone convo part and the song.

"I think the main difference is: JLY ages the role and changes from ACT 1 to ACT 2 through mannerisms, and Micheal's changes arent as noticable, but Micheal sounds more like Frankie Valli to me, but JLY sounds like him too."

From my review awhile ago.

I loved Micheal.
But JLY is AMAZING.
They both sound like him.
But JLY acts and ages the role
as aposed to Micheal who sings like him
But you don't see the aging process.
Clumsy's JB experience

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Michael is a stonger singer but John is the stronger actor.
Ive seen him 2 times

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"^ I saw both, and it was the exact opposite. JLY was straining the entire time, where as Michael could glide through smoothly and hit all those notes with no problem at all. "

I saw JLY twice and then I saw Michael and I definitely noticed that too but for just one of those two performances ( It was one of his first performances back from being sick which I didn't realize until I read his blog). I've seen JLY a number of times after that and he didn't sound like he was straining at all. He sounded great on Tuesday.

I thought overall Michael was amazing as Frankie.

I've seen both JLY and Michael and while Michael was fantastic. I prefer JLY. His acting is much better and I agree he ages much better than Michael. I also think JLY had a greater presence and his voice was stronger. His falsetto is gorgeous and I like his regular voice better.

Jarrod Spector of the tour cast is also incredible. He is my second favorite Frankie.

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Updated On: 3/22/07 at 06:02 PM

Love Michael Longoria's Joe Pesci.

I saw JLY the first time I saw the show, and then Michael about four other times. I think JLY sounds more like Frankie, while I feel Michael is a better actor out of the two. JLY has the singing down and Michael has the acting (especially during Fallen Angel). I do enjoy both of their performances though.

I think the exact opposite of onelastrefrain2.

I strongly disagree about Michael not being able to sing the high notes. Find his MySpace and give a listen to one of his songs - especially Wait. The high notes he hits at the ends of his songs are magnificent.

I'd say Michael has more of a clear tone in the high range, while JLY's is more raspy. If you listen to The Four Seasons recordings, Frankie's tone is not extremely as clear as Michael's.

I think what doesn't age Michael as well is his face, though he can't help it. He just looks very young, and it doesn't help when he has to age quite a few years. He also doesn't modify his appearance as JLY does in the show. Everything from the squint of his eyes seems to be modified in each scene to make him seem older.

They're both amazing, and unless I wanted to personally talk to JLY afterwards, I wouldn't freak out over finding an understudy slip in my playbill.

i'm just excited to take my mom to go see it... shes never seen a show on broadway before, and i really think this is the one shed enjoy most. she grew up in that time... loves the four seasons.

i'll keep my fingers crossed that JLY extends and we get to see him again. if not, atleast i know Longoria wont dissapoint.