The Jersey Boys Tour Thread — Page 82

Oh MY GOD. I have never enjoyed this cast so much and I'm so glad I rushed. I wouldn't have normally rushed for something so insane (being in line for 8 hours messes with your mind), but it made sense especially since I didn't rush the first two "closings."

The laughter for Mika's entrance was INSANE. Rick was close to losing it. I wonder if the newbies even could hear Jonathan Hadley.

Speaking of newbies, the crowd was a nice mix of die-hards and first-timers. I love the gasp at "Joe Pesci. Yeah, that Joe Pesci." The crowd overall was VERY good. Big laughs, lots of applause, and didn't sing along or talk!

Re: Vegas editing, the dialogue seemed faster -- but not rushed. I noticed a lot of the argument scenes seemed to have people talking over people, but not to the point where you didn't understand what they were saying. Shaves off a few seconds without a major loss, I guess.

It's only been a few hours, but I miss the Jersey Boys experience. I really do. But it's better for the wallet that it's not the next Phantom.

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I like how part of that speech balloon has been blurred out, too.

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I'm sure alot of people are thinking about making a quick trip to Vegas in the future to see the Vegas cast. I know I would. I want to see how Erich, Jeremy, and John Altieri, work with their new cast. Actually if I could I'd go try to hit up all the other companies to see if the dynamics changed with this little shuffle.

Updated On: 12/31/07 at 05:01 AM

Yeah, it's kind of funny to look at what's changed in a year:

Deven May (gone soon?)
Erich Bergen (going to Vegas)
Michael Ingersoll (Chicago)
Christopher Kale Jones
John Altieri (Vegas)
Joseph Siravo
Miles Aubrey
Erik Bates
Sandra DeNise (gone)
Jennifer Evans
Rick Faugno (Vegas)
Eric Gutman (Broadway)
Nathan Klau
Brandon Matthieus
Jackie Seiden (gone)
Jarrod Spector (Chicago)
Taylor Sternberg
Melissa Strom (on extended leave)

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We should make a "super company."

Like Fantasy Football, but with Jersey Boys. Haha. Mmmm....

The OBC stayed intact for a long time, especially when you add on the time that most of the cast spent with the show in La Jolla.

I heard Nathan Klau is on as Bob Crewe tonight. I'd love to see THAT.

Happy birthday, Erich! You're welcome back in this thread anytime.

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Updated On: 12/31/07 at 10:26 PM

I saw the show in Seattle on the 29th. I'm a little confused about when Erich's actual last performance on tour was. I know that the JB blog said that he'd be done on the 31st, but the program handed out at the 5th Avenue Theatre said his final performance was the 30th.

Well, we know Sebastian cut his hair now.
Update from Eric

I'm going to see the Chicago cast in March--so excited I can't even describe it!

If for understandable reasons he can’t perform it every night, she suggests the producers and presenters do what they do in opera companies, and have Gold Cast Nights, Silver Cast Nights, etc. And charge accordingly for tickets.

Errm, yeah, and if you can't perform it "every night," you're like all the other Frankies out there anyway...

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And then they found out the hard way they needed an alternate. (Poor JLY.)

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Yep, they start tomorrow!

Hey, how come on the Jersey Boys official tour site under Nate Klau's name it now says "Ralph Knuckles and others"? I guess Knuckles has a real first name now, although why they knocked out Billy Dixon's name when he has more to do is a little weird.

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====And then they found out the hard way they needed an alternate. (Poor JLY.)=======

With his nice, shiny, silver, spinning consolation prize, I think JLY's the last person we should be feeling sorry for.

Updated On: 1/4/08 at 02:17 AM