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Jersey Boys tells the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in pop music history.
Discover how four New Jersey boys from the wrong side of the tracks invented their own unique sound, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and sold 100 million records worldwide.
Winner of 4 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
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SUBMIT SOMETHING
Before taking over the role of Tommy, I did my due diligence in researching who this person is — listening to interviews, watching video footage etc. However, in the end, what matters most is the play and the story we’re telling. So, as informative as all that research was, I had to eventually put it aside and think of Tommy more as a character. Otherwise, you end up just doing a bad impression without getting down to the core of who this guy really was/is and, oddly, I believe this is the best way to honor him as a person.
When I was in Los Angeles playing the Ahmanson, I had the good fortune to go to Frankie Valli’s house. And talk to Frankie Valli for about an hour and a half. One thing he mentioned to me is that when you’re doing these songs, you really have to invest in them and you have to craft them like an artist. And he mentioned to me, there are people out there who are doing this right now, today, and one of the people he mentioned specifically was Michael Bublé. He said there’s every reason that you could one day transition into doing that.
It’s not an easy career to go into. You have to have a thick skin. You’re going to be told ‘no’ a lot and you have to be willing to go into every audition and say, ‘I know that I prepared this material to the best of my ability and I know I’m talented.’
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I’m learning how to be on tour, and so were The Four Seasons - that’s what the show’s about. My life and being on tour is directly informing me on how to be Nick. You can bring your daily life to the stage and go from where you are; you can bring real life into the role, it’s directly informative. And so great.
When a new person comes in, some actors do things exactly the way they’ve always done it, and the new actor has to conform to their performance. I don’t want them to conform; I want to conform to their performance, because that will change me—and give me new things to do. You just have to be very studious and listen to the new actor and understand where he’s coming from.
