...after all the upheaval the theatre scene has suffered during the last year and a half, if this musical succeeds in placing bums back in seats (and even getting some bums to wiggle down the aisles), then I can’t fault that.
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Jersey Boys may have seemed like a reliably safe choice for the handsomely refurbished Trafalgar Theatre. But this production stretches out like an over-earnest tribute act that has been asked to fill an extra hour on stage.
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Consolation comes in watching the newcomer Ben Joyce — who only graduated from drama school this year — make such a fine job of the Valli vocals.
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“Klara Zieglerova’s bi-fold scaffold set keeps the show rooted in industrial blue-collar New Jersey, while Michael Clark’s projections of Roy Lichtenstein-aping cartoons wittily mirror the action. You don’t need much else: the music is the big draw, bolstered by Sergio Trujillo’s finger-clicking, step-digging, impeccably synchronised choreography. It’s just too good to be true.”
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Rather, Jersey Boys embodies the qualities of the band itself: unpretentious, uncomplicated, a bit cheesy and, with its by-numbers rags to riches narrative, steeped in the comforting mythology of the American dream.
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Not hard to see why this ran over 11 years on Broadway then immediately transferred to a smaller Off-Broadway house, "Oh What A Night" indeed.
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Jersey Boys is a musical that efficiently delivers a cracking story and a seemingly endless catalogue of hit songs.
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“Still a crowd pleaser and a genuinely good time at the theatre, ‘Jersey Boys’ proves time and time again why it has become such a success...the show is a great deal of fun and will continue to have an audience for as long as nostalgia is strong – that is to say, it will always have an audience.”
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