Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is a documentary-style musical, based on one of the most successful 1960s rock 'n roll groups, The Four Seasons. The musical opened on Broadway in 2005, and has since had a North American National Tour, along with productions in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Auckland, Brisbane and currently in Singapore. The Singapore production, which has an all South African cast, will open at the Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg, South Africa in March 2013.Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
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