Most Fabulous Jersey Boys

"Who loves you pretty baby?" is the question of the hour as the song and lyrics resonate after watching the fabulous Jersey Boys at the LaSalle Bank Theater in Chicago. While everyone knows the songs, grew up with the songs, and hums the songs they also now even own Cd's of the songs. Are you humming yet? Can you sing a few bars of "Sherry," "Oh What A Night," "Walk Like A Man," and my all time favorite "Who Loves You?" For a trip down memory lane and to hear portions of songs from the Broadway hit click here.

A short two hours and forty minutes in length, including a 15 minute intermission, the energized actors danced and sang through forty years of hits and had the audience smiling, tapping their feet and moving their shoulders to the beat as the four boys told the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tickets were a June birthday gift and while patience is a virtue, it is not one of mine, yet Jersey Boys was worth the wait. While all of Frankie Valli's music is memorable, "My Eyes Adored You" is one of his best, and was played numerous times on the car ride home. So sorry Blogger Boy, Law School Boy and Husband, but I thought I heard you singing along.

Was the ticket worth the price? You bet. It was an uplifting happy musical that showed hard work pays off, good prevails over evil, and everything comes with a price. I'll go again just to see the dancing and go back in time. LA Actress Janet Carroll, a friend for years, has seen Jersey Boys four times, so has to be good. To watch two videos of the original Broadway cast in two different montages of Walk Like A Man/Sherry/Big Girls Don't Cry and Who Loves You? click here, then "video." You'll be singing along and leave today's post with a smile on your face. What more could you ask for. "Oh What A Night!"
Photo attribution: somewhat frank

Jersey Boys

For my birthday in June my three children gave me two tickets to The Jersey Boys, appearing in Chicago at the LaSalle Theater. The opening was October 5, but I was in Clearwater Beach Florida catching a little R & R then. My two seats are for late December, two whole months away. I just searched for seats that are sooner, so my husband and I can sneak into the city, catch the show, then sing the tunes all the way home, but had no luck. There are seats available, just with limited vision -- whatever that means. I already have limited vision, which comes with getting older, so I don't need to pay extra for it at the theater.

The best I can do is buy a Frankie Valli CD and play it while I wait patiently for the December date to roll around. "My eyes adored you, though I never laid a hand on you" keeps resonating in my head ever since I heard it yesterday, and while "Big Girls Don't Cry," I may if I can't get seats sooner or if I meet someone named "Sherry."