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JERSEY BOYS LONDON WINS BEST NEW MUSICAL AT THE 33RD ANNUAL LAURENCE OLIVER AWARDS!

JERSEY BOYS triumphed at the recent Olivier Awards by winning the coveted ‘Best New Musical’ Award. The ceremony, hosted by James Nesbitt, was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in London. The full cast of Jersey Boys also performed a fantastic medley on stage to a star studded crowd.

The Olivier award, presented by Brian May and his wife Anita Dobson, was accepted by Bob Gaudio and Marshall Brickman – Pictured here with Ryan Molloy; Stephen Ashfield; Glenn Carter and Philip Bulcock.

Bob Gaudio said that he and had a lifelong love of the British fans. When asked whether he'd be taking the Olivier back to the States he turned to writer Marshall Brickman and said: "I think we leave it here, right?" Marshall's quick response was: "Either that or we pay the hotel bill!"

Jersey Boys has now won over seventeen major international awards, including for the London production, Best West End Show (London People's Choice Awards) and four What’s On Stage Awards - 'Best New Musical', 'Best Actor in a Musical' for Ryan Molloy, 'Best Supporting Actor in a Musical' for Stephen Ashfield and 'Best Set Designer' for Klara Zieglerova. . The Awards were attended by Bob Gaudio, who collected the 'Best New Musical' Award and said, "Frankie Valli and I are absolutely thrilled that Jersey Boys has managed to receive so many What's On Stage Awards this year. It's especially gratifying when an award is voted for by the people. We are all very proud of Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward, and this recognition suggests that the UK audiences just might love the production as much as we do." Jersey Boys opens at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, Australia on 4 th July 2009.

JERSEY BOYS LONDON IS 1 YEAR OLD!

JERSEY BOYS celebrated its first birthday in the West End at the on Wednesday 18 th March. Great news that Ryan Molloy, Stephen Ashfield. Glenn Carter and Philip Bulcock have all renewed their contracts for a further 12 months and the show has had its run extended to 27 March 2010.

Happy Birthday Jersey Boys!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ORIGINAL JERSEY BOY

On behalf of the UK Appreciation Society we would like to wish Frankie Valli a very Happy 75 th Birthday on the 3 rd May. We have sent a card and a package of goodies on behalf of all our members to Frankie with our very best wishes.

Happy Happy Birthday Frankie!

THE VERY BEST OF THE FOUR LOVERS

A new CD "The Very Best of the Four Lovers" is scheduled for release on 21 April 2009 – check out details at Amazon.com via our Discography: http://www.seasonally.co.uk:80/CDDiscog.htm

Check it out – you’ll be amazed at what is now available for your record collections!

BEGGIN

Beggin' by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons was down from 47 to 84 in the UK Top 100 singles chart 16 March 2009 but was up from No 7 to No 4 in the UK Dance Singles chart no doubt helped by the recent Adidas commercial on UK TV! Also on Sky 1 UK TV the advertisement for The Simpsons TV show features The Simpsons singing and dancing to Beggin’ by Frankie and the Seasons – great stuff! I have a copy of both ads on DVD if anyone has not seen them – email [email protected]. The Beggin’ version by Madcon was recently No 1 in Norway and after 10 weeks in the Top 100 charts in Quebec (French Canada) reached No 3 in April 2009.