Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys is a musical written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It features music written by Bob Gaudio and played by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, such as Sherry, Begging, My Eyes Adored You, Big Girls Don't Cry and Walk Like a Man. The musical is cleverly narrated by each of the four members and takes us through the "four seasons" of their lives.
New Jersey is a state in the Northeast of America and is the 11th smallest but the most densely populated state in the US. New Jersey is known for it's strong, recognisable accent and the mafia activity. This is alluded to a few times in the story, especially when founding member of the band Tommy DeVito runs into some trouble with borrowing money.
They all have rough backgrounds and we see them go in and out of prison in a cleverly choreographed scene, using stairs. The set is all made out of metal and looks like the framework for a building. There are certain props rolled on and off as necessary throughout the production, a streetlight features prominently and helps us to know when the band are at home. This is a musical that definitely relies on the geography of the story to bring it to life and makes us fall in love with the feel-good music brought about by the hard lives of these four men.
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