WE HAVE COMPLETED the first week of Jersey Boys at the Quincy Community Theatre. The show Sunday afternoon was off the charts. This week (July 17-20) promises to be just as good, maybe better.
The band is behind a curtain in back of the stage and we can't see much. But the audience energy flows through the theater and we can tell by the big reactions it is working.
People are blown away by Patrick Hedges as Franki Valli. His vocal range is unreal. How his voice hasn't given out after several months of rehearsals and an intense first week is beyond us. He alone is worth going to see, but there's a ton more.
Jeremy Kurfman as Tommy DeVito sets the tone and kills it. Nicholas Lickfield (Nick Massi) and Dominic Regner (Bob Gaudio) make perfect Four Seasons members. Sean Major plays several roles, with his mob character Gyp DeCarlo right on the spot. Tim Hake is hysterical as Bob Crewe ... some of the humor is under the radar but I laugh every night ("Franki, these guys don't have mothers!"}.
My favorite? Emily Dozier as Mary Delgado, Franki Valli's first wife. Emily is the nicest and most demure person you will ever meet, a former Second String Music guitar student and a young mom. Yet in Jersey Boys, she turns into this fiery and foul-mouthed character named Mary. She owns it and I'm left in awe every time she has a scene.
"I am having sooooo much fun!" Emily said at the cast party Friday night.
As for the band, we are getting better and better. It's been an adventure getting to this point but it's all worth it.
So ... if you haven't seen it, I wouldn't hesitate. Sunday's show was sold out, a rarity for a matinee. You can click here for tickets to this week's run.
See you at the theater!
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