JERSEY BOYS

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

AS GOOD AS IT GETS.....COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, THEY COULD HAVE STARTED ON TIME...11 MINUTES LATE...... THAT WAS THE ONLY NEGATIVE.

JERSEY BOYS AT THE PELAZZO RESORT-HOTEL CASINO...LAS VEGAS STRIP !

I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BRAG ABOUT WHAT GREAT SHOWS WE HAVE IN LAS VEGAS AND HERE IS ANOTHER, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF ANYTHING EVER PRODUCED IN LAS VEGAS AND AGAIN FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS (EXCEPTING STARTING ON TIME)....941 PRETTY LATE FOR US OLD FARTS AND LOTS OF LOCAL OLD FARTS LOVE THIS SHOW...2:21 ON THIS NIGHT WITH AN 8 MINUTE INTERMISSION...I HEARD PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY IN LINE FOR THOSE EXPENSIVE REFRESHMENTS ! I HEADED FOR HOME AT 12:02am.

ANYWAY...JERSEY BOYS AN ENTITY IN ITSELF FOR MULTI SHOWS PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OFF AND ON ON A ROTATING BASIS.... AND FOR SURE NONE BETTER THAN THIS ONE. I LOVE WORLD CLASS STAGING AND LIGHTING.... AND THE SOUND WAS HEAVENLY...OH YA BOB GAUDIO WHO WROTE MOST OF THESE FRANKIE VALLI CLASSICS PLAYS NO SMALL ROLE IN THE BIG PICTURE...ACTUALLY AS HE SAYS IN THE PLAY, "NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT ME"...RIGHT YOUR ARE BOB.

THE SHOW IS A PLAY ON THE LIFE OF FRANKI VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS, NOT A CONCERT... AND THE MUSIC WONDERFULLY INTERWINED IN THE STORY WITH PEFECT LIVE BACKUP AND FLOATING DRUMS STANDS, REAPPEARING MAGIC MIKE STANDS AND BACKUP MUSIC TO THE SECOND PER PRODUCTION.

THE TIMING IN THIS AS WONDERFUL AS EVERYONE EVER..IT IS ON CUE, ON THE MARK WITH THE SOUND AND LIGHTS MELDING PERFECTLY...DID I MENTION HOW GREAT THE SOUND WAS....I'M A BIG BEATTLES FAN...4 GUYS-GREAT MUSIC...MONDAY WE WENT TO HUMAN NATURE...4 GUYS-GREAT MUSIC...JERSEY BOYS...4 GUYS-GREAT MUSIC.....SOME JACKASS AT THE START OF ALL THIS IN THE 60'S SAID ...."FOUR GUYS...DRUMS...3 GUITARS...IT WILL NEVER WORK". RIGHT...... JUST THREE OF GREAT SHOWS OF ALL TIME PLAYING NOW IN LAS VEGAS AND AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.

THE CURRENT "BOYS"...RICK FAUGO AS FRANKIE VALLI...SENSATIONAL VOICE AND TALENT
...JEFF LEIBOW AS NICK MASSI...PERFECT ODD MAN OUT
...DEVEN MAY AS TOMMY DEVITO...WHAT AN ASSHOLE...WHAT AN ACTOR
...PETER SAIDE AS BOB GAUDIO...THE STRAW THAT STIRS THE DRINK

THIS A MARVOLOUS CAST WITH LOADS TO TALENT, GREAT VOICES AND PERFECT TEAMWORK IN THEIR EFFORT TO TELL THE FRANKIE VALLI STORY. LANGUAGE STRONG AND REAL AND WRITE DONE THE LINE IT PLAYS THE STORY LINE WELL.

THIS IS NOT REALLY A PRETTY STORY HISTORICALLY, BUT IT IS WITH HAPPY ENDING AND ACCURATELY PORTRAYED HERE.... 8 SHOWS A WEEK DARK MONDAY...WE CATCH THE LATE SHOW TUESDAY AND THE GREAT COMPLIMENT TO THE ENTIRE SHOW....THEY MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS OPENING NIGHT....MY GREAT SALUTE TO THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION.

NICE TO KNOW THIS IS 4 MILES FROM MY HOME AND I CAN GO ANY NIGHT...MAKES ME SLEEP GOOD...IN SEEING THIS OVER AND OVER YOU CAN PICK SOME CLEVER NUANCES YOU MIGHT MISS THE TIME BEFORE...SUCH AS THE LINE IN NAMING THE GROUP..."WHAT THE HELL ARE THE FOUR SEASONS...DIDN'T VIVALDI HAVE THAT"....FRANKI'S WIFE OR WIFE TO BE AT THE TIME HAS SOME GREAT LINES AND DELIVERS THEM PERFECTLY...JUST NO DEAD MEAT IN THIS.

THE 8 MINUTE INTERMISSION ON THE CLOCK WAS COVERED BY CONTEMPORARY BLACK AND WHITE MOVING VIDEO...I PASSED ON THOSE EXPENSIVE REFRESHMENTS AND LOVED THE SHORT MOVIE !

WHEN CAN I GO AGAIN....I AM PROGRAMMED....NICE CROWD TUESDAY LATE.

COULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT SCORE

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