Return Engagement on sale for Tony, Grammy and Oliver Award Winng Best Musical Jersey Boys

MINNEAPOLIS—Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that individual tickets for Jersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, returning to the Orpheum Theatre April 21-May 8, 2011, will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. From 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., tickets will only be available in person at the State Theatre Box Office. Beginning at 10 a.m., tickets will also be sold online through HennepinTheatreTrust.org, by calling 1.800.982.2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Ticket Center.

Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, this sensational blockbuster won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia) and continues to break box office records on Broadway and across North America. The premiere engagement of Jersey Boys in Minneapolis was an overwhelming success, breaking Orpheum Theatre box office records. The Star Tribune called it “an entertaining jaunt down memory lane” and the Pioneer Press said, “With all the infectious singing and dancing, it’s easy to see why the show won the Best Musical Tony!” It is a special addition to Hennepin Theatre Trust’s 2010/11 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis season.

Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks, who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sound and sold 175 million records worldwide–all before they were thirty. The original Broadway cast recording of Jersey Boys, produced by Bob Gaudio, was recently certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The cast recording is now available on Rhino Records. Visit the Jersey Boys website at www.JerseyBoysInfo.com.

TICKET INFORMATION
Individual tickets for Jersey Boys go on sale at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Ave., Mpls., 55402) only. Beginning at 10 a.m., tickets will be available online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org or through Ticketmaster by calling 1.800.982.2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Ticket Center. Ticket prices begin at $29 (subject to change) depending on performance time and seating preference. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional charges may apply. Groups of 15 or more should call 612.373.5665 for information and reservations.

Performance dates for Jersey Boys are Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, May 8, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55403). Show times are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m. There are 2 p.m. matinee performances on Thursday, April 21, 28 and May 5 and there is no 6:30 p.m. performance on Sunday, May 8.