Arizona Musicfest Presents Original “Jersey Boys” Cast on Nov. 7th

Posted By Les Conklin on Oct 24, 2016

ARIZONA MUSICFEST PRESENTS THE MIDTOWN MEN,

THE ORIGINAL CAST OF BROADWAY’S JERSEY BOYS ON ELECTION EVE, NOV. 7

           SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 24, 2016):  Arizona Musicfest will present The Midtown Men, The Original Cast of Broadway’s Jersey Boys, who The New York Times described as having “the air of the Rat Pack, Motown and a nightclub act all rolled into one,” on Monday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road in Scottsdale. 

            Tickets are $34 to $76 and can be purchased at www.azmusicfest.org or at the door.

            Tony Award winner Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys), Tony nominated J. Robert Spencer (Nick Massi), Michael Longoria (Frankie Valli) and Daniel Reichard (Bob Gaudio) celebrate the songs of the 60s in a high-octane musical tour de force.  The New York Daily News wrote that “The Midtown Men sound as crisp as their Rat Pack-inspired suits.  Their voices blend together so flawlessly on stage.”

            The concert is the final performance of Arizona Musicfest’s first-ever Fall Fest, the opening series of the 2016-17 Musicfest Festival season which continues Jan. 27 with Grammy Award-winning trumpet sensation Chris Botti and runs through March 10 when Decades of Divas: From Billie and Aretha to Celine and Barbra closes the season. 

The Midtown Men will reprise hits of one of rock-and-roll’s greatest eras with memory-generating tunes from Dawn, Candy Girl and Big Girls Don’t Cry to Can’t Buy Me Love, Happy Together and Up On the Roof, among many others.

Hoff, who won Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards for his performance of DeVito, also has voiced more than 200 characters, including Richie Rich in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series.

Longoria, best known for his performance as Valli, also appeared in the season nine finale of America’s Got Talent. 

Reichard, who originated the role of Four Seasons member Guadio on Broadway, followed Jersey Boys with a critically acclaimed performance as Candide in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide at the New York City Opera. 

In addition to his Tony-nominated performance as Massi in Jersey Boys, Spencer is an independent film director, producer and writer and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Next to Normal.

The 26^th annual Arizona Musicfest Winter Festival will feature special guests including legendary multiple Grammy Award-winning Manhattan Transfer, vocal powerhouse Cantus, world renowned classical violinist Midori, Kennedy Center Honoree Mavis Staples and Grammy winner Patti Austin with The Festival Orchestra celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s 100^th birthday. Musicfest also produces Pagliacci, its first-ever concert opera featuring the Festival Orchestra and stars from the Metropolitan Opera.

Featuring a range of musical genres from classical, jazz, bluegrass, Broadway, pop and folk as well as tributes to legendary acts, Arizona Musicfest’s full Winter Festival line-up includes:

• Chris Botti (Festival Headliner), Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church.  Tickets: $34 to $82.

• Young Musicians Winter Concert, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at Musical Instrument Museum.  Tickets: $20.

• Mirage: Visions of Fleetwood Mac, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church.  Tickets: $24 to $6

• Nicole Pesce (Arizona Spotlight Artist), Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Fairway House at Grayhawk, 8620 E. Thompson Peak Parkway, Scottsdale. Tickets: $52.

• The Manhattan Transfer, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church.  Tickets: $34-$76.

• Cantus, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Musical Instrument Museum.  Tickets: $49 and $59.

 • A Band Called Honalee: The ‘60s of Peter, Paul and Mary, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church. Tickets: $24-$67.

• Kruger Brothers bluegrass trio & Kontras Quartet classical string ensemble, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $24-$67.

• A Broadway Romance, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church.  Tickets: $24 to $67.

• Bob Moody & Friends with Broadway’s Telly Leung, Feb. 16 at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. at Fairway House at Grayhawk. Tickets: $59.

• Festival Orchestra Chamber Players: Bach, Mozart & Stravinsky, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. Tickets: $47 and $67.

• Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto and Saint Saens’ “Organ” Symphony, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at La Casa de Cristo Church, 6300 E. Bell Road. Tickets: $24-$76.

• Midori (Featured Artist) with The Festival Orchestra, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at La Casa de Cristo Church. Tickets: $45 to $100.

• Ella at 100: The Centennial Celebration featuring Patti Austin with The Festival Orchestra, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church. Tickets: $24 to $76.

• “Italian” Symphony & Opera: Pagliacci in Concert Featuring Stars of the Metropolitan Opera, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. at La Casa de Cristo Church. Tickets: $24 to $76.

• We’ve Only Just Begun: The Carpenters Remembered, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church. Tickets: $24 to $67.

• Mavis Staples (Musicfest Legend), March 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church. Tickets: $34 to $76.

• Decades of Divas: From Billie and Aretha to Celine and Barbra, Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church. Tickets: $24 to $67.

For more information, visit www.azmusicfest.org or call (480) 840-0457.

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Contacts:

• Allan Naplan, Executive and Producing Director, Arizona Musicfest, (480) 488-0806.

• Steve Carr, The Kur Carr Group, Inc., (602) 317-3040

About Arizona Musicfest: Founded in 1991, Arizona Musicfest, a non-profit arts organization based in North Scottsdale, produces an annual concert festival as well as important music education and youth performance opportunities for children throughout the Greater Phoenix area. With a commitment to presenting world-class artists in accessible and convenient locations, each season the Festival showcases the acclaimed Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Robert Moody featuring players from the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, the National Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera, and other top US orchestras. The Festival Orchestra is in residency for one week during the annual Festival.

Arizona Musicfest’s extensive music education and youth performance programs touch approximately 6,000 children each year. Along with the organization’s many in-school programs presented free of charge to five local school districts, over the last three years, Arizona Musicfest has also provided over $30,000 in free instruments to area schools and has contributed over $50,000 in college scholarships to local Valley teens pursuing collegiate degrees in music performance.

Arizona Musicfest’s five Young Musician Competitions (piano, voice, solo instruments, chamber ensembles and composers) and the related Young Musician Performance Series annually attract some of the brightest young stars from throughout the Valley.  For more information, visit www.azmusicfest.org.

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