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From Staff Reports
FLAT ROCK, N.C. —The show “John Lloyd Young: Broadyway’s Jersey Boy” will be performed by Young at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Highway, here.
A third performance of Young’s show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14.
In the long-running Broadway show “Jersey Boys” (which opened in 2005), Young was the first to play the part of Frankie Valli, who, with his iconic falsetto voice, was the Four Seasons’ lead singer.
Young also played the title role of Valli in the 2014 film “Jersey Boys.”
Young is billed as a film, stage and concert artist — and a Tony and Grammy winner, multi-Platinum recording artist and presidential appointee.
Regarding the significance of Young’s musical efforts, AI Overview noted, “Young won the Lead Actor Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards, becoming the only American actor in history to win all four leading actor awards for a Broadway debut.
“He sings lead vocals on the Platinum, Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys original cast recording....
“Young listened to the Four Seasons constantly as he prepared for his role in Jersey Boys.”
Besides “Jersey Boys,” Young, who is 50 and was born on the Fourth of July in Sacramento, Calif., performed in the 1990 television series “Law and Order” and the 2009 TV series “Glee.”
For tickets, which are $48 to $68, visit online at www.FlatRockPlayhouse.org. |
