Tony Winner JERSEY BOYS - Musical Phenom Plays Broward Center!

(Photo By Joan Marcus)

CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR TONY, GRAMMY AND OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL

JERSEY BOYS

The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

DIRECTED BY DES McANUFF

Playing FORT LAUDERDALE’S

BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

FOR 3 WEEKS ONLY

JANUARY 11 – 29, 2012 

Casting has been announced for the much-anticipated Fort Lauderdale engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, January 11 – 29, 2012.

The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Preston Truman Boyd (Bob Gaudio), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), John Gardiner (Tommy DeVito) and Michael Lomenda (Nick Massi), with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

The ensemble of JERSEY BOYS includes Christopher DeAngelis, Nick Cosgrove, Lauren Decierdo, Frankie J. Galasso, Buck Hujabre, Denise Payne, Mauricio Pérez, Timothy Quinlan, Kyli Rae, John Rochette, Brian Silverman, Kara Tremel, Mark Verdino, Donald Webber, Jr., Kevin Worley and Adam Zelasko. 

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia). 

The premiere engagement of JERSEY BOYS in Fort Lauderdale was an overwhelming success, seen by over 80,000 theatergoers, breaking Broward Center box office records and hailed as "Solid gold!” by critics and audiences alike. The economic impact of the 2009 JERSEY BOYS – Fort Lauderdale engagement, is estimated around $20 Million.

Currently spending his time between New York and Florida, Beau was born to a theatrical family in Brooklyn. He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and at HB Studios. He studied theater singing with Julia Sperratore and Helen Gallagher. Beau later taught drama at the Lincoln Center Square for the Arts. It was at this time Beau began working with the Theater Development Fund and helped found New York's famed HALF PRICE TICKET BOOTH. Early in his career, Beau was screen tested and contracted for Warner Brothers. He co-hosted, an early cable variety series on Manhattan's Teleprompter channel. At this time he directed the Johnny Specca musical, SEX IS..? at the Lincoln Center Library Theater. Beau has performed Off-Broadway in FAT FELL DOWN, The Comic Strip Theater's LITTLE LULU AND THE INVISIBLE INK and WILL THE REAL ZOOPERMAN PLEASE STAND UP. Around the country he has delighted audiences with his performances in ANYTHING GOES, THE APPLE TREE, GUYS & DOLLS, and HELLZAPOPPIN! He sang for New York audiences at such cabarets as The Duplex and Upstairs at the Downstairs. He has had numerous television appearances but is most proud to have been a winning contestant on the game shows JACKPOT and THE $20,000 PYRAMID.

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