Of course
nothing lasts forever and so sometime it must. Then with rumours and stories
about the possibility of an imminent announcement of the movie version of Jersey Boys suddenly surfacing, I was
(perhaps cynically) thinking that someone might be creating a ‘hype’ to hurry
the film negotiations along. Most certainly there will be only one thing in the
Four Seasons Partnership’s Business Plan for 2010 and that is ‘Sign up for the
film for megabucks!’ Movie hype is sure
to pick up the bookings. It’s all about timing…to maximize ‘cashflow’. But then
along came the Jersey Boys blog showing a
record breaking week in Washington DC
If the
several venues are earning $1m dollars plus a week like
The London
Cast has been cleverly marketed on every TV show in the
IF YOU LOVED
JERSEY BOYS - WHY NOT COME BACK AND VISIT US AGAIN!
We are offering you £20 off
a pair of top price seats to Jersey Boys.
Valid for midweek performances,
excluding 21 December 2009 - 5 January 2010.
Book by 31 January 2010, for
performances valid until the 30 June 2010.
And as Lynn Boleyn found out "Andrex toilet rolls I have just bought say you can claim 2 for 1 Theatre &
Panto tickets including Jersey Boys! You just need to collect 10 reward
points and exchange them for 2 for 1 theatre tickets. Full details
at :www.andrexpuppypoints.com
But what about the film?
Business is
business for Valli and Gaudio. Our interest as fans of the group and the show
is re the cast and interpretation of the stage show. Casting for the movie shouldn’t
be too difficult….we all know the
All we need
is for Bob Gaudio to say…’Show me the money!’ and get a big name director/producer
signed. We know the names and any of them will do it well. It’ll be a breeze.
A
sensational one.
As for the West End Show....don't worry guys.."We'll Be Back!"
Chameleon
PS Get your free JB London sampler mp3 download here
Four Seasons Students and Teachers get your guides here
I'm not sure that it has peaked just yet.
There are still a dozen US cities left to tour in 2010. Broadway showed strong attendance over the Thanksgiving period (typical)
I can't speak for the UK or Australia.
I did hear in a recent Valli interview that they were looking
into other European venues and also mentioned that a movie was to be several years away. I'm sure there were some shrewed marketing reasons for his comments.
The money that these guys are realizing can't be overlooked. Their ship has come in and, of course, they will do anything to keep this buzz going at the expense of any of our other wants.
I remember when the play caught on in LaJolla I thought "Hurry up and release a DVD before this thing sizzles". (Let alone making it to Broadway and beyond for almost 5 years.)
My regrets are that we probably won't ever get to hear the Mowtown tracks nor will we see Valli enter the top 100 singles ever again.
Posted by: Ray Ricci | December 04, 2009 at 03:15 PM