Press Release – Jersey Boys
Producers of
JERSEY BOYS – THE STORY OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS are delighted to announce they have secured one of the world’s best musical theatre artists to perform the role of Frankie Valli for the Tony Award-winning musical’s seasons in Auckland and Wellington from May.
Hayden Milanés, who has travelled nationally and internationally playing Frankie Valli in Broadway’s hit musical
JERSEY BOYS, arrived in New Zealand from New York last week and will join an outstanding New Zealand based cast.
To land the role of Frankie, the actor needed to be 5’9” (175cm) or shorter, have a strong tenor with sweet and strong falsetto and be able to sing in the style of Frankie Valli; strong tenor to high A or Bb plus strong falsetto up to treble G; charismatic and charming; must be a very strong actor (comfortable with narrative text) and have a gritty side as well as a polished veneer; must be very comfortable with traditional four-par