Jersey Boys was a verified hit that ran for 12 years on Broadway and spawned productions in London, Las Vegas, Sydney, multiple tours, a major motion picture, and will soon be rebooted Off-Broadway.ĬLICK HERE TO SEE A FULL LIST OF ANNOUNCED AND UPCOMING NATIONAL TOURS! “He said, ‘I don’t mean Vivaldi, you moron, I mean Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.’ And I said, ‘Why would you want to do that?’”įour Tony Award wins-including Best Musical-and four additional nominations to boot, the musical redefined the form of the modern jukebox musical. What a great idea.’” For all his clever writing, Elice wasn’t kidding. While working at Disney, he received a phone call that would lead to his first of three Tony nominations: “It was a client of mine who said, ‘Would you like to do sort of a Mamma Mia! musical? I have the rights to the Four Seasons music,’ and I said, ‘Oh! I love Vivaldi. Moving up the ranks of the growing company, Elice climbed all the way to creative director and EVP-writing and producing his play Double Double on the side-before leaving the agency in 1999 to pursue an opportunity as a creative consultant to Walt Disney Studios. Then, he became a copywriter at Serino Coyne, one of theatre’s top advertising agencies. Before Rick Elice made his Broadway debut as a writer, he was an actor.
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