(Taryn-Lee
as Mary Delgado with Grant Almirall as Frankie Valli. Photo: Maye-E Wong)
Heading for the Teatro at Montecasino in
Johannesburg in April is the much-awaited and highly acclaimed Jersey Boys.
The runaway smash hit musical, currently
playing in major cities worldwide including New York, Las Vegas, London,
Melbourne and across the USA, makes its South African premiere at the Teatro.
This will be followed by a season at Cape Town’s Artscape Opera House in June.
Jersey
Boys tells the real-life story of how four
poverty-line kids become Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, one of the
greatest successes in pop music history. The Four Seasons wrote their own
songs, created their own sound and sold 175 million records globally – all
before they hit thirty!
Appearing in the cast is Durban born
Tarryn-Lee Hudson, who plays one of the three leading female characters -
fondly dubbed, the “Jersey Girls” – and, along with the entire company, she spent
invaluable time fine-tuning her role with Jersey
Boys Broadway director, Des McAnuff.
Born at Parklands Hospital, Tarryn-Lee grew
up in Umhlanga Rocks. She was educated at Atholton Primary School then Maris
Stella and Danville before finally matriculating at Crawford College, La Lucia,
where she began her singing and acting career.
She studied dancing with Gail Smith from
the age of five until she was 17 when she went off to study theatre in Cape
Town. Back home in Durban, she appeared at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in the
2007/2008 production of Guys and Dolls and
later in KickstArt’s The Wizard of Oz.
Jersey
Boys is not a tribute show but a full-scale
Broadway musical, a large 19-member all South African cast and a 10-piece live
band. The show is the winner of 54 major awards including the 2006 Grammy®
Award for Best Musical Show Album, 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and
winner of the Best Musical Tony Award® on Broadway, in London and Australia.
Booking for Jersey Boys is now open at Computicket or call 0861 813 9000.
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