Scene Notes

A Worldwide Sensation! Important Dates for Jersey Boys

Posted on 11/20/2019

We’re going to pretend its December 1963 again when the national tour of the Broadway hit, Jersey Boys, comes to State Theatre New Jersey on December 3-4! Here is a timeline of some of the musical’s memorable moments:

October 5, 2004: Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse at University of California, San Diego, and ran for three months 

October 4, 2005: Premiered on Broadway at the August Wilson Theater 

June 11, 2006: Jersey Boys wins Best Musical at the 60th Annual Tony® Awards along with three other Tonys® for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, and Best Lighting Design in a Musical 

December 10, 2006: First national tour begins in San Francisco at the Curran Theater 

May 2007: A second company put on Jersey Boys at the Curran Theater 

September 16, 2007: Second company of Jersey Boys is featured on the 59th Primetime Emmy® Awards 

October 2007: Second company traveled to from Curran Theater to Chicago’s Bank of America Theater for an open-ended run 

May 3, 2008: Las Vegas company opens with a majority of Chicago’s cast at the Palazzo Hotel 

February 2008: Jersey Boys goes to the West End with same creative team as Broadway 

December 12, 2008: Toronto production of Jersey Boys opens at the Toronto Centre for the Arts 

March 2, 2009: Jersey Boys wins the Laurence Olivier Award for best musical on West End 

July 4, 2009: Australian production of Jersey Boys opens at the Princess Theater in Melbourne, Australia 

September 6, 2010: Jersey Boys wins Best Musical at the 10th Helpmann Awards in Australia 

March 6, 2012: After a two-month hiatus, the Jersey Boys Las Vegas production moves from the Palazzo Hotel to Paris Las Vegas 

November 23, 2012: Singapore production opens with an all-South African cast at the Marina Bay Sands 

April 3, 2013-April 27, 2014: Singapore company travels and performs in South Africa, Turkey, South Korea, and Malaysia 

September 4, 2014: UK national tour of Jersey Boys opens 

December 2014: Month-long U.S. tour 

September 22, 2015: Jersey Boys became the 12th longest running Broadway show with 4,093 performances 

July 1, 2016: Jersey Boys opens in Toyko, Japan at the Theatre Creaation  

March 2016-March 2017: U.S tour in 19 cities 

January 15, 2017: Broadway run of Jersey Boys closes with 4,692 performances 

October 2017: International tour opens at the Dubai Opera 

November 2017: January 2018: International tour went to China 

November 22, 2017: Jersey Boys opens Off-Broadway at New World Stages

By Kerriann Ring