Jersey Boys

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Pick: Jersey Boys    

Details: Broadway touring musical. Wednesday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, March 11. Belk Theater. Click here for more information.    

Viewpoint: When the ‘Boys’ last performed in the QC in the spring of 2010, they eclipsed the previously held weekly box office gross, taking in a cool $1.16 million in their opening week. Is it any wonder that this long running Broadway staple is back for an encore? With 71 chart hits in the 1960s, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and the story of four hardscrabble Jersey kids has not lost any of its appeal over the years. If youth is wasted on the young, then nostalgia is the prerogative of the aged. Jersey Boys tees up precisely what audiences stand in line for and swoon to when they deliver: A pure, schmaltzy, thick musical soundtrack to their halcyon days. Of course there is a story in there to be enjoyed but the real draw is the music with almost 30 Four Seasons tunes in the 2 1/2- hour show.