Those who aren't die-hard fans of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons were most-likely left baffled by the live on-stage production of Jersey Boys at Sunderland Empire in it's opening week - positively surprised at the influence and impact the quartet had on music to this day.
From the opening rendition of Yannick's Ces Soirées-là which rips Bob Gaudio's December 1963 (Oh What a Night) to other heavily reproduced songs like Beggin' and Bye Bye Baby, the show itself is full of songs that many may be surprised to learn the true origins of.
A fantastically-rounded show, full to the brim with a well-balanced mixture of slapstick comedy and heart wrenching drama - the production tells the story of The Four Seasons from start to finish, including the mob ties, the heavy debts, the penitentiary stretch and the band's ultimate collapse.
