‘Jersey Boys’ wraps up 11-year run on Broadway

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (UPI) — The beloved musical Jersey Boys ended its 11-year run on Broadway Sunday.

The show about the 1960s pop group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons played 4,642 performances by the time the final curtain dropped at the August Wilson Theatre. Jersey Boys continues to tour throughout North America and the United Kingdom.

The musical includes the classic songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh What a Night,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” and “Working My Way Back to You.” It won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2006 and was adapted as a film in 2014.

Jersey Boys is now the 12th longest running show in Broadway history, passing such original productions as Miss Saigon, 42nd Street, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof and The Producers.

Dancing with the Stars favorite Mark Ballas was the last actor to play Valli in the Broadway staging.