Hello to y’all wonderful persons,

Yeah, I know, my salutation doesn’t exactly sound grammatically correct. Though it’s true, I’m talking to you all and you’re all wonderful persons. ;)

So, you can guess what this post is about. Jersey Boys the Musical, indeed! Yesterday I went to see the musical with my father and it was absolutely amazing! We got the original cast, which I think is awesome. I didn’t exactly know what to expect from this, because sure the songs and actors and actresses were amazing, but it was still a biography. Then again, a musical is never boring, or almost never, or it shouldn’t supposed to be boring, and so they outperformed my expectations. You should check out the amazing voices of the four lead roles. To be honest, doing research such as reading the synopsis and watching some YouTube videos isn’t enough. You really need to see the show. I was surprised by the fact that we were sitting so close to the stage. Like, it wasn’t that close, but I’ve never sat any closer before. It totally made you experience the story as if you were a part in it. And believe me, it really helps if you’re sitting closer to the stage. Personally I did love Nick Massi played by Robbert van den Bergh the most. Because he’s a quiet and modest man. He seems to have no worries or whatsoever and just goes along with the others. Also, Dieter Spileers did an amazing job as Bob Gaudio. Then there’s the ‘bad boy’, Tommy Devito played by René van Kooten, also well played. And of course there’s Frankie Valli, played by Tim Driesen. Really, that man can sing, what a voice. It’s funny, because he comes from Belgium and sometimes you could slightly hear that. And Bob Crewe, he’s just hilarious! The awesome thing is that Barry Beijer, who plays Bob Crewe, is one of my teachers at my theatre kinda club thing. To explain, it’s just like you follow piano lessons, only there you learn how to act, dance and sing. With other words, theatre lessons. Every year he gives some workshops there as one of the ‘guest teachers’. I’m really proud of what he’s doing, because he has real talent. That’s also why I decided I wanted to see Jersey Boys at least once, plus the fact I’ll be following theatre workshops at that theater, the Beatrix Theater, next week. When I watch a show I always have, what I call a ‘post-musical depression’, afterwards. Do you recognize that feeling when you’ve seen a show and never want that magical feeling, while watching it, to end? And the feeling when you want to stand on that stage yourself so badly? Well, that’s how I always feel after seeing a show. Rest me only one thing to say, go all see Jersey Boys the Musical and otherwise the movie! And it’s true, “Everybody remembers it how they need to.” ;)

Love,

Xanne-Li Olbertijn

Xoxo