written by on 12/10/2013
Jersey boys has always been one of the top west end shows as long as it has been running. Sadly I have been a few times in the last year and the standard of some of the cast has gone down. It looks like younger performers have been cast in place instead of older ones with experience. This must be due to cutting costs. You can't run a show like jersey boys with some of the hardest vocals around to performers straight from collage just to save a few pounds. For example a few of the Frankie covers have not come up to the normal high standard that the lead Ryan Molloy sets. I have seen most of the understudies over the years who have been on the whole not bad. This year has been the worst for me with cover Michael Watson who was flat and out of tune with most of the songs. His dancing was awful. I have seen him twice now and the performance hadn't improved. If this is the way the top shows are going I will not be going back. Tickets are not cheap so producers must be getting greedy. Can't see this show lasting much longer if the cast are not up to the job.
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