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‘JERSEY BOYS’

The Hit Men.
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BY JUSTIN FRANZ
ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE FOUR SEASONS

TO PERFORM AT O’SHAUGHNESSY CENTER

D ecades after they made actual guys,” Lee Shapiro, a keyboard- Four Seasons in the 1970s and helped ic band, Shapiro and Polci decided to
waves as part of Frankie ist and original member, told the Bea- the group transition into the new de- form a new group to honor the sound
Valli’s Four Seasons, mem- con last week.
cade with pop hits like “Who Loves and music of the Four Seasons. They

bers of the iconic music The Four Seasons were a rock and You” and “Oh What a Night.” After have been touring ever since.
group are back at it and pop band that formed in the 1960s retiring from the Four Seasons, Shap- “The show is part concert and part
heading for Whiteish this and inspired the hit Broadway musi- iro went on to create a music creative multimedia experience,” Shapiro said.
weekend. The Hit Men, cal “Jersey Boys” that debuted in 2005. company. Polci left the group in 1990 “We sing the old songs but also show
which is comprised of two members of The musical won four Tony Awards and returned to New Jersey where he images and tell stories of the old days.”
the original Four Seasons, have been and has been adapted into a movie of completed his music education degree Joining Shapiro and Polci are Jim-
touring nationally for three years and the same name directed by Clint East- at Montclair State University and later my Ryan, the original guitarist and

will perform at the O’Shaughnessy
wood and due out in theaters this sum- became a music teacher.
singer for the Critters; Larry Gates,
Center in Whiteish, June 13-14. mer.
Three years ago, as the Broadway who arranged songs for Desmond Child
“We’re not a tribute band, we’re the
Shapiro and Gerry Polci joined the
hit brought more attention to the icon-
and Janis Ian; and Russ Velazquez,

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