A few weeks ago, I convinced Clare that we should travel to the Huron Country Playhouse to catch Drayton Entertainment’s presentation of Jersey Boys.

I had my eyes on this musical for many weeks, but it was sold-out night after night and tickets were extremely scarce.

However, by the skin of our teeth, we managed to snag two tickets on closing night!

I had seen the musical several years ago and absolutely loved it, but was secretly wondering if this more regional production would live-up to the standards of the touring production I had seen previously.

Readers should be aware that vocal harmony is my absolute, hands-down favourite form of music and while perhaps the harmonies of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons aren’t anywhere close to the complexities of groups like Voctave or The Four Freshmen, their music is pure delight.

I’m not easily convinced to take in dramatic productions but toss in some great songs to turn a play into a musical and I’m in, silly as most of them are.

Some will likely send hate mail but the only musical I’ve ever seen that I did not enjoy was everyone else’s favourite, Wicked.

If one tries to give me free tickets to see that again, I’ll have to decline.

In short, Jersey Boys was incredibly good, and I will suggest even better than the touring production I had seen previously.

The vocals were spot-on, perfectly balanced, and Niko Combitsis who portrayed Franki Valli could not have been any more of a dead-ringer.

His falsetto voice was amazing!

The other three actors/vocalists, Garrett Woods as Nick Massi, Josh Alcantara portraying the musical genius Bob Gaudio and Kale Penny as Tommy DeVito, were stunning in........

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