‘Jersey’ mail

No question Jersey Boys is one of the most exciting Bay Area theatrical events of 2006. Let's hear from a couple readers who have their own thoughts on Jersey Boys.Jan Brown of Livermore castigated me for not mentioning the show's foul language in my review.Point well taken. F-bombs explode all over the stage in Jersey Boys. Ms. Brown wrote that she would not recommend the show strictly on the basis of language and sexual content (there's a scene with prostitutes but no nudity or actual sex).The language is definitely strong, but I have two words for you: New Jersey.To my mind, you can't tell the story of four guys who come from the depths of the Garden State and its mobsters, petty thieves and macho mugs without the R-rated language. This is, after all, the same territory as The Sopranos.So if you go to Jersey Boys (and you really should if you want to have some fun in the theater), consider yourself warned.Tracie Pyers of San Bruno wrote with a keen observation. She celebrated a recent birthday by seeing Jersey Boys on Broadway with the original cast and says Christopher Kale Jones (left), who plays Frankie Valli at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, was just as good, ``if not better than'' Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young, who plays Frankie on Broadway.Here's what Tracie wrote:

I saw the NYC cast on the Today show and started thinking about a trip to New York. I was turning 40 in September so it seemed like it would be the perfect treat. It was wonderful to anticipate the show and I must have logged on to youtube.com and watched their Tony performance a million times. Still the New York show and the treat of seeing a Tony-winning show on Broadway was unbeatable. We loved it so much and wanted to see it again here in San Francisco. I was prepared to be a bit disappointed, thinking that the San Francisco cast somehow wouldn't be able to carry it for me, like the orginal and Tony-winning cast in NYC. But I have to tell you that I was not at all disappointed with the San Francisco Cast. I did feel that Christopher Kale Jones was as good if not better than John Lloyd Young as judging from the audience's reaction, they felt the same way.The NYC Tommy DeVito (Christian Hoff) won the Tony for his performance, and boy could you tell. SF's character (Deven May) played him a little older. Not bad but I did really appreciate the NYC Tommy and everything that went into his performance.