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Making History Again
Written By: Lindsay Garner Hostetler | Issue: August 2023
Mountain Theatre Company’s record-breaking run of Jersey Boys sets the pace for a successful season of local professional theater.
John Mezzina Hannigan, Emanuel Carrero, Gianni Palmarini, and Sam Alan Johnson in Mountain Theatre Company’s 2023 production of Jersey Boys. Photo by Emily Mercedes Rich
Mountain Theatre Company made history last summer at The Highlands Playhouse with Jersey Boys, its opening production of the 2022 Mainstage Season. All 22 performances of the show’s run sold out, totaling over 3,700 tickets sold. It is rare for a show to sell out its entire run, but once word got out in Western North Carolina that the level of talent on MTC’s stage was rivalling that of Broadway, ticket sales took off at an enormous rate. Multiple performances saw people waiting outside the theatre doors as performances began with patrons hoping to score seats from last minute ticket cancellations.
As MTC began to select the current 2023 Season, returning patrons and people who were unable to get tickets to Jersey Boys began begging them to produce the show again. In a bold move, Executive Director Scott Daniel brought the show back for a limited run return engagement to kick off their 2023 Season this summer. Most of the cast returned as well, including the actors playing the roles of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, whose incredible harmonies and chemistry on stage together had audiences raving.
Despite having fewer performances in a shorter production run, and thanks to their new theater venue at the Highlands Performing Arts Center having another 100 seats to sell, MTC’s 2023 production of Jersey Boys sold even more tickets than the 2022 run. A total of 3,748 people came to see Jersey Boys the second time around, breaking the show’s own previously held record. The cast and crew celebrated on stage on closing night with a champagne toast after their director, Scott Daniel, shared the news at the final curtain call.
The incredible success of Jersey Boys is setting the stage for another groundbreaking season at Mountain Theatre Company, their first in their new venue as the resident professional theatre company at the new HPAC.
Their 2023 Season continues with Rock of Ages, The Rocky Horror Show, and Home for the Holidays. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit mountaintheatre.com.
