History Theatre / JerseyBoys

* ThePeteBest: Tommy's brother, Nick DeVito, plays with the band when they first find Frankie, but dissappears from the show after going to prison.

* TeenGenius: Bob Gaudio, who writes a hit in his teenage years and goes on to single-handedly make The Four Seasons household names.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Frankie Valli lost two daughters within six months of each other, the first in a fall from a fire escape, and the second to a drug overdose. The play and film only depicted the second, because showing both would appear contrived and melodramatic.

Debuting on Broadway in late 2005, the show has won four Tony Awards (Best Musical, Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and Best Lighting) and as of 2014, has become the 13th longest running show on Broadway. It has had production runs in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Auckland and Brisbane. A film adaptation directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, starring John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli (reprising his Tony-winning role), Creator/VincentPiazza as Tommy [=DeVito=], Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and none other than Creator/ChristopherWalken as mob boss Gyp [=DeCarlo=] was released in 2014. On September 6, 2016, it was announced that the Broadway production would close on January 15, 2017 and that [[Series/DancingWithTheStars Mark Ballas]] would be the final Frankie Valli beginning October 18, 2016.

* ShoutOut: The film includes a shoutout to ''Film/{{GoodFellas}}'' in the scene where the teenage Joe Pesci visits Bob Gaudio to invite him to join the soon-to-be Four Seasons. If you listen closely, he says the words "funny, how?", much like the real Pesci's character [[NamesTheSame Tommy [=DeVito=]]] famously says in the aforementioned film.

Debuting on Broadway in late 2005, the show has won four Tony Awards (Best Musical, Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and Best Lighting) and as of 2014, has become the 13th longest running show on Broadway. It has had production runs in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Auckland and Brisbane. A film adaptation directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, starring John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli (reprising his Tony-winning role), Vincent Piazza as Tommy [=DeVito=], Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and none other than Creator/ChristopherWalken as mob boss Gyp [=DeCarlo=] was released in 2014. On September 6, 2016, it was announced that the Broadway production would close on January 15, 2017 and that [[Series/DancingWithTheStars Mark Ballas]] would be the final Frankie Valli beginning October 18, 2016.

** "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" is recorded as a new song in another mid-'70s scene, shortly after Francine's death, when it was, in fact, released by Frankie Valli in 1967 as a solo recording. One can say it might have flipped timelines with the aforementioned "My Eyes Adore You," incidentally another Valli solo release.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: They decide to call themselves the ''Four Seaons'' wile standing outside the titular hotel. It's a bowling alley called ''Four Seasons Lanes'' in the movie.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: The band spends years toiling in obscurity and doing backup session work for other bands and singers, without any notable success. Then one day, Bob Gaudio thinks up "Sherry" in 15 minutes...and it's a number one hit. Although it is possible that the years of backup session work are what taught them how to create a hit song in 15 minutes.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Frankie Valli lost two daughters within six months of each other, the first in a fall from a fire escape, and the second to a drug overdose. The play and film depicted only the second, because showing both would have appeared contrived and melodramatic.
* RevolvingDoorBand: During their early years, the Seasons had to change their line-up based on who was in prison, whether they could get rid of whoever wasn't good and what fad Tommy was trying to profit off of. When Bob joins, the line-up sticks for a time, but it isn't long before band members start leaving until Frankie Valli is essentially a solo artist. Fittingly, the band changes it's name to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

** In one scene, Frankie sings "My Eyes Adore You" to a 7-year-old Francine in what appears to be the mid-'60s. The song was co-written in 1974 by Bob Crewe, and not by Valli.
** Francine is depicted to have died sometime in the mid-'70s, when she, in fact, died in 1980.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Nick quits the band after becoming fed up with the stress of touring and infighting amongst the group.

* HonorBeforeReason: Played for good and for ill. Frankie and Bob make a "Jersey Contract" on a handshake that benefits both of them, as they each look out for each other. [[spoiler: But Frankie's code of honor means that he insist the band take on and pay off the massive debt incurred by Tommy -- even when Tommy himself leaves the band.]]

-->''"[[CrowningMomentOfFunny It's a sign!]]"''

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The finale of the show. After their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, each member talks about their feelings of the band's success and reveals what he's up to currently (aside from Nick who, as Frankie reveals, passed away Christmas Eve 2000).

Debuting on Broadway in late 2005, the show has won four Tony Awards (Best Musical, Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and Best Lighting) and as of 2014, has become the 13th longest running show on Broadway. It has had production runs in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Auckland and Brisbane. A film adaptation directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, starring John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli (reprising his Tony-winning role), Vincent Piazza as Tommy [=DeVito=], Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and none other than ChristopherWalken as mob boss Gyp [=DeCarlo=] was released in 2014. On September 6, 2016, it was announced that the Broadway production would close on January 15, 2017 and that [[Series/DancingWithTheStars Mark Ballas]] would be the final Frankie Valli beginning October 18, 2016.

* ShoutOut: The film includes a shoutout to ''Film/{{GoodFellas}}'' in the scene where the teenage Joe Pesci visits Bob Gaudio to invite him to join the soon-to-be Four Seasons. If you listen closely, he says the words "funny, how?", much like Pesci's character [[NamesTheSame Tommy [=DeVito=]]] famously says in the aforementioned film.

* GamblingAddict: Tommy. As Nick says, he bet on everything from horse races to "which fly would take off from the window sill first".

* RevolvingDoorBand: During their early years, the Seasons had to change their line-up based on who was in prison, whether they could get rid of whoever wasn't good and what fad Tommy was trying to profit off. When Bob joins, the line-up sticks for a time, but it isn't long before band members start leaving until Frankie Valli is essentially a solo artist. Fittingly, the band changes it's name to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

* ControlFreak: Tommy likes everything being done his way.

* TheQuietOne: Nick Massi, with the exception of the segment he narrates.

** "Fall", narrated by Nick Massi, goes into the group's breakup due to Tommy's gambling debts.
** "Winter", narrated by Frankie Valli, deals with his solo career.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: Downplayed, but a couple of times the Four Seasons' members assert that their success lies in the fact that they sing "for The People," the working-class American everyman, rather than the upper-middle class teens or crazy hippies like Music/TheBeatles.

Debuting on Broadway in late 2005, the show has won four Tony Awards (Best Musical, Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and Best Lighting) and as of 2014, has become the 13th longest running show on Broadway. It has had production runs in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Auckland and Brisbane. A film adaptation directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, starring John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli (reprising his Tony-winning role), Vincent Piazza as Tommy [=DeVito=], Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and none other than ChristopherWalken as mob boss Gyp [=DeCarlo=] was released in 2014.

* FamiliarSoundtrackForeignLyrics: The musical opens with "December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)" being played in French, establishing the popularity the Four Seasons would reach later in their careers.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue