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John Lloyd Young

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Actor b. 1975 On stage 2005

John Lloyd Mills Young (born July 4, 1975) is an American actor. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut. Young sang lead vocals on the Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys cast album, certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Young reprised his role as Frankie Valli in Warner Brothers' film adaptation of Jersey Boys, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and released June 20, 2014. Young was appointed by President Barack Obama to…

On stage 1 production

2005 Jersey Boys August Wilson Theatre · Original · directed by Des McAnuff 4,642 perf.

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A Little Night Music

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  • John Lloyd Young had both the talent and the timing—and another break, as well, that led to his getting the prime role of the 2005–2006 season: Frankie Valli, the linchpin of the Four Seasons in Jersey Boys.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Cast: John Lloyd Young, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Tituss Burgess, Steve Gouveia, Peter Gregus, Donnie Kehr, Michael Longoria, Mark Lotito, Jennifer Naimo, Erica Piccininni, Sara Schmidtebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Jersey Boys. From left to right, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young, Daniel Reichard, and Christian Hoff. (Joan Marcus)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • John Lloyd Young, the original Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys , was once an usher at the Hilton Theatre on Broadway during shows like 42nd Street and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . He booked the lead role in Jersey Boys in 2005, and less than a year later, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He recently finished filming the Hollyw…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt
  • by Betsy Byers; Director, Joe Calarco; July 16—August 20, 2003; Music, Obadiah Eaves; Producer, Theatreworks/USA; Cast: Angela Bullock, John Lloyd Young,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt
  • MELTING POT THEATRE COMPANY —iy Kate Wetherhead, John Lloyd Young in Summer of the Swans porto ey carol rosecctheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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