Word: nicks
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...creators of Jersey Boys, librettists Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and director Des McAnuff, went for Plan C. They had two ideas for freshening the material. One was to emphasize the Seasons' Italo-American roots, especially the connection to the New Jersey mob of founder Nick DeVito; this turns the show from a simple exercise in Frankie Valli nostalgia into "The Falsetto and the Sopranos." The other was to give each member of the group weight by letting him tell part of the story. Tommy says, "You ask four guys, you get four different versions." That's Jersey Boys...
...Tommy, when he's not doing time at Rahway Correctional Facility, sings with neighborhood pal Nick (J. Robert Spencer) and looks out for a guy, one year younger, whom he calls "kid": Frankie Castelluccio (John Lloyd Young). Frankie's wife Mary (Jennifer Naimo) warns him: Mary: "With friends like these, maybe you should change your name to Sinatra." But he goes for Valli. Then Tommy's pesty friend Joe Pesci, yes, that one, hooks him up with Bob Gaudio (Daniel Reichard), a teenager who a few years before had a novelty hit called "Short Shorts." He wants music...
...Scorsese's Mean Streets, four guys hang out looking for the big score, and one of them get in trouble with a don. By the end of Act I, Tommy owes a half-million dollars to various nefarious gents. Recalling their pre-star days, Tommy says, "Hey, Nick, remember when we couldn't get arrested?" Later, speaking to the audience, Nick acknowledges that "None of us were saints. You sell 100 million records, see how you handle...
...lives in Weld Hall. “Freshmen are not used to throwing as many parties.”“It was very rare for me to spend a night in which the central event was a freshman dorm,” says Nick J. Melvoin ’08, who is also a Crimson editor, recalling his freshman year. Because of the state law banning underage drinking, the University is responsible for ensuring that freshmen are behaving legally. “If there’s an event in a freshman dorm, we can pretty much assume...
...second-teamer named yesterday. Harvard’s honorable mentions went to senior wide receiver Ryan Tyler, senior tight end Kelly Widman, and junior linebacker Ryan Tully, along with three sophomores: quarterback Liam O’Hagan, defensive end Brad Bagdis, and safety Doug Hewlett. Brown’s Nick Hartigan, who led the nation in rushing and propelled the Bears to their first outright Ivy title, was named the unanimous Ivy Player of the Year. Six other Brown players were named to the first team. Yale tailback Mike McLeod was named Rookie of the Year. On the other...