In May 2007 , while the first national tour continued ( with Steve Gouveia from the original Broadway cast as Nick Massi ) , a second company debuted at the Curran and ended as an open-ended run at Chicago 's Bank of America Theatre , beginning on October 5 , 2007 . The Chicago cast appeared on stage in the 2007 Emmy Awards in a tribute to HBO 's '' The Sopranos '' . A special holiday return engagement played at the Curran Theatre from November 20 through December 30 , 2007 , starring Rick Faugno as Frankie Valli , Andrew Rannells as Bob Gaudio , Bryan McElroy as Tommy DeVito and Jeff Leibow as Nick Massi . The majority of this cast became the original Las Vegas cast , which debuted at The Palazzo Hotel on Sunday , May 3 , 2008 , in the newly built Jersey Boys Theatre . The show temporarily closed on January 1 , 2012 , and reopened on March 6 , 2012 , at Paris Las Vegas . On June 7 , 2016 , it was announced that '' Jersey Boys '' would be ending its Las Vegas show on September 18 , 2016
2007 Emmy Awards
59th Primetime Emmy Awards
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