Songs of Sinatra to Jersey Boys open new Raue Center season

Submitted by Raue Center for the Arts

Celebrate Opening Night 2012/2013 with songs from Sinatra to Springsteen and everyone in between. Former Chicago Jersey Boys cast member John Michael Coppola kicks off the new season. Don’t miss John Michael Coppola: A Jersey Voice at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.22. Buy tickets at rauecenter.org, at the box office at 26 N. Williams St., or call (815) 356-9212.

During his 17 year career, Coppola appeared on the stages of some of the top regional and Off Broadway theatres in the U.S. Career highlights also include appearing on the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as sharing stages with Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and George Hearn.

Coppola’s most notable success was his appearance in the Chicago and Las Vegas companies of the Tony Award winning musical, “Jersey Boys,” where he understudied and performed the role of Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons. From there he went on to perform with America’s Hottest New Vocal Group, Under the Streetlamp, where he was a regular fill in for all four vocal parts for the group, although never at the same time.