“Young commands one of the best pop voices to come along in decades. When he and the material align, it is a phenomenon that is truly breathtaking.” — Metrosource
John Lloyd Young: Broadway's Jersey Boy: Tony and Grammy Award winner John Lloyd Young burst onto the scene as the charismatic original star of Jersey Boys on stage and on screen. His unique musical point of view has made him a hit with audiences across the globe. Young's thrilling interpretations of classic favorites and unexpected, genre-bending knockouts range from nostalgic pop to R&B, from jazz to Broadway, and beyond.
Tony and Grammy Award winner John Lloyd Young originated the role of Frankie Valli in Broadway's Tony Award Winning Best Musical and international hit, Jersey Boys. As Valli, Young garnered unprecedented accolades from New York and national media, including one of the most exciting New York Times reviews ever written for an actor making a Broadway debut. Mr. Young went on to win the Lead Actor Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards, becoming the only American actor in history to win all four leading actor awards for a Broadway debut. Mr. Young sings lead vocals on the Platinum, Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys Original Cast Album and made his West End debut reprising his famous role at London's Piccadilly Theatre. Young re-created his award-winning Broadway turn onscreen for director Clint Eastwood in Warner Brothers' film adaptation of Jersey Boys, which premiered across the world in 2014.Mr. Young has played to sold-out crowds of 17,000-plus as Marius in Les Misérables at the Hollywood Bowl, and he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the White House, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the U.S. Congress, Lincoln Center, New Year's Eve in Times Square, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Radio City Music Hall, the New York City Marathon, Feinstein's in New York, San Francisco and Indiana, New York's Cafe Carlyle, Yankee Stadium, Dodgers Stadium and the Staples Center, and with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch, and Pasadena Pops, conducted by Michael Feinstein. He is a former presidentially appointed Member of Barack Obama's President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. His solo album of classic R&B standards, My Turn… debuted as a five-star-rated Amazon bestseller.