Fairfield University Quick Center for the Arts hosts “OH WHAT A NIGHT! A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons,” Saturday, September 12.

Fairfield University Quick Center for the Arts hosts “OH WHAT A NIGHT! A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons,” Saturday, September 12.

The performance is part of The Evening for the Arts Gala, which benefits the Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the educational enrichment and professional development of young artists and early career professionals, and created in the memory of Orange, CT, resident Jamie Alaine Hulley.

“OH WHAT A NIGHT! A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons” — a dynamic musical revue of hits songs — headlines the Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation’s thirteenth annual Evening for the Arts Gala Benefit on Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

The performance begins at 7 p.m. and is preceded by an Evening for the Arts reception at 6 p.m., which includes complimentary wine and beer, light hors d'oeuvres and a 150 item silent auction. Tickets are available through the Quick Center Box Office: (203) 254-4010, or toll-free 1-877-ARTS-396. (1-877-278-7396). Tickets are $45 in advance or $50 at the door.

“OH WHAT A NIGHT!” is an exhilarating, family friendly musical revue conceived and directed by award-winning Broadway producer and director Michael Chapman and written by Motown producer George Solomon. The show features all the original Frankie Valli & The Four Season hits as well as many top 10 releases not in the Broadway’s Tony award-winning hit musical.

“Everyone loves this music,” said Judy Primavera, foundation co-founder and president of The Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation. “We are very fortunate to have the country’s #1 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons tribute show at our gala.”

OH WHAT A NIGHT thrills its audiences with great choreography, boundless energy, humor and instantly recognizable classic hits such as Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like A Man, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Let's Hang On, Who Loves You, and many more. The Gala also showcases the talents of local young aspiring performers involved in the foundation's programs. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening is Jared Brown, Artistic Director of Square Foot Theatre in Wallingford with Rob and Andrea Kennedy, Directors of Amity Creative Theatre, serving as co-hosts and auctioneers.

The Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the educational enrichment and professional development of young artists and early career professionals, was founded to celebrate the memory of Orange, CT, resident Jamie Alaine Hulley. All proceeds from the Gala are dedicated to scholarships, educational programs and grants in the arts throughout Connecticut especially in the greater New Haven and Fairfield counties. Since the foundation’s creation in 2002, nearly 700,000 in scholarships and grants have been awarded which have touched the lives of thousands of area youth each year. For information on the Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation, visit www.jamiehulleyartsfund.org , call (203) 891-8869, or email: jamieart@snet.net .

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