John Lloyd Young
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. For his performance as Valli, Young won 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. He sings lead vocals on the platinum, Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording. Young recreated his Broadway turn onscreen for director Clint Eastwood in Warner Bros’ film adaptation of Jersey Boys.
Young’s interpretations of classic favorites and genre-bending knockouts range from nostalgic pop and R&B to jazz, Broadway, and beyond. His five-star-rated solo album of R&B standards is MY TURN… (2014). Young is a former presidentially appointed member of Barack Obama’s President’s Committee on the Arts.
