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THRILL ME NEWS THRILL ME LONDON Jye is has just finished playing Nathan Leopold along side George Maguire as Richard Loeb in the London Premiere of THRILL ME - The Leopold & Loeb Story. After an intial sell-out run at the Tristan Bates Theatre, THRILL ME transferred to the Charing Cross Theatre for another extended sell-out season. THRILL ME - The Leopold & Loeb Story is set against the backdrop of 1920's murderous Chicago. The show recounts the chilling true story of the legendary duo who committed one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century. This multi-award winning musical by Stephen Dolginoff is directed by Guy Retallack. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH REVIEW by TIM WALKER April 10th, 2011 "Jye Frasca's Leopold is a study in helpless infatuation. Upon the stage of this theatre - a place that offers no refuge to the talentless- these two gents prove beyond all doubt the they are proper, grown-up Actors with a capital A." THE EVENING STANDARD REVIEW by FIONA MOUNTFORD April 8th, 2011 "Both Frasca and Maguire are superb, the former seeming to shrink and gain pallor in the flash-forwards to his parole hearing in 1958. Thrilling indeed." THE STAGE REVIEW by MARK SHENTON April 8th, 2011 "There’s plenty to cheer in the riveting performances of Jye Frasca and George Maguire as Leopold and Loeb respectively, who bring a thrilling, chilling urgency to each characters’ journey." WHATSONSTAGE REVIEW by MIRIAM ZENDLE April 21st, 2011 "With a two-hander, casting needs to be spot on, and thankfully it is, with former Jersey Boy Jye Frasca skillfully using expression and speech patterns to make his Leopold somewhat innocent and clingy in flashback, but clearly more world-weary in the present day." BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW by JULIA HOGG April 13th, 2011 "Bringing those characters to life are Jye Frasca as Leopold and George Maguire as Loeb. Frasca is more well-known for big West End hits such as Jersey Boys, Wicked and Mary Poppins. Both demonstrate their considerable dramatic talent in these roles, and do an impressive job of portraying the tense, complex relationship between Leopold and Loeb with equal parts manipulation, fear and love. They share fantastic chemistry and effectively explore a complicated, and at times frighteningly controlling, relationship, and they do so with subtlety." THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW by EDWARD SECKERSON April 7th, 2011 "Jye Frasca and George Maguire are sexily persuasive and thus chillingly credible." THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE REVIEW by ANITA BUTLER April, 2011 "Both men sing with beauty and clarity of diction not often heard today; every word rings out clear as a bell with duets so gorgeous that at moments the subject matter fades... Jye Frasca captures Nathan's mounting sense of anxiety as he loses himself to the madness of obsession yet is able to convey a pleasing tone of ambiguity as to which of the twosome ultimately holds the upper hand." THE ARTS DESK REVIEW by Matt Wolf April, 2011 The narrative chores having been handed to Jye Frasca's compelling Nathan Leopold... Frasca has greater West End experience (an extended run in Jersey Boys included) and he's good, too, playing an accomplice in the clutches of a putative lover in Loeb who doesn't give much back beyond contempt for the world around him. Frasca nicely captures, too, the sense of reversal that gives Leopold the upper hand long after Loeb's grim fate has been revealed. AWARDS Jye was nominated as BEST ACTOR for his portrayal of Nathan Leopold in The Off West End Theatre Awards! THRILL ME was nominated for 7 Off West End Thaetre Awards. THRILL ME is nominated as BEST OFF WEST END PRODUCTION at this years WHATSONSTAGE THEATRE GOERS' CHOICE AWARDS   JERSEY BOYS NEWS JERSEY BOYS LONDON Jye has completed a brilliant run in the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award winning musical JERSEY BOYS at the Prince Edward Theatre, where he created the role of Joe Pesci.  Jye also had the priviledge of playing the lead role of Frankie Valli on many occasions. JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and is Directed by award winner Des McAnuff and Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo. The show also features Music by Bob Gaudio, Lyrics by Bob Crewe, and a Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW by BEN BRANTLEY July 2nd, 2008 "...they could really act the stuffing out of their characters, with wit and conviction and even credible Jersey accents. This was especially true of Jye Frasca, in the role of Frankie Valli, he of the platinum falsetto. He grabbed the spotlight with such gusto that no one was going to deny him his right to it. For me, at least, this added a touch of unexpected drama to show I felt I knew inside-out even before I saw it the first time." THE STAGE REVIEW by PAUL VALE March 19th, 2008 "Jye Frasca is a surprising hit as a very young Joe Pesci" SCHIZO SAMURAI SHITZU NEWS SCHIZO SAMURAI SHITZU You can now see Jye as "Travolta" in the new BBC Spoof Comedy Series SCHIZO SAMURAI SHITZU. Jye stars in this new BBC series along side Blake Harrison and Greg Davies from The Inbetweeners. SCHIZO SAMURAI SHITZU is directed by Tim Kirkby. To watch all episodes in full please click on the BBC Comedy Logo...