About This Show

He’s coming back around after a postponement in the spring of 2020. Dion. One name set the standard of cool for a generation. An Italian-American kid from the Bronx, Dion DiMucci skyrocketed to fame as a teenage heartthrob in the 1950s and early ’60s with hits like “Runaround Sue,” “Teenager in Love,” and “I Wonder Why.” Now, his extraordinary journey comes to the stage in a moving and intimate new musical about a life lived in the glow of the spotlight and in the shadow of addiction. Starring Michael Wartella (Chasing Rainbows) as Dion, Christy Altomare (Anastasia), and Joey McIntyre (Wicked, Waitress, New Kids on the Block). Choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby and directed by Emmy-nominated producer and director Kenneth Ferrone.

Show Details

Dates: First Preview: March 24, 2022 Final Performance: April 24, 2022

Theatermania Review

| | April 5, 2022
Mike Wartella stars as music icon Dion DiMucci in the world-premiere biomusical at Paper Mill Playhouse.