"...Stephen Ashfield has a sweet-faced sincerity which makes him highly credible as the band's brainy sexual innocent, with an unexpectedly powerful voice making his rendition of "December 1963" a particular highlight. "

"...Bob Gaudio is played with a delightful prissy elegance by Stephen Ashfield.”

"...We now have a new star in Stephen Ashfield."

"...Stephen Ashfield is excellent as the intellectually aspiring Gaudio, and sings beautifully. "

"...The gifted composer Bob Gaudio, is played by Stephen Ashfield with exceptional naturalness and assurance."

"...Stephen Ashfield is touching as the quiet, determined Gaudio."

"...Stephen Ashfield adds a little sophistication as the outsider Bob Gaudio."

"...Stephen Ashfield as Bob Gaudio, always the serious one in the group and the composer of many hits, brings an unshowy delicacy to a role which, in real life, must have been very difficult"

"...The introduction of Stephen Ashfield’s confident, articulate, gifted Bob Gaudio signals the start of the group’s rise to fame."

"...Stephen Ashfield is engagingly bluff as Bob Gaudio, the songwriter who came along at just the right time to carry the boys to the top of the pop world."