The JERSEY BOYS national tour production opens Wednesday and runs through June 6 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Providence Journal Arts Writer Channing Gray has a feature story about the two men behind the JERSEY BOYS story–Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Here’s a preview:
“Jersey Boys,” the Broadway smash, pulls into the Providence Performing Arts […]
From today’s New York Post: Frankie Valli, in addition to original Four Seasons’ singer and songwriter Bob Gaudio, and playwrights Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, have filed suit against “The Boys in Concert,” a new touring concert production created by former cast members.
The lawsuit claims “The Boys in Concert” steals songs, stage elements and copyrighted […]
(Photo Credit: Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com & Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com)
THE ADDAMS FAMILY opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 8, 2010. Based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, THE ADDAMS FAMILY has a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (librettists of the 2006 […]
Theoden Janes of CharlotteObserver.com has a fun interview with Rick Elice who talks about–Jersey and JERSEY BOYS!
Rick Elice was born in Manhattan, and as a kid growing up in New York, he didn’t care much for New Jersey.
He only had to put up with the Garden State when his parents would make the 45-mile drive […]
Palm Beach Daily News Arts Editor Jan Sjostrom has a terrific interview with JERSEY BOYS’ writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, original Four Seasons’ member Bob Gaudio, and JB national tour cast meber Ryan Jessie (who plays Gaudio). All agree that the show’s phenomenal success is driven by the audience’s enthusiasm.
“What we’re doing is […]
Charles Runnels has a preview of the JERSEY BOYS national tour, which will be running at Mann Hall in Fort Myers beginning Wednesday February 17 through March 7.
Runnels talks to JERSEY BOYS writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, in addition to cast members Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) about the […]
JB National Tour’s Four Seasons: Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin, and Matt Bailey (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus)
Tonight through January 23, 2010, the JERSEY BOYS national tour will be playing in Detroit at the Fisher Theatre. Here’s a sneak peek into what reporters are saying about the blockbuster hit!
Lawrence B. Johnson, Detroit News: Johnson […]
(more...)The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted! JB Podcast #70 includes a fabulous in-depth interview with JERSEY BOYS co-author Rick Elice!
(more...)The stars are definitely in alignment today–as not one–but two Jersey Boys geniuses are celebrating their birthdays!! We wish Jersey Boys co-writer Rick Elice a very Happy Birthday today!
How did the Jersey Boys project happen? Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman were looking to do something together. As luck would have it, friends had arranged […]
(Photo Credit: Mark Seliger)
The new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its pre-Broadway world premiere in TONIGHT in Chicago. The musical features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, in addition to choreography by Sergio Trujillo!
Preview performances begin […]
In a special to The Washington Post, Nelson Pressley talks to Frankie Valli and co-writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice about how the JERSEY BOYS musical came about and the international hit it has become. Below is a preview:
Frankie Valli doesn’t call “Jersey Boys” a musical; he consistently refers to the Broadway show as […]
As reported earlier, Bob Gaudio and Rick Elice were in Toronto last week for the first-anniversary gala performance of JERSEY BOYS!
Robert Cushman chatted with Gaudio and Elice about creating JERSEY BOYS and the show’s worldwide success.
According to Gaudio, the show is to be believed. “I was a more than reluctant performer. Who […]
In a recent interview with Diane Snyder, Rick Elice explains the JERSEY BOYS phenomenon. Here’s a preview of what Rick had to say:
“At that moment the audience has forgotten they’re watching four actors and they root for these four guys as though they really are The Four Seasons in their youth,” says Rick Elice, one […]
Visit EncoreAtlanta.com to listen to and read Kristi Casey Sanders’ in-depth interview with Rick Elice! Here’s a preview:
Q: How did you get involved in the ‘great fight’?
A: When I was three years old, I taken by my parents to see a show on Broadway. I was born here in NY and my parents, I guess, […]
Steven Bryan of AJC.com states that JERSEY BOYS makes its local debut Wednesday at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta! During the run, the touring production will see its 1,000th performance.
Here’s a preview of the story that features interviews with Rick Elice, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin, and Des McAnuff.
“That’s three years of touring,” […]
Kristi Casey Sanders of EncoreAtlanta.com has an interesting interview with Rick Elice, who talks about the beginnings of JERSEY BOYS and its eternal heart.
According to Elice, the show exists because of three miracles that took place between October 2003 and October 2004. The first miracle was that Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio gave […]
The Boston Globe’s Louise Kennedy notes that Boston’s downtown theaters will have a busier summer than usual–with JERSEY BOYS (July 23-Sept. 26), The Color Purple, and Rent coming to town.
What all three shows have in common, aside from successful Broadway runs and crowd-pleasing tunes, is a strong sense of story - and a story […]
In an exclusive South Florida appearance, meet the co-writer of Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award–winning Best Musical about Rock-and- Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli in Behind the Scenes: Rick Elice on Saturday, April 18 at noon in the Abdo New River Room. For an insider’s look at […]
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