By David Cace
If one were to have asked me the following question before Sunday October 25, 2009:
When is a request not really a request?
My answer would have been:
An “offer you can’t refuse” from Marlon Brando.
In reply, one might ask:
What about a “Royal Command Performance”?
Depends on who the “Royalty” is would be my retort.
Is it “Jersey […]
We would like to wish the one and only Tommy DeVito a very Happy 81st Birthday today!
Photo 2: Courtesy of Stonewallvets.org; Photo 3: Courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com
(more...)In today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal, columnist Doug Elfman has a terrific interview with Tommy DeVito, who sets the story straight. Tommy talks about his tough early days of poverty and abuse, his wild life of fame and fortune as the founder of The Four Seasons, how he fell on hard times in Las Vegas, and […]
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You may think Tommy DeVito is sitting back and relaxing these days in Vegas—playing a little golf, hanging out with his pals, and enjoying himself in this fabulous 65 degree winter weather, right? Well, that may be true, but he’s also busy as a record producer and manager!
Tommy has been back in the recording studio, […]
Belmont Avenue will be the center of attention Monday evening as the street is renamed Tommy DeVito Drive by the town of Belleville, New Jersey. About 200 friends, family and colleagues will be gathering to remember the humble and talented beginnings of Tommy DeVito ‘when it was all still ahead’ of him and brother, Nick […]
(more...)Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci, Frank Maiorano, and Frank Vincent (Photo courtesy of Frank Maiorano)
By Audrey Rockman, JBB Special Correspondent
On Sunday, July 27, as fans toured his old neighborhood, Tommy DeVito and about 150 of his closest friends and family were celebrating his 80th birthday in another part of Jersey- not in Belleville or Bloomfield, but […]
We wish Original Jersey Boy Tommy DeVito a very Happy 80th Birthday today! For more details on Tommy, check out his JBB Exclusive Interview!
Photo 2: Courtesy of Stonewallvets.org; Photo 3: Courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com
(more...)Oh, What A Gala–Saturday, May 3, 2008–Jersey Boys Opening Night at The Palazzo!!
Photos by the Tech Half and Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar.
Walking into the magnificent Palazzo on Saturday evening, May 3, 2008 for one of the most exciting things ever to hit Las Vegas–Jersey Boys Opening Night Gala and Frankie Valli’s 74th birthday celebration–was a night like […]
As we’ve noted, this weekend has ROCKED! Jersey Boys Opening Night in Vegas (just wait for details!), Frankie Valli’s birthday, the JB OBCR topping the charts again this week–and in the Sunday Los Angeles Times, Paul Lieberman has one of the most interesting in-depth stories on the men of Jersey–Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, and Frankie […]
(more...)TheStar.com Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian has a wonderful feature story about Jeremy Kushnier, the 32-year-old actor from Winnipeg who will be standing center stage when the curtain goes up this evening at The Palazzo Hotel for the Las Vegas premiere of Jersey Boys playing “bad boy” of The Four Seasons, Tommy DeVito.
Jeremy talks to […]
In today’s Las Vegas Sun, Jerry Fink has an in-depth interview with Four Seasons’ founder Tommy DeVito, who has called Las Vegas his home since 1970. DeVito talks to Fink about his tough upbringing in Belleville, NJ, his chart-topping success as an original member of The Four Seasons, his post-Four Seasons life in Vegas, and […]
(more...)Today’s Las Vegas Sun has a fascinating interview with actor Jeremy Kushnier has been playing the role of Tommy DeVito in the musical Jersey Boys. He portrayed the Four Seasons founder in the San Francisco company and in Chicago before joining the Las Vegas cast.
“This show can be very Vegas-specific,” Kushnier says. “So I thought […]
Visit GILG to listen to Part 3 of BBC Radio’s “Jersey Beat: The Four Seasons Story!” Part 3 includes interviews with Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, songwriter Denny Randell, and former 4 Seasons members Charles Callello and Lee Shapiro. This segment highlights the Seasons’ career in the late 1960s through the group’s biggest hit […]
(more...)From TMZ.com: Donna Corbello, widow of Rex Conrad Woodard, is suing Tommy DeVito, because she claims her late husband’s book on DeVito’s life was the basis of Jersey Boys, but she’s been cut out of the profits. Corbello is seeking a declaration that her late husband is the “joint owner” of that as-yet unpublished book, […]
(more...)During his Goldmine interview, reporter Ken Sharp asked Tommy DeVito to share memories of some of The Four Seasons’ biggest songs. Below are some of Tommy’s thoughts:
“Rag Doll”: Me and Gaudio were coming out of the studio and we had some kid run up and do our windshield. I didn’t have any single and Bob […]
Along with Frankie Valli’s candid interview, the current issue of Goldmine Magazine features an extensive interview with founding Four Seasons member, guitarist Tommy DeVito, who powered the band’s sound with his dynamic six-string abilities and spirited background vocals. Here’s a sneak peek of what Tommy had to say:
Goldmine: When did you start playing guitar?
Tommy DeVito: […]
The latest edition of Goldmine Magazine, the record and CD collectors’ magazine, has an extensive cover story on Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which includes incredible photos and interviews with Frankie Valli and Tommy DeVito!
Here’s a preview of the Goldmine interview with Frankie Valli:
GM: Having seen the Jersey Boys play, what struck me […]
The 58th Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted. This podcast includes Part 3 of 4 of our interview with original Four Season member Tommy DeVito.
The topics covered by Tommy in this part includes: his favorite Four Seasons songs and background ideas on why he thinks some were hits & some were not; details on […]
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