Jersey Boys Blog

Theater critic Chris Jones has an in-depth feature on Frankie Valli in today’s Chicago Tribune. Jones talks to Valli, in addition to Bob Gaudio, about the creation and phenomenal success of Jersey Boys and their career’s ups and downs over the last 50 years. Jones has also included interesting insights from Des McAnuff and Rick [...]

Kyle Lawson of The Arizona Republic recently checked in with original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, JB writer Rick Elice, and Rick Faugno, one of the actors who plays Frankie Valli for their thoughts on the lives and times of the Four Seasons. Here’s a preview of the interview: Q: Does Jersey Boys get the [...]

Jersey Boys Blog wishes Jersey Boys’ co-writer Marshall Brickman a Happy 66th Birthday!! Brickman was born in Brazil to American parents on August 25, 1941. While still in his teens, Brickman was a member of the Tarriers, a group which also included future actor Alan Arkin. He paid his way through college as a folksinger [...]

Photos courtesy of Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com. “Broadway Stands Up for Freedom!,” a benefit concert to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union, took place on Monday, July 16th at 7:30 pm at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 La Guardia Place, Washington Square South). Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, [...]

Playbill.com reports that Tony Award-nominated Jersey Boys book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice are working on a new Broadway-aimed musical to be directed by Tommy Tune. Patrick Pachecho reported on the cable channel NY1 that the project, called Turn of the Century, is a kind of jukebox musical filled with American pop standards. According [...]

Visit ArtsPass.com for a terrific video interview Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, who share their story of writing the musical hit and bringing Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to the Broadway stage.

Playbill.com reports that Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Erich Bergen, along with a slew of Tony Award winners will raise their voices on July 16 in the 5th annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom!, a concert benefiting the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union. The New York Civil Liberties Union has been [...]

Variety.com reports that The Addams Family, a new large-scale tuner based on the cartoons of Charles Addams aims to hit the Rialto in the 2009 -10 season! The big news for Jersey Boys fans–Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice will provide the book! Produced by Chicago-based Elephant Eye Theatrical, the musical will be capitalized at more [...]

Check out K-EARTH 101 Gary Bryan’s interview with Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, and Rick Elice!

In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff and co-author Marshall Brickman have written letters to the editor about their recent misunderstanding. An Excerpt from McAnuff: …Marshall and Rick went off and wrote a fabulous script while, simultaneously, my creative team designed and planned a production of which I am truly proud. While [...]

Looks like Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff and co-author Marshall Brickman may have had a bit of a misunderstanding recently. It began after a February 14 article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the three actresses who play the girls in the national tour of Jersey Boys. In the article, Director Des McAnuff explains why [...]

Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys co-author and Academy Award winner for “Annie Hall,” Marshall Brickman will emcee the upcoming Guild Hall Academy of the Arts 22nd Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards. The gala benefit will take place on Monday, March 19 at the Rainbow Room at 6:30PM. Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl will receive the Guild [...]

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for BroadwayWorld.com to ask some of the biggest Broadway stars and industry leaders: “What’s the most romantic Broadway song ever?” Check out what Jersey Boys cast members (Erich Bergen, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young) and co-author Rick Elice had to [...]

Michael Elkin of The Jewish Exponent has a wonderful feature on Jersey Boys co-author Marshall Brickman, who shares his thoughts on his early days, his career as a writer, and his success story with the 2006 Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys. Here’s a short preview of this terrific story: Oy, what a night? No, it was [...]

With the national tour of Jersey Boys settling in for what appears to be a nice, long run at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre, InsideBayArea.com’s theatre critkc Chad Jones was curious as to how the story of the Four Seasons turned into such an electrifying show. On Jones’ Theater Dogs blog, he talks about a lunch [...]

Pat Craig, of InsideBayArea.com provides a detailed look at of Jersey Boys, one of the most remarkably successful musicals to come along in years. The show, about the on- and offstage lives of The Four Seasons, has been running on Broadway for more than a year, and it opens its San Francisco run on Sunday [...]

Karen D’Souza of the Mercury News has a great interview piece with Jersey Boys’ director Des McAnuff and book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Ellis. Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, kicks off its national tour Sunday at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. The director and the writers talk about how the [...]

New York Post’s Michael Riedel has some big news regarding the possibilities of Jersey Boys becoming a movie, with Stephen Spielberg, and other Hollywood moguls interested in turning this Broadway blockbuster into a film! According to Riedel, Steven Spielberg is said to be in hot pursuit of the movie rights to Jersey Boys. He’s seen [...]

Jersey Boys Blog wishes a Happy Birthday to Rick Elice! Along with Bob Gaudio celebrating his 64th birthday today, Jersey Boys‘ co-writer Rick Elice is celebrating his 51st birthday!! Rick Elice saw his first Broadway show at the age of three. From that day on, he dreamed of working in the theater. From the age [...]