On his Theater Loop blog, Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones reports that three-quarters of the Four Seasons are changing in the JERSEY BOYS Chicago production! As reported on JB Blog earlier, the new Chicago Frankie is Dominic Scaglione, Jr., who comes to Chicago after playing the main man in both Las Vegas and Broadway. The new [...]
(more...)SuburbanChicagoNews.com has a fun feature on JERSEY BOYS Chicago’s Mike Erickson, who plays a total of nine roles (including Billy Dixon) in the production! There was a time in the mid-1990s when Mike Erickson caught some good-natured teasing while on the practice fields of Batavia High School. On the gridiron, Erickson was the Bulldogs’ big, [...]
(more...)Dominic Scaglione, Jr. joins the JERSEY BOYS Chicago cast TONIGHT as Frankie Valli!! If you’re one of the lucky ones in the audience tonight, we’d love to hear about the amazing performance!
(more...)Dear Jersey Boys Family, Great news! Jersey Boys has advanced to the FINALS for “March Madness – the arts faceoff†hosted by the Chicago Tribune. This is the final vote to determine the winner, and Jersey Boys will go up against Million Dollar Quartet. We need everyone to send an email to help push Jersey [...]
(more...)Here’s your chance! It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for die hard fans to break bread with rock and roll icon Frankie Valli and cast members from the Chicago Company of Jersey Boys! Saturday, April 18 marks the date of “Lunch with FRANKIE and Jersey Boys at Frankie’s Scallopine & 5th Floor Pizzeria in [...]
(more...)Stefano Esposito of the Chicago Sun-Times states that it had the makings of another really tough day for Sherry Tomasello. But about 10:30 this morning, a black SUV with tinted windows pulled up in front of Tomasello’s Northwest Side bungalow, and four handsome young men strode up the front steps and into her living room. [...]
(more...)JERSEY BOYS has advanced in the next round of voting for “March Madness – the arts faceoff†hosted by the Chicago Tribune! This is a fun contest to select the favorite arts event in town. The next round of voting is open from now until Tuesday, March 31 at 9am CT. Please vote before Tuesday [...]
(more...)Merissa Haddad Richard Duckett has a great feature on JERSEY BOYS Chicago’s Mary Delgado, Merissa Haddad! According to Duckett, Haddad had not originally moved West to pursue an acting career. Rather, she was a physical therapist working with children with special needs. However, a longstanding interest in theater had been nurtured from her days at [...]
(more...)Visit WGNTV.com to watch the entire phenomenal JERSEY BOYS Chicago cast perform on The Morning Show!
(more...)Photos by MKI at BroadwayWorld.com. The Chicago company of Jersey Boys will place a new block of tickets on-sale to the public Friday, January 23 at 10 a.m. for performances April 14 – July 12, 2009. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St. and [...]
(more...)From SuburbanChicagoNews.com: The Arcada Theatre will welcome the four stars of the hit musical “Jersey Boys” and other celebs at 6 p.m. Jan. 18. The event will benefit the Arcada Theatre Renovations Fund. The benefit will feature a wine and cheese reception on the main stage along with a behind-the-scenes experience with the actors as [...]
(more...)Photos by Peter James Zielinski at BroadwayWorld.com. From BroadwayWorld.com: The 20th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION announced a total of $3,061,000 had been raised by the 63 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Since 1989, the 20 editions of GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION have raised a [...]
(more...)News from BroadwayWorld.com: Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to report that the Chicago company of Jersey Boys has raised $41,524 to benefit Chicago Public Schools through the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. As part of the Chicago company’s one-year anniversary this October, Jersey Boys pledged to donate a dollar from each ticket sold to an [...]
(more...)Peter Gianopulos of North Shore Magazine has an interesting piece on Cory Grant, who plays Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys Chicago! Grant says he still isn’t sure how he got the part — the chance to play Frankie Valli … in Jersey Boys … on Broadway — but to be honest with you, he isn’t [...]
(more...)From ChicagoFestivals.org: The city of Chicago loves the Jersey Boys! The cast of the hit musical smash will be making an appearance on the route of Chicago’s grand holiday tradition, the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade!
(more...)Philip Potempo of NWITimes.com states that Jersey Boys still hitting all the Broadway high notes after first year and treating audiences to a theater experience that ranks as nothing short of amazing. Broadway in Chicago announced last month that actor Jarrod Spector, who had been playing Valli for the Chicago run, would be leaving the [...]
(more...)Visit ABC7 Chicago to watch the Jersey Boys interview with cast members Drew Gehling, Cory Grant, Michael Ingersoll, and Ryan Quinn West who are celebrating their first anniversary in Chicago this week!
(more...)From BroadwayWorld.com: ‘Jersey Boys’ CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN CHICAGO – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14! Congratulations to the Chicago JB cast, crew, and creative team! The record-breaking Chicago Company of Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is thrilled to celebrate its first anniversary in Chicago on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. In celebration [...]
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