Jersey Boys Blog

Thank you to a Jersey Boys fan in London for these wonderful photos of the Prince Edward Theatre!

Jersey Boys officially opens in London at the Prince Edward Theatre TONIGHT!

As Broadway hit Jersey Boys, revealing the rags-to-riches tale of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, opens in the West End TONIGHT, Whatsonstage.com’s John Coleman salutes the group’s signature sound & rise to fame from the mean streets of New Jersey. Thrilling Four Seasons harmonies might resonate with early Sixties Beach Boys sounds, but Valli’s [...]

After reading the pre-publicity Jerseybeat – The Four Seasons Story (Radio 2, Wed), Gillian Reynolds of the Telegraph expected the series to be only an extended plug for the stage show. However, after three of its four episodes, she is hooked, addicted, enthralled. The Four Seasons, to remind you, are a white singing group from [...]

Visit Playbill.com for photo coverage of London’s Jersey Boys cast–starring Ryan Molloy (as Frankie Valli), Stephen Ashfield (Bob Gaudio), Philip Bulcock (Nick Massi) and Glenn Carter (Tommy DeVito). Jersey Boys officially opens tomorrow, March 18 at the Prince Edward Theatre!

Ryan Molloy, the West End Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys recently spoke to Whatsonstage.com’s Roger Foss about playing the legendary singer. Here’s a preview of what Ryan discovered about Valli: I hoped to meet Frankie Valli when I flew to New York for the final audition for Jersey Boys, but he was far too busy [...]

Listen to this amazing interview with Bob Gaudio and Stephen Ashfield on BBC London Radio on the Lesley Joseph and Christopher Biggins Show!

With Jersey Boys officially opening on March 18 in London, the UK press is filling everyone in on the Tony Award-winning megahit, in addition to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. In the Sunday Sun, Caroline Smith provides some interesting facts on Frankie Valli’s chart-topping career. Along with singing, Frankie also acted, appearing in the [...]

Sara Robertson of the Sunday Sun has a fun interview with Ryan Molloy, who is playing Frankie Valli in the West End production of Jersey Boys. Molloy, 32, talks about the excitement of playing Frankie Valli and meeting the pop icon, the upcoming Opening Night festivities in London on March 18, and what he’d like [...]

Baz Bamigboye of the Daily Mail has an exciting Jersey Boys London update: Ryan Molloy, who portrays Frankie Valli in the musical Jersey Boys, which is now in preview at the Prince Edward Theatre. Mr Molloy sings like a dream and accurately conveys Valli’s sense of loyalty spliced with an underlying savviness that has enabled [...]

Rhoda Koenig from The Independent notes that while other jukebox musicals have taken the route of hagiography (Buddy) or fantasy (Mamma Mia), Jersey Boys is a little bit different. Instead of using The Four Seasons’ catalogue to illustrate the triumph of talent and persistence, or a fictional romantic romp, Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman fashioned [...]

The Sunday edition of the London Times states that it’s time to shine a light on the invisible men. Considering how many hits they accumulated in their prime – they are up there with John, Paul, George, Ringo and Elvis – the Four Seasons are as anonymous as any gang of backroom musicians. Frankie Valli [...]

There’s terrific press coverage of the arrival of Jersey Boys to the West End! Nick Curtis of the Evening Standard has a highly interesting interview with Frankie Valli, 74, and Bob Gaudio, 66, respectively the voice and the songwriter of the Four Seasons! Valli and Gaudio talk about their tough early days, their successes, their [...]

New York Post reports that Rick Elice, co-writer with Marshall Brickman of the smash hit Jersey Boys, is off to oversee the show in London, where it opens next month. “I have to make sure the jokes work,” he said the other night at the opening of an exhibit about Broadway musicals at the Library [...]

Sarah Swain of the Evening Times has a terrific profile of Stephen Ashfield, a Glasgow actor who will take the stage tonight as Bob Gaudio in the London production of Jersey Boys! Ashfield, 28, says it is all thanks to his school music teacher. The actor, who studied at Glasgow’s RSAMD, said he was “ecstatic” [...]

Jersey Boys begins previews in London TOMORROW at the Prince Edward Theatre! The Tony-winning Broadway show will have its official opening on March 18!

As the story of ’60s pop sensations The Four Seasons heads for the West End, David Gritten of Telegraph.co.uk has a marvelous interview with Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio. Here’s a preview: For those too young to recall, it is hard to convey how huge the Four Seasons were when they first emerged from New [...]

The Ealing Times reports that you can win tickets to see Jersey Boys in London by answering this question: What are the names of the members of the Four Seasons? Discover the legendary story of a group of working-class boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the greatest successes in [...]

The latest from Daily Mail columnist Baz Bamigboye regarding Jersey Boys in London: Ryan Molloy, Stephen Ashfield, Glen Carter and Philip Bulcock star in the London production of smash hit musical Jersey Boys. Director Des McAnuff has been rehearsing his cast in a church hall in London, but on Monday the company moves into the [...]