Jersey Boys Blog

News from JERSEY BOYS: The Charlotte, NC engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Belk Theatre for the week ending April 4, with a gross of $1,164,813, breaking the previous record of $1,147,909 set by The Color Purple for week ending May 24, 2009. [...]

Theater critic Lawrence Toppman raves about JERSEY BOYS in Charlotte! Here’s a preview: Yet strange to say, the best thing about this show is not the music. It’s the chemistry among those four leads, whose characters could sustain harmony only under a spotlight. You can tell what kinds of people these are even when they [...]

Lawrence Toppman has posted a really interesting interview with Jonathan Hadley, JB national tour’s Bob Crewe, who is also a native of Charlotte! Along with talking about playing the flamboyant producer, Hadley discusses his amazing theatre career. Here’s a preview: Well, let’s see. A guy in his 30s, about six feet tall, who is… er… [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: The West Palm Beach, Florida engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record for the third time at the Kravis Center, for the week ending March 28, with a gross of $1,349,235, breaking the previous record they set the week ending March 21. [...]

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 [...]

Charlotte Observer’s theatre critic Lawrence Toppman has a marvelous preview of JERSEY BOYS national tour’s production in Charlotte, which begins on March 31 through April 18 at the Belk Theatre! Toppman reflects on the timeless music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: They were blue-collar guys, the kind found in every bar and garage [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: The West Palm Beach, FL engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record for the second time at the Kravis Center, for the week ending March 22, with a gross of $1,313,282, breaking the previous record they set the week ending March 14. [...]

Tickets will go on sale TODAY for the Louisville premiere engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Kentucky Center July 28- August 15, 2010. Below are the upcoming cities and dates for the JERSEY BOYS national tour: Charlotte, [...]

Critic Hap Erstein’s review of the JERSEY BOYS national tour is nothing short of WOW! Here’s a preview to this fantastic write-up: Sure, there have been plenty of backstage biographical musicals before, but few have the emotional impact of Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award-certified Best Musical. Currently in residence at the Kravis Center through [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: The West Palm Beach, FL engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Kravis Center for the week ending March 14, with a gross of $1,260,453, breaking the previous record set by South Pacific of $1,065,175 set earlier this season. JERSEY [...]

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 [...]

Here’s the JERSEY BOYS national tour scheudle update: West Palm Beach, FL at the Kravis Center from March 10-28, 2010. Seats are still available. Charlotte, NC; March 31 – April 11, 2010 Buffalo, NY; April 21 – May 9, 2010 Providence, RI; May 12 – June 6, 2010 Indianapolis, IN; June 9 – July 3, [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: For the second week in a row, the Fort Myers, Florida engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. For the week ending March 7, the show grossed $1,325,299, breaking the previous record set by [...]

On Friday, March 5, JERSEY BOYS national tour company members sang “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch at the opening day of spring training in Ft. Myers, where the Twins played the Red Sox. Company members who attended the event were: Candi Boyd, Denise Payne, Kara Tremel, Matt Bailey, Chris [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: Dates have been announced for the Philadelphia engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Forrest Theatre, as part of the new 2010-2011 Broadway Season. The musical will make its Philadelphia premiere on September 30, [...]

From BroadwayWorld.com: The Fort Myers, Florida engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record for the week ending February 28 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall with a gross of $1,304,292, breaking the previous record of $1,194,476.80 set by Wicked. JERSEY BOYS opened to rave [...]

Sara Fitzpatrick Comito of NaplesNews.com has a fabulous feature on hard-working women of the JERSEY BOYS national tour: Sarah Darling, Denise Payne and Kara Tremel. Here’s a preview: Don’t expect a huge ensemble cast with that number at Barbara B. Mann Performing Art Hall’s presentation of the rock and roll-charged biography, however. The Four Seasons’ [...]

Charles Rummells raves about JERSEY BOYS in Ft. Myers, summing it up by stating, “Moments like that elevate JERSEY BOYS from a mere jukebox musical. This is great theater — period.” True, the hit Broadway show delivers one Four Seasons hit after another — all amazing, and all pretty much the way you remembered them [...]