With Jersey Boys opening at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, and playing through March 15, Jay Handleman of the Heraldtribune.com has a terrific story about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, their rise to fame, and the story behind JB! The feature includes interviews with Bob Gaudio, Rick Elice, and Christopher Kale [...]
(more...)A major “celebrity sighting” at Jersey Boys in Houston: Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara enjoyed the show on Sunday afternoon, February 3.
(more...)Jo-Carolyn Goode of Style Magazine has a terrific in-depth interview with Jersey Boys national tour cast member Brandon Matthieus, who portrays seven different characters which requires him to have seventeen different costume changes to display his various skills and talents. Brandon’s roles encompass everything from a rapper to a policeman who comes in contact with [...]
(more...)Visit MyFoxHouston.com to see the amazing Jersey Boys national tour cast–Eric Bates, Steve Gouveia, Christopher Kale Jones, and Andrew Rannells on Fox 26 Morning News!
(more...)D.L. Groover of HoustonPress.com says that Jersey Boys in Houston is solid gold! Instead of plopping songs into a plot that was never intended to hold them, book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice take the path of least resistance. Since they’re using Four Seasons songs, they’ll tell the group’s story. What could be simpler? [...]
(more...)Meet the JB national tour and have them sign a copy of the Jersey Boys book on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:00 PM at Borders at the Galleria, located at 5061 Westheimer Road!
(more...)Awards season has begun. Just yesterday we mentioned that Jersey Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles was among the Top 10 Entertainment Choices in 2007 on TheSignal.com! Now, Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys was named Outstanding Touring Production at the San Diego Critics Circle Awards, which were presented on January 21. Congratulations to [...]
(more...)Columnist Michelle Butterman of The Signal lists her Top 10 Entertainment Choices of 2007, which includes Jersey Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles! Check out the entire list on TheSignal.com!
(more...)Everett Evans of the Houston Chronicle notes that the Tony-winning Broadway hit’s touring edition of Jersey Boys had its official press night Friday at Hobby Center. With Des McAnuff’s slick direction propelling the show briskly, the tour showcases a personable quartet of leads who harmonize smoothly onstage and even more persuasively enact the behind-the-scenes rivalries, [...]
(more...)Lindsey Halfhill of AZTeen Magazine has a marvelous interview with Jersey Boys’ national tour cast member Melissa Strom! Melissa shed some light on what it was truly like to be a part of a Tony Award-winning production, as well as being an actress in general. Here’s a preview of this great interview: LH: What is [...]
(more...)What a way to finish out 2007! BroadwayWorld.com reports that the Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys, winner of four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical, ended 2007 by setting new house records all over the country last week! For the week ending December 30, the show grossed $1,373,842 in New York at the August Wilson [...]
(more...)Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson has a terrific article on what it takes to play the legendary Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys: So the guy playing Frankie Valli, the Four Seasons lead singer with the stunningly high, potent falsetto voice, should be the star of this hit Broadway musical — right? Right. But at [...]
(more...)Variety.com reports that the newest production of Jersey Boys, now playing in Seattle, broke the box office record it set last week by more than $100,000! Last week,the show grossed $1,248,257 at the Fifth Avenue Theater. In Chicago, JB grossed $1,213,120 at the LaSalle Bank Theatre last week and the San Francisco Holiday Engagement of [...]
(more...)Virginia Zech of SeattleWeekly.com adores Jersey Boys! She notes that it’s a dazzling, gritty, almost painfully fun example of everything that musical theater should be. JB is the kind of production that prompts wonder at why other musicals of recent years have gone wrong. Though the production’s opening scenes are nearly as inauspicious as the [...]
(more...)Theatermania.com reports that despite a 19-day strike, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS raised a record-breaking $3,927,110 as part of the 19th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, which concluded on December 18 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The companies of Jersey Boys sure know how to raise funds! This year’s top fundraiser included the national tour [...]
(more...)Listen to the great interview on the KZOK Bob Rivers Show with Jersey Boys’ national tour stars Chris Jones and Deven May!
(more...)Listen to a short radio interview with Jersey Boys national tour cast members on 710 KIRO hosted by Tom Tangney in Seattle!
(more...)Jersey Boys national tour cast member Taylor Sternberg reports that he has “heard the call”! With Eric Gutman leaving the national tour to go to Broadway, Taylor will now be taking over as the “tour” blogger. Check out his Tour THAT blog!
(more...)SeattlePI.com Theater Joe Adcock states that Jersey Boys is a perfect stage musical! Energetic performers belt out the songs. Christopher Kale Jones plays Frankie Valli, the lead singer with the amazing falsetto. Erich Bergen, Steve Gouveia and Deven May play the rest of the sometimes harmonious and sometimes unruly quartet. A versatile cast of secondary [...]
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