Jersey Boys Blog

Seán Martinfield of the San Francisco Sentinel raves about Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre! Martinfield states that the story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons is the most amazing piece of entertainment you are likely to find this holiday season and for as many seasons as The City can hold onto this production. [...]

Camille Bounds of the Gilroy Dispatch asks: What makes a hit? What makes a musical a production that makes people want to spend their money and time to see a particular show? Answer: A group of gutsy, talented people that bring together a story and music that commands attention and lets the audience leave the [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that the national tour of Jersey Boys, which opened at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on December 10th, has broken that theatre’s house record, according to Variety. So far, the musical has grossed $1,096,270. The national tour of Jersey Boys recently extended its stay in San Francisco with performances through March 25, 2007. Tickets [...]

Steven Winn of the San Francisco Chronicle highlights the incredible music of the sensational Broadway/national tour smash Jersey Boys, and the new movie Dreamgirls. In Jersey Boys, in addition to the new flick Dreamgirls, the audience gets swept through the business of show business (new French covers, a rigged talent contest) to tap the eternal [...]

The thumbs-up, positive reviews keep popping up for Jersey Boys national tour in San Francisco. Check out what Variety.com has to say: Any fears that the popular appeal of Jersey Boys might dwindle with each mile’s distance from Hackensack were allayed by the first touring edition’s opening-night audience in San Francisco, which greeted the show [...]

Donald Munro of The Fresno Bee asked if all the hoopla about Jersey Boys is worth it? If you grew up with Valli and The Four Seasons and have a strong affinity for the music, quite possibly. Skillfully staged, briskly acted and reasonably well sung, Jersey Boys is more than just a standard-issue jukebox musical. [...]

CBS5.com in San Francisco has posted an insightful interview with pop music icon Frankie Valli. Valli talks about his childhood in the Newark, New Jersey projects; his beginnings as a young singer; his amazing falsetto; the success of Jersey Boys; and so much more. So, what is a Jersey Boy, you ask? It all goes [...]

BeyondChron.org’s Buzzin’ Lee Hartgrave says that JERSEY BOYS gives new meaning to the word “Blockbuster”. It’s a skillfully told story of four boys from New Jersey, who used to sing their harmonies under a streetlight to become the world famous group known as The Four Seasons. The story is not only wonderfully poignant, but mind [...]

After a four-hour flight delay, we finally arrived in San Francisco last night! Before we take in this amazing city (and count down the hours until tonight’s performance), I thought I’d see what’s up in the news related to Jersey Boys! More RED HOT reviews to be posted soon!!

BroadwayWorld’s Eugene Lovendusky states that night after night, the audience in San Francisco’s Curran Theatre doesn’t even ask permission to applaud…they just do! In the middle of songs no less, they’re on their feet, swimming in the ubiquitous sound of The Four Seasons during the first tour engagement of the Tony Award-winning musical, Jersey Boys. [...]

Marin Independent Journal’s Charles Brousse notes that Sunday was nostalgia night at the Curran Theatre. The aging boomers who packed the house for the long-anticipated opening of a show that celebrates one of America’s best-loved musical eras literally “went ape” (an endearing term borrowed from the historical setting) even before their idols appeared…Whether spurred by [...]

The critics are giving a unanimous thumbs-up to Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre. Here’s a bit of what Richard Dobbs of the Bay Area reporter had to say: Even while acknowledging that the opening-night audience for Jersey Boys was thick with partisans, the roars that erupted at key moments can’t be chalked up to [...]

After attending Sunday’s opening night performance, InsideBayArea.com’s critic Chad Jones gave Jersey Boys a four-star review! Well, on his Theater Dogs blog, Jones continues to sing the praises of the national tour production, the four young talented actors playing the pop icons, the Four Seasons, and the audience’s reaction to this phenomenal show. Here’s a [...]

Lisa Millegan of the Modesto Bee notes that the fans leapt to their feet with the amazing story and music in Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre. Millegan states: Its unsanitized account of the group’s rise to fame may surprise fans who remember only the innocent lyrics about breakups and twist parties. A sign in [...]

Playbill.com reports that the national tour of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys has extended its run at the Curran Theatre. Originally scheduled to play the San Francisco venue through Feb. 11, 2007, the musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will run through March 25. The tour of Jersey Boys began at the Curran [...]

TheaterMania.com’s Tiffany Maleshefski’s review notes: The moment actor Deven May steps onto the stage of the Curran Theater in the national tour of Jersey Boys — expertly cast as Tommy DeVito, founder and guitarist of doo-wop darlings The Four Seasons — sparks start to fly. “I don’t want to be ubiquitous, but we put New [...]

Taylor Sternberg has posted a great slide show of Jersey Boys national tour’s opening night celebration on his website. Check it out!

Jersey Boys national tour cast member Eric Gutman’s blog continues to give everyone an inside look at his experiences in the JB national tour. Check out his amazing thoughts and slide show of opening night!

Richard Connema of TalkinBroadway.com notes that the much anticipated touring production of the Tony winning musical Jersey Boys has come roaring into the Curran Theatre with four amazing singers who knock the socks off the audience and cast a spell over the audience with their precise movements and thematic resonance. About the actors playing the [...]