Jersey Boys Blog

Hope everyone had a chance to see the Jersey Boys cast on the Today Show this morning! WOW! In addition to hearing the great songs from the Broadway hit, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young serenaded Katie Couric with “Happy Birthday” greetings! Katie Couric also spoke briefly to legendary singer [...]

With only four months remaining in the 2005-2006 Broadway season, Ken Mandelbaum takes a look at where things stand in terms of success, failure, and Tony Awards in this week’s The Insider column. Mandelbaum talks about the season’s first unqualified hit, Jersey Boys, somewhat unexpected because Lennon, All Shook Up, and Good Vibrations had seemed [...]

In this week’s Diva Talk column, Andrew Gans provides a “best of” list that includes favorite musical performances on the theatrical and cabaret stages that opened in 2005. Included in Gans’ list is Jersey Boys! Here’s what he says about the smash hit musical: Just when it seemed the jukebox musical had taken its last [...]

In Broadway.com’s 2005 Wrap-Up of Quotable Quotes, Frankie Valli, John Lloyd Young, and Rick Elice give their thoughts on Jersey Boys: “This has been a dream in the making for a long time, so to actually see it being performed on a Broadway stage is—don’t really have any words to tell you what the feeling [...]

In an article published today, Playbill summarizes several publications’ annual roundups of this year’s best theater productions. Included on many of these lists is the hit musical Jersey Boys and John Lloyd Young’s standout performance as Frankie Valli! …Could there be some Tony nominations in the Jersey Boys’ future???

In his year-end summary of Broadway’s best, New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley applauds John Lloyd Young’s standout performance in Jersey Boys: Who’d a thunk that the theatrical find in the year would surface in a crowd-pleaser about the career of the pop group the Four Seasons? But playing Frankie Valli, the Seasons’ lead [...]

In his Broadway debut playing Frankie Valli in this season’s hit musical Jersey Boys, Entertainment Weekly has named John Lloyd Young’s performance among 2005’s most memorable moments. Here’s what was said in EW’s year-end double issue: John Lloyd Young vividly remembers his first Frankie Valli moment. “As a kid, I saw a commercial for this [...]

On Friday, December 23, Broadway.com will announce the 2005 Star of the Year! JerseyBoysBlog.com’s Prediction: This year’s winner will be– JOHN LLOYD YOUNG!!!

Just a reminder: You have 15 minutes left to cast your vote for John Lloyd Young as Broadway.com’s Broadway Star of the Year!!!

John Lloyd Young, starring as Frankie Valli in this year’s hit musical Jersey Boys, has been nominated by Broadway.com as one of the 2005 Stars of the Year! The Broadway.com editorial staff has nominated eight worthy performers that displayed the rare combination of talent, personality and undeniable stage presence—in shows that would have been all [...]

Broadwayworld.com reports that ET’s “The Insider” will re-broadcast a recent Kathy Lee Gifford interview with legendary Four Seasons star Frankie Valli and John Lloyd Young, who stars as Valli in Jersey Boys, this Friday, December 16 on CBS-TV at 7:00pm EST.

Playbill.com reports that all four Jersey Boys—Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young–attended the opening night performance of Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life. Here’s a photo of the guys. Regarding the excitement of the opening night show, Jersey Boys John Lloyd Young said, “It was like a fascinating lesson in the [...]

Several Broadway-related websites have done a great job capturing the magic of Jersey Boys rehearsals, the Opening Night gala, performances at the August Wilson Theater, and TV appearances featuring the cast, the original Four Seasons members, and other people associated with the show. Below are some highlights: This Broadway.com video features rehearsal footage with cast [...]

Broadwayworld.com reports that John Lloyd Young, starring as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, will appear on WNBC-TV’s “Live At Five” tomorrow, Friday, December 2 between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. He will talk with “Live At Five’s” Sue Simmons about what it’s like to embody living legend Frankie Valli on the Great White Way.

According to many critics, the four actors playing the original Four Seasons in Jersey Boys on Broadway are “stars in the making”. Here’s a sampling of what they’ve said: Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito) Curtainup.com said Hoff makes his irresponsible DeVito simultaneously charming and irritating… Newsday stated that Christian Hoff plays him with such sweet grandiosity [...]

Frankie Valli and the stars of Broadway’s newest hit musical, Jersey Boys: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young, will be featured on CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight” on Monday, November 28 at 7:00pm, repeating at 11:00pm EST.

It doesn’t get any better than this!!! Picture this: Your favorite band of all time is the Four Seasons! You grew up with them, listened to them every day since the age of two. Okay, that’s my story… Sure, they had a ton of number one records (seven) & even more Top 10 hits (19)–but [...]

Celebrities came out in droves for Jersey Boys’ opening night and after-party festivities. In addition to the three surviving Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito, big screen actors Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Danny Aiello; Soprano castmates Jamie-Lynn Discala, Tony Sirico, Steve Van Zandt, Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore; and singers Frankie [...]

New York Times’ Jesse McKinley interviews Broadway newcomer, John Lloyd Young, who plays 60s pop icon Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, the new musical officially opening on Broadway tonight. Young talks about the awakening of his falsetto voice, his childhood, his preparation for the role, and his recent meetings and advice from Valli. “I’m getting [...]