Jersey Boys Blog

John Lloyd Young will join Hairspray star Darlene Love for her annual Christmas show “Love for the Holidays” at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center at 7:30PM on Sunday, December 17. For tickets, call 212-721-6500 or visit www.jalc.org.

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 [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Christian Hoff recently completed the audio book entitled Tell Me How You Love The Picture, written by Academy Award Nominee Edward S. Feldman. “Known as the man of many voices, Hoff expects to set a Guinness World Record for Most Character Voices in an Audio Book-Individual. Next week in London, the producers [...]

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 [...]

Playbill.com reports that for the sixth consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remains at the Number Two position on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart. Here’s the latest Top 5 Broadway Cast Album list from Billboard: Wicked Jersey Boys Mama Mia! Spamalot The Lion King

Playbill.com reports that John Lloyd Young — the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s Jersey Boys — will head to the Garden State Dec. 18 to open the NBA’s New Jersey Nets-Golden State Warriors game. Young will perform the national anthem at the Nets-Warriors game, which is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM at the Continental [...]

Along with the year-end summary, check out the amazing Jersey Boys CBS News photo essay featuring the original Four Seasons, the four leads who play the pop icons, and the many celebrities that attended opening night festivities on November 6, 2005.

CBSNews.com’s year-end roundup of the Great White Way noted that it was the lads from the Garden State in Jersey Boys and the guys from Britain in The History Boys who dominated what was new on Broadway in 2006. The shows won Tony Awards for best musical and best play, respectively. Both also were rewarded [...]

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 [...]

Theatermania.com reports that comedian Caroline Rhea will host Rockers on Broadway: Jersey Style, a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Wingspan Arts, to be held at 8pm on Monday, January 29 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street). The show, which is being put together by Jersey Boys cast member [...]

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!

The View From the Bay, a television program in San Francisco, has an incredible video interview with rock ‘n roll legends and original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio. In addition to talking about what it’s like to be immortalized in a Tony-award winning play, the men reveal how Jersey Boys came to life [...]