Jersey Boys Blog

On Sunday, November 5, 2006, the Jersey Boys are scheduled to sing the National Anthem at the NYC Marathon!

Broadway.com provides exclusive photo coverage of celebrity super-couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas at their backstage visit with the Jersey Boys cast!

Thanks to Lee Ann for adding new photos to the Stage Door section of the Jersey Boys Photo Gallery! Check out her pics with Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, Bobby Spencer, and Peter Gregus! Also, thank you to everyone for your contributions in making the gallery a success! Jersey Boys Blog would love to have more [...]

Jersey Boys had another amazing week at the box office, grossing $1,171,006 for the week ending 10/29/06. The show also had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway (100.8%), and for the sixth consecutive week, Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway (the other being Wicked). [...]

The Jersey Boys Podcast #25 for October 28, 2006 has been published. This podcast includes Part 3 of 3 of the Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli guest DJ appearance in 1994 on BBC Radio; the latest news & fan feedback about Jersey Boys; and a super fan interview by Christy Holden during her recent trip [...]

John Lloyd Young reports on his blog that he and the other Jersey Boys, along with members of the JB orchestra flew out on a private jet after yesterday’s matinee to L.A. The cast is scheduled to be special guests at a benefit for the Museum of Television and Radio honoring Jerry Bruckheimer and Head [...]

Jennifer Naimo reports on her blog that megastars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas saw Jersey Boys last night, then came backstage after the show to meet the cast!

The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette website has a video clip of WABC-TV’s “Broadway Backstage: Fall Preview” that includes scenes from Jersey Boys and an interesting interview with dance captain Peter Gregus!

Star-Ledger reporter Jay Lustig recaps Frankie Valli’s benefit concert this past Thursday night at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center that raised $400,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of New Jersey. Lustig notes that Valli was raised in Newark and performed in local clubs before putting together one of the greatest pop vocal groups [...]

Cast members from Jersey Boys, in addition to stars Joan Collins, Harvey Fierstein, Nathan Lane, and Donny Osmond will appear in “A Magical Evening,” a benefit for the Christopher Reeve Foundation on Monday, November 6 at 6:30PM at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in Times Square. The black-tie event will include cocktails, dinner, and an awards [...]

Playbill.com reports that Jersey Boys will be one of the Broadway shows featured on WABC Channel 7′s “Broadway Backstage: Fall Preview.” The program will also include an interview with JB dance captain Peter Gregus. “Broadway Backstage,” co-hosted by Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster and WABC’s Steve Bartelstein, will air from 7:30-8PM ET in the New York [...]

According to BroadwayWorld.com, Christian Hoff and John Lloyd Young will be among the presenters at the Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Casting on November 1st at Caroline’s on Broadway (1626 Broadway, between West 49th and West 50th Streets, NYC). The 22nd Annual Awards ceremony begins at 4:45pm EST with a cocktail reception, followed by [...]

Playbill.com reports that Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording slips to Number 3 this week after spending the last 15 straight weeks at Number 2 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart. Here’s a look at Billboard’s Top 5 Broadway Cast Albums for this week: Wicked Mama Mia! Jersey Boys A Chorus Line The Lion King

Genuine Imitation Life Gazette has a video clip of Christian Hoff’s amazing recent interview on “Theatre Talk.” Hoff talks about his journey playing Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, his first meeting by phone with DeVito, his journey as an actor, and lots more!

Playbill.com’s Andrew Gans reports that the eighth edition of “Broadway’s Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure” — the annual holiday CD to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS — is now available. The two-CD set features 26 holiday tunes, both traditional favorites and original songs, performed by the casts of such current Broadway musicals as Jersey [...]

Jersey Boys rocked at the box office again last week, grossing $1,160,453 for the week ending 10/22/06. The show also had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway (100.7%), and for the fifth consecutive week, Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway (the other being Wicked). [...]

Washington Times reporter Jennifer Crier Johnston notes that it was “all amore and more amore” at Saturday’s National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) gala at the Washington Hilton, the only venue in town that can host 3,000 people for a sit-down dinner. Original Jersey Boy Frankie Valli was among this year’s NIAF award recipients, along with [...]

BroadwayWorld.com, Broadway.com, and Theatermania.com report that the producers of Jersey Boys, winner of this year’s Tony Award for Best Musical, have announced the cast that will launch the National Tour in San Francisco in December! The national Jersey Boys tour will star Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Michael Ingersoll as Nick Massi, Christopher Kale Jones [...]

President Bush made a surprise appearance Friday night at the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) dinner show featuring Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Here’s what Bush had to say about honoree Valli: And I understand you’re honoring Frankie Valli. Sorry I’m not going to be around to hear you. But rest assured I’ve heard [...]