Jersey Boys Blog

Christian Hoff will be one of the guests tonight on “Theater Talk,” along with ventriloquist Jay Johnson, star of the Broadway show, The Two and Only. “Theater Talk” airs on PBS/Thirteen, tonight at 12:30 AM and repeats five times next weekend on CUNY-TV.

Jersey Boys Blog wishes Jersey Boys Orchestrator Steve Orich a very Happy Birthday!! In addition to being nominated for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2006 for his work on Jersey Boys, Steve has written orchestrations for many shows, including Paint Your Wagon, 110 in the Shade and Cole Porter’s You Never Know. Additionally, [...]

Playbill.com reports that Rhino’s Jersey Boys maintains its lock on the Number 2 slot for the 15th consecutive week on Billboard’s Top Broadway Cast Albums chart. Here’s a look at Billboard’s Top 5 Broadway Cast Albums for this week: Wicked Jersey Boys A Chorus Line Mama Mia! The Lion King

Playbill.com reports that the La Jolla Playhouse staging of the musical The Wiz, starring David Alan Grier, has extended its run two more weeks. The Des McAnuff production will now run through November 26, 2006.

BroadwayWorld.com has some incredible photos of Daniel Reichard’s “Kegger” concert at Ars Nova on September 22. Along with Daniel, you’ll see Jersey Boys cast and crew including Steve Gouveia, Donnie Kehr, Kelly Kinsella, and Dominic Nolfi, in addition to many of Daniel’s other performing friends having a blast on stage!

Take a look at Broadway.com’s exclusive photos of Des McAnuff’s revival of The Wiz at the La Jolla Playhouse on Sunday, October 8. Below are a few of the photo highlights: From Gotham to the Emerald City, Daniel Reichard brings a huge green basket of opening night goodies from the Jersey Boys to The Wiz [...]

BroadwayWorld.com provides extensive photo coverage of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas–the latest star-studded Actors’ Fund Benefit concert–that took place on October 16 at the August Wilson Theatre. Check out the great photos of Jersey Boys cast members Peter Gregus, Michael Longoria, and Daniel Reichard, in addition to many other Broadway luminaries.

Check out Stage Notes blog photos of the Actors’ Fund of America The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas event at the August Wilson Theatre Monday evening. You’ll see shots of Jersey Boys Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and Matt Scott, as well as other stars from the production.

Jersey Boys had another amazing box office week! For the week ending 10/15/06, the show grossed $1,164,758 and also had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway: 100.8%! For the fourth consecutive week, Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway last week (the other being Wicked). [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys will play a Los Angeles engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre next year. Playing for 11 weeks, Jersey Boys will begin previews on May 25th, 2007, open on June 3rd, and run through August 5th. Other stints for the tour include San Francisco’s [...]

Yahoo News reports that the casts of the hit Broadway musicals Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, and The Times They Are A-Changin’ have joined the list of celebrities who have donated their time to take part in “Broadway to Baghdad,” a star-studded special event sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America on Tuesday, October 17, in New [...]

Jersey Boys cast members Peter Gregus, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and Matt Scott will narrate the opening of The Actors’ Fund’s 6th Annual One-Night-Only Benefit Concert of the Tony Award-winning musical, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The event will be held tomorrow, October 16 at the August Wilson Theatre, beginning at 7:30PM. For more [...]

Jersey Boys Blog wishes Michael Longoria a Happy Birthday! Michael Longoria plays 17-year old Joey Fishes (Pesci), as well as understudy for the Frankie Valli role. In addition to Jersey Boys, Michael has performed in the Broadway production of Hairspray, the European tours of A Chorus Line and West Side Story, and regional tours of [...]

Check out photos of original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, in addition to Jersey Boys book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice at an informal Q&A session at the Los Angeles House of Blues. Jersey Boys will play at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from May 27 to August 5, 2007.

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Christian Hoff, in addition to Hunter Foster, Jenny Powers, and Gregg Edelman will participate in the industry reading of The Man In The White Suit, a new Broadway-bound musical. The readings will take place on Friday, October 20th at 12:00pm and 4:00pm at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd [...]

Christian Hoff reports on his blog that he and his wife Melissa were blessed with a baby girl, Elizabeth Christine, earlier this week! Elizabeth Christine joins the other “Hoff-Springs”: seven year-old Erika Kathryn and eleven year-old Elias Anders. Congratulations to the Hoff family!

Contactmusic.com reports that Frankie Valli will be presented with the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Lifetime Achievement Award on October 21, 2006. Valli will collect his honor at the NIAF’s 31st Anniversary Awards Gala at Hilton Washington Towers in Washington DC. The night before the ceremony, Valli will perform at the hotel with the Four [...]

Back Stage’s Mark Blankenship talked shop with Tony Award-winners Christian Hoff, Beth Leavel, and Bob Martin. Here’s what Christian had to say: BACK STAGE: You’ve achieved professional success, but we’d like to know how you got your careers started. CHRISTIAN HOFF: I started working when I was 8 years old. It was The Music Man, [...]

On Oct. 14, Back Stage will host Actorfest, a trade show for actors. In a panel discussion called “Top Tony Winners,” Back Stage East executive editor David Sheward will talk about the profession with three 2006 Tony Award honorees: Christian Hoff (best featured actor in a musical, Jersey Boys), Beth Leavel (best featured actress in [...]