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Jersey Boys had another outstanding week at the box office! For the week ending 10/8/06, this year’s Best Musical grossed $1,167,651, and had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway: 100.8%! Additionally, for the third straight week, Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway last week [...]

Check out Matthew Scott’s news page for a photo of him with actress Jane Kaczmarek that was taken backstage after today’s show. Have you spotted any other celebrities out in the audience lately?

Jersey Boys Blog has created the Even More Four Seasons Videos page, thanks to all of the great videos available on YouTube.com. The page includes clips of “Sherry“ through the years, as well as more amazing footage of TV and concert appearances of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from the 1980’s and ’90s.

Christian Hoff answers that important question on his blog! Here’s what he had to say: To all who have been waiting patiently or not so patiently for the news about my continuing with Jersey Boys, the answer is…Yes! I am happy to announce that I will be telling this phenomenal story for another year with [...]

John Lloyd Young will be the special guest at the New Jersey Theatre Alliance Ovation Gala that will be “Celebrating 25 Years of Standing Up for New Jersey’s Professional Theatres.” The gala will be held at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange on Thursday, October 19. The reception and silent auction will begin at 6:00PM [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Christian Hoff, along with Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Damn Yankees), Norm Lewis (Les Miserables), and TV stars Milena Govich (“Law & Order”) and Bobbie Eakes (“All My Children”) will participate in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS upcoming “Very Cole Porter-like Salon” event on October 30. The event, hosted by “The Late Show with [...]

Check out Broadway.com’s coverage of Diana Ross’ backstage visit with the Jersey Boys cast! Along cast members Christian Hoff, Dominic Nolfi, Daniel Reichard, and Bobby Spencer, you’ll see pictures of Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Bob Gaudio, and Diana Ross’ daughter. For another treat, check out Jennifer Naimo’s picture with Diana Ross on her blog!

Theatermania.com announced that John Lloyd Young, along with fellow Tony Award-winners Chuck Cooper, Sutton Foster, and Beth Leavel are among the artists set to perform in the third annual Broadway Unplugged concert, to be held at 8pm on Monday, November 13 at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street). The event, which will be hosted [...]

Backstage.com’s David Finkle notes that nowadays, there are an amazing amount rock musicals on Broadway and elsewhere (touring shows, of course). Finkle talks to John Lloyd Young’s vocal coach Katie Agresta, and other vocal coaches about the techniques they use in training Broadway actors to sing like rock stars eight times a week. Katie Agresta [...]

Michael Longoria will be playing Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys for the next two weekends. Below are the details: Friday, 10/6/06: 8PM Saturday, 10/7/06: 2pm & 8PM Sunday, 10/8/06: 3PM Friday, 10/13/06: 8PM Saturday, 10/14/06: 2PM & 8PM Sunday, 10/15/06: 3PM (Michael’s birthday!)

Matthew Scott reports on his news page that will be going on in the role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys on Tuesday, October 10th and in the matinee on Wednesday, October 11th. This will be his first time in the part!

Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys stars John Lloyd Young, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and J. Robert Spencer have all renewed their contracts, which expired on October 1. No details are available on how long they will remain with the show, which tells the story of the chart-topping singing group The Four Seasons. Young, whose performance [...]

Someone who attended the recent New York State Theatre Educators Association conference, held at New York University, told Jersey Boys Blog that the legendary director Hal Prince had high praise for Jersey Boys. In a question-and-answer session after his speech, a teacher asked Prince what he thought of jukebox musicals. In the course of his [...]

Thank you to everyone who responded to our request for suggestions for future Jersey Boys Blog poll questions! This month’s question comes from Sandy, who suggested the following: What scene is the biggest “tear-jerker” for you in Jersey Boys? You can vote for one of the choices listed, or feel free to add a write-in [...]

Thank you to everyone who responded to the Jersey Boys Blog Poll: What is your favorite WOW! moment in Jersey Boys that grabs your attention and makes you smile? We had a great response with 141 votes, and it was a fairly close race with so many great moments!! Out of the 141 people who [...]

Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys cast members Peter Gregus, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and Matt Scott have joined the cast of The Actors’ Fund of America’s staged concert benefit presentation of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The event will be held on Monday, October 16 at the August Wilson Theatre, beginning at 7:30PM. Here’s [...]

Jersey Boys had another fabulous week at the box office! For the week ending 10/1/06, the Tony Award-winning musical grossed $1,166,937, and had a 100.7% attendance rate! For the second straight week, Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway last week (the other being Chicago). The show was [...]

Jersey Boys Blog wishes Jennifer Naimo a very Happy Birthday!! Before starring as Mary Delgado (and so many other roles) in Jersey Boys, both on Broadway and at the La Jolla Playhouse, Jennifer has performed in several television shows (including “Scrubs” and “Strong Medicine”); on Broadway (Les Miserables and Grease); and in many Off-Broadway, national [...]

John Lloyd Young has announced on his blog that he will return to Jersey Boys following his two-week vacation that begins today: Toddlers across the country are exhausted from worrying that today was my last performance in JERSEY BOYS. The next time your toddler demands you play “Sherry” for the fifth time in a row, [...]