Jersey Boys Blog

Matthew Scott and John Lloyd Young have noted on their blogs that Tony Award-winning actress and TV and film star Kristin Chenoweth came to see Jersey Boys last Tuesday night, and also stopped backstage to say hello. Matt has also included a photo of himself with Kristin on his news page. Jennifer Naimo mentioned on [...]

Check out BroadwayWorld.com’s photo coverage of the Daniel Reichard and the other stars that took part in an all-star reading of Love’s Fire. This event benefited the future expansion of Opening Act, an innovative nonprofit that provides free after-school theater programming to New York City’s most underserved public high schools.

Playbill.com reports that Broadway cast albums Wicked, Jersey Boys, and Mamma Mia! remain atop the list in the first three slots for their 11th consecutive week. Here’s a look at Billboard’s Top 5 Broadway Cast Albums for this week (completely unchanged from last week) : Wicked Jersey Boys Mama Mia! Tarzan The Color Purple

The national tour of All Shook Up has opened in Boston. Boston Globe staff writer Louise Kennedy isn’t especially kind in her review of the former Broadway production. She states that All Shook Up “is a couple of hours of songs once sung by Elvis Presley, now loosely stitched together into something vaguely resembling a [...]

BroadwayWorld.com’s photo coverage of the Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Godspell’s opening night party on September 24 includes photos of John Lloyd Young celebrating with the production’s cast and the creative team.

Check out BroadwayWorld.com’s photo coverage of La Jolla Playhouse’s The Wiz, which began previews last night for an October 11 opening. Director Des McAnuff has teamed up with original Wiz orchestrator Harold Wheeler “to create a re-imagined, multi-cultural musical phenomenon for a new century,” according to press notes. The production stars former Jersey Boys cast [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys co-author Rick Elice will participate in the USA Today Pulse of American Life panel, part of Advertising Week 2006. The panel will take place on Friday, September 29th at 4 PM at the McGraw Hill Auditorium at 1221 6th Avenue. The panel will feature inspiration and insights from those who [...]

Matthew Scott reports on his news page that he will be on as Joe Pesci September 26 through 28. On Sunday, October 8, he will be on in the role of Bob Gaudio.

Here’s the latest photo update featuring the Jersey Boys: Playbill.com and BroadwayWorld.com have great photos of Christian Hoff and Daniel Reichard celebrating the opening of Donny Osmond’s nine-week engagement as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Check out BroadwayWorld.com’s coverage of the final NYMF concert on September 25 at the Times [...]

Jersey Boys ROCKED again this week at the box office! For the week ending 9/24/06, the megahit musical grossed $1,167,994, and had a 100.7% attendance rate! Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway last week (the other being Chicago). And, get this–Jersey Boys was only one of two [...]

Theatermania.com and BroadwayWorld.com provide fabulous photo coverage of the 20th Annual Flea Market & Grand Auction held on Sunday, September 24. Check out photos of Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, JLY, and a ton of other Broadway, Off-Broadway, and soap stars who came out to help raise money for BC/EFA!

BroadwayWorld.com reports that the 20th Annual Flea Market & Grand Auction held on Sunday, September 24, raised a grand total of $505,832 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Since its debut in 1987, the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction has raised $6,551,418. The Flea Market and Grand Auction is an annual outdoor fair in [...]

This week in 1962, “Sherry,” the Four Seasons’ breakthrough hit was Number One on the Billboard Charts for the second straight week. The song remained at #1 for FIVE consecutive weeks from September 15-October 13, 1962. The song became a certified gold single by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Source: Joel Whitburn’s Top [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been released. This podcast includes the “Girls of Jersey Boys” group cast interview with Erica Piccininni, Heather Ferguson, Sara Schmidt, and Jennifer Naimo; the latest news about Jersey Boys; and Part 2 of 3 of the Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli guest DJ appearance in 1994 on BBC Radio.

Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and John Lloyd Young will be signing autographs and posing for pictures at the Celebrity Table at the 20th Annual BC/EFA Flea Market & Grand Auction TODAY! Below is their appearance schedule: 12Noon-12:50PM: Daniel Reichard & John Lloyd Young 12:45PM-2:15PM: Christian Hoff Christian Hoff also announced on his blog that he [...]

TONIGHT at 11:45 PM, Daniel Reichard will take the stage at Ars Nova for his KEGGER concert! This concert will feature Daniel, as well as some of his sassy and brassy friends. Daniel will sing some of his usual tunes such as “If It Can’t Be Love,” “Daydream Believer,” “She’s a Dixie Chick” and “Into [...]

Angie Kinsey from the Paducah Sun recently talked to Frankie Valli, who will be performing next Thursday in Paducah’s Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. In a phone interview, he talked about the megahit Jersey Boys, acting on “The Sopranos,” and his upcoming new recording, scheduled to be released in early 2007. Members of the [...]

Broadway.com’s “Fresh Face” column has a feature on Landon Beard, who is currently making his New York stage debut as Luke, the self-styled “ghetto” member of off-Broadway’s Altar Boyz. Beard, 27, is a San Diego native with a degree in musical theatre from Cal State. After graduation, he landed a job with the original Jersey [...]

Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones reports that Jersey Boys, the musical biography of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons that became the biggest musical hit of the 2005-06 Broadway season, will open at the LaSalle Bank Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., in October, 2007, in a co-presentation by Broadway in Chicago and TheatreDreams. The [...]