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In the 8/21/06 edition on Entertainment Weekly, Jason Clark highlights some of the most exciting moments of the 60th Annual Tony Awards. Clark notes that even without a host, the 60th Annual Tony Awards proved to be fairly smooth affair: spirited performances, mostly deserving winners, polished and from-the-heart speeches. Clark has come up with some [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys, the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award-winner about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, has set a new house record at the August Wilson Theatre for the 14th time, grossing $1,105,859.00 for the week ending August 21, 2006.

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys’ Donnie Kehr will perform at the “Songs for Soraya ” benefit on August 27 at 8PM in New York City’s Cutting Room, 19 West 24th Street. Soyara is the niece of current Rent cast member Luther Creek. She has been bravely battling a pediatric brain tumor for the last year. [...]

The Associated Press has listed the potential New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees. Among the names listed is Newark native and legendary lead singer of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli. Other potential inductees include Oscar winners Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Spacey, and Meryl Streep; singers Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen; and astronauts Buzz Aldrin [...]

TONIGHT–at 9:30 PM and TOMORROW at 7 PM, Daniel Reichard will head to Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St.) for his concert, “Glory Daze.” “Glory Daze” is a fun, cracked-out autobiographical piece about a three-month party binge, and the music of the concert is the “comfort music” that Daniel was downloading during this frivolous time. You’ll [...]

Jersey Boys Blog has had an amazing response to our latest poll: “What’s Your Favorite Jersey Boys’ line?” with 229 votes thus far! The race is very close–so, if you haven’t voted, please vote for your favorite line from the show between now and Sunday at Midnight. Here are the current favorite lines: “…When everything [...]

What’s the story behind the August Wilson Theatre, which is home to Jersey Boys, the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award? The Virginia Theatre was renamed the August Wilson Theatre October 16, 2005, only 14 days after the American playwright’s untimely death. The August Wilson Theatre is located at 245 W. 52nd Street [...]

Playbill.com reports that Double Double, a new thriller by Jersey Boys’ co-writer Rick Elice and Roger Rees, will have its debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Main Stage Aug. 16 for a stay through Aug. 27. Elice and Rees co-wrote Double Double more than 20 years ago. The piece is also directed by Rees, whose [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that along with setting a new house record at the August Wilson Theatre for the second week in a row, grossing $1,104,169 for the week ending August 13, 2006, Jersey Boys also had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway: 100.5%!

For the week ending 8/13/06, Jersey Boys continued to rake it in at the box office, grossing $1,104,169! Box office grosses totaled $16,302,904 for the 24 shows on the boards. Here are the Top 10 Grosses from Broadwayworld.com for the week ending August 13, 2006: Wicked $1,452,320 The Lion King $1,237,982 The Color Purple $1,126,925 [...]

Michael Glitz of the New York Daily News notes that summer can be tough on the theater: Audiences can dwindle, distracted by weekend getaways and Hollywood blockbusters. The warm-weather months are when some shows stumble, while others prove they’re here long-term. Glitz provides a list of this summer’s Broadway A-listers. Here’s what he says about [...]

John Lloyd Young reports on his blog that he was thrilled to be back along with Christian, Daniel, Bobby, and the rest of the cast for Thursday evening’s performance! He also noted the enthusiastic audience at Thursday’s show, and that writers Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman were in attendance. JLY thanked his voice teacher, Katie [...]

New York Post’s Michael Riedel notes that theater is a collaborative effort. So it’s little wonder that many of Broadway’s most beloved shows were scripted by teams: Lindsay and Crouse (“The Sound of Music”), Lawrence and Lee (“Auntie Mame”), Goodrich and Hackett (“The Diary of Anne Frank”). To that storied list of partnerships, add a [...]

For the second year in a row, Broadway.com presented some lucky Tony Award nominees with a brand-new digital camera to document their big night. John Lloyd Young, Tony Winner for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Jersey Boys, takes everyone of a whirlwind tour (with 75 photos!!) of the 48 hours [...]

It was great to hear from Jersey Boys’ artist Don Hudson! Don reports that he had a meeting with Des McAnuff earlier this week, and he is doing some additional artwork for Jersey Boys! Check out some of Don’s amazing Jersey Boys’ sketches! Here are some other incredible JB sketches from Don!

Jersey Boys Blog is excited to present an interview with Heather Ferguson, who is currently a swing cast member in Jersey Boys. Her past Broadway and national tour roles have been in Les Miserables and as an understudy in Cossette. Her regional and university theater appearances have included leads in Camelot; She Loves Me; and [...]

John Lloyd Young reports on his blog that he needed to leave the show mid-act on Saturday afternoon, because his falsetto was not working properly. The week prior, he had fought a sinus infection with antibiotics. Antibiotics kill beneficial bacteria in the system and can cause candida. So, there was a buildup on his vocal [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys’ Daniel Reichard will be one of many University of Michigan alumni stars that will be on hand to celebrate the “Big 10” school that trained them and fostered their love for musical theatre. The show will take place on Sunday, August 13 at 7:30PM and 10:00PM at The Metropolitan Room, [...]

BroadwayWorld.com’s “The Broadway Pulse” column is polling 30 Broadway favorites to see what’s on their iPods. Here’s what’s on JLY’s iPOD: “Rufus Wainwright, Mozart’s Requiem, The Four Seasons Anthology, Jersey Boys (!), Chicago (the band), lots of great 70s singles, and three mix CDs a fan made me of original recordings of every Leading Actor [...]