Jersey Boys Blog

BroadwayWorld.com’s Eddie Varley and David Kelly talked to Jersey Boys’ star J. Robert Spencer about his journey from an eager kid with a drum set and aspirations of rock super-stardom to a leading role in one of the biggest Broadway smashes of recent years. Here’s a preview of what Bobby told the reporters about Jersey [...]

Playbill.com reports that Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, who penned the book for the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, will sit down for a chat with host Seth Rudetsky at the Aug. 10 edition of Seth’s Broadway Chatterbox. The weekly live talkfest, which includes interviews and performances from Broadway stars, is held at 6 PM at [...]

As reported earlier, Jersey Boys broke another house record at the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,099,413 (100.6% attendance rate) for the week ending 8/6/06! For the week, box office grosses totaled $16,236,503 for the 24 shows on the boards. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from Broadwayworld.com for the week ending August 6, 2006: Wicked [...]

THIS JUST IN! BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys, the winner of several 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, has set a new house record at the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,099,413.46 for the week ending August 6, 2006.

The stars keep coming out to see the hottest show on Broadway! Here are the latest celebrity sightings at Jersey Boys: Oscar-winner Jack Nicholson was spotted at today’s matinee performance. JLY mentioned on his blog that at last Wednesday evening’s show, “The View’s” co-host Joy Behar was in the audience. And, late last month Danny [...]

Jersey Boys Podcast has released their latest podcast, which includes outstanding interviews with director Des McAnuff and cast member Peter Gregus. The interview with McAnuff was recorded just after the Tony Awards on KPBS’s “These Days” show, hosted by Tom Fudge, and the interview with Peter Gregus recorded live back in April 2006. Gregus talks [...]

Somehow, I missed this Jersey Boys’ review when it came out in November, but I thought it was worth sharing! Cabaretscenes.com critic Elizabeth Ahlfors’ review written shortly after opening night is amazing! Here’s a bit of what she said about Jersey Boys: How many times recently have you seen three songs stop a Broadway show? [...]

On Sunday, August 20th (at 9:30 PM) and Monday, August 21st (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 [...]

Dan Meagher from Oklahoma City University runs a website about the OCU Summer Music Programs and anything dealing with theatre. On the OCU Stars Scoop blog, there’s an interview with former Jersey Boys’ cast member, and new star of La Jolla Playhouse’s The Wiz, Tituss Burgess. The OCU site is having a trivia contest, and [...]

Playbill.com reports that for the second consecutive week, the 2006 Tony-Award winning Best Musical Jersey Boys’ Original Cast Recording remains at the Number 2 position on Billboard’s Top Cast Album Charts. Rhino’s release of Jersey Boys, following the Four Seasons musical’s Tony win, took hold of the top slot for four weeks. Here’s a look [...]

The Jersey Boys will be singing the National Anthem at Yankee Stadium on Monday, August 14, when the Yankees play the Angels at 7PM.

While in New York last month, Jersey Boys Blog had the amazing privilege to interview Jersey Boys’ star Daniel Reichard before the Sunday matinee performance on July 9, 2006. In addition to talking about his Broadway debut in the megahit musical, Daniel talked about how it all began for him, and his great passion for [...]

Talkinbroadway.com has provided a news release announcing the American Theatre Wing’s 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards Nominees. The committee has nominated 57 theater artists for recognition of their outstanding work in 39 productions presented during the 2005–2006 New York theater season. The awards will be presented at a luncheon to be held in the fall. [...]

On his blog, John Lloyd Young reports that he’s glad to be back at Jersey Boys tonight, after a week away. Since JLY had struggled for a few weeks trying to sing through a lingering sinus infection, his doctor recommended that he take some much-needed rest. He says this is something that would be difficult [...]

Jersey Boys had another phenomenal box office week, grossing $1,068,711 (100.6% attendance rate) for the week ending 7/30/2006. For the week, grosses totaled $16,564,891 for the 24 shows on the boards. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from Broadwayworld.com for the week ending July 30, 2006: Wicked $1,443,870 The Lion King $1,254,190 The Color Purple [...]

“The Divine Miss M,” Bette Midler, came to see Jersey Boys last week! Here’s Ms. Midler posing for a photo with cast member Jennifer Naimo. Have you spotted any other celebrities in the JB audience recently?

Peter D. Kramer of The Journal News has a feature story on Charles Czarnecki, and his hectic summer that’s “just too good to be true.” In addition to being musical director for Anything Goes opening next Friday, the 34th production of Clarkstown Summer Theatre Festival in West Nyack, he’s also musical director for the Helen [...]

Broadway.com reports that the cast of Jersey Boys headed to Tony’s DiNapoli in Times Square following their July 20th performance at the August Wilson Theatre to not only enjoy an authentic Italian post-show supper, but to also witness the unveiling of their official Jersey Boys portrait by artist Dan May. In addition to great photos [...]

BREAKING NEWS FROM VARIETY!! Here’s the scoop from Variety.com and John Lloyd Young’s blog: The next project for last season’s Broadway breakout talent, John Lloyd Young, might just be in TV. Young, who picked up a Tony in June for his Rialto debut playing Frankie Valli in Four Seasons biotuner Jersey Boys, has signed a [...]