Jersey Boys Blog

Jersey Boys Blog had the privilege of interviewing Tony Award-winner Christian Hoff before the Friday evening July 7, 2006 performance. Christian discussed his recent Tony victory; his life as an actor for the last 30 years; what it’s like to play Tommy DeVito; and how he’ll always be a Jersey Boy. JBB: Congratulations on your [...]

BroadwayWorld.com’s Nick Orlando provides a recap of the annual “Rockers On Broadway” concert, which took place on July 10th at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street) in New York City. “Rockers on Broadway raised a hefty $5,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. “Rockers” was inspired by Pete Townshend, who wanted to give musical theatre [...]

In the first act of Jersey Boys, Bob Gaudio talks about how musicians could go to the Brill Building to find a publisher and printer; cut a demo; promote the record; and cut a deal with radio promoters, all within this one building. In the show, you’ll see Bob and Frankie inside of the Brill [...]

BroadwayWorld.com provides some amazing photo coverage of the 14th Annual “Rockers on Broadway,” which was held on Monday, July 10, 2006 at The Cutting Room. You’ll see photos of Jersey Boys’ cast members Tituss Burgess, Christian Hoff, Donnie Kehr, Daniel Reichard, and J. Robert Spencer, in addition to director Des McAnuff, rockin’ the crowd! “Rockers [...]

Jersey Boys Blog was honored to interview Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young prior to his matinee performance on Sunday, July 9, 2006. John Lloyd discussed his amazing year from his Broadway debut in Jersey Boys to winning the coveted Tony Award; his life as an actor; and what it’s like to play the legendary Frankie [...]

Jersey Boys had another strong week at the box office, grossing $1,059,055 (100.6% attendance rate) for the week ending 7/23/2006. For the week, grosses totaled $16,664,949 for the 24 shows on the boards. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from Broadwayworld.com for the week ending July 23, 2006: Wicked $1,443,757 The Lion King $1,259,937 The [...]

Playbill.com reports that the July 23 broadcast of “Breakfast with the Arts,” the Sunday morning entertainment program on the A&E Network, will feature an interview with Jersey Boys book writer Marshall Brickman. Marshall Brickman, who wrote for Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett, will discuss his latest success, Jersey Boys. Brickman co-wrote the book for the [...]

Theatermania.com provides photo coverage of Jersey Boys Daniel Reichard, John Lloyd Young, J. Robert Spencer, and Christian Hoff posing with Dan May’s new portrait of them, which was added to the Wall of Fame at Tony’s Di Napoli in a ceremony held at the restaurant last night.

Theatermania.com reports that Tituss Burgess, who plays multiple roles in the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Jersey Boys, will celebrate the release of his new CD, “Here’s to You,” with a concert and party at 9pm on Monday, July 24 at The Bitter End (147 Bleecker Street). The album is comprised of original R&B and soul [...]

In today’s Daily Mail, TV & Shobiz columnist Baz Bamigboye talks about the smash hit Jersey Boys in his “Watch out for…” column. Here’s the scoop: John Lloyd Young and Christian Hoff, who play Frankie Valli and Tommy De Vito in the smashing Broadway musical Jersey Boys. Michael David, the show’s main producer, told me [...]

Jersey Boys Blog is delighted to present an interview with Matthew Scott, who is making his Broadway debut in Jersey Boys! Matt talks about how it all began for him; the excitement of playing so many roles in Jersey Boys; and his dreams as an actor. JBB: Congratulations to Jersey Boys for winning the Tony [...]

Playbill.com reports that after four weeks at the top of the Billboard Cast Album charts, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording slides to Number 2 this week. Here’s a look at Billboard’s Top 5 Broadway Cast Albums for this week: Wicked Jersey Boys Tarzan Mama Mia! The Wedding Singer

Jersey Boys had another robust week at the box office! For the week ending July 16, 2006, the show grossed $1,050,974 (100.6% attendance rate)! For the week, Broadway grosses totaled $17,015,901 (an increase over $854,000 from the previous week) for the 25 shows on the boards. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, will celebrate its 300th performance on Broadway tomorrow, Wednesday, July 19th at the 2:00pm matinee. The show opened at the August Wilson Theatre on November 6, 2005.

On his website, Tituss Burgess has announced that he will be leaving the cast of Jersey Boys to star in La Jolla Playhouse’s upcoming revival of The Wiz, which is possibly Broadway-bound. His last day as a member of the Jersey Boys cast will be July 30, 2006. Burgess will play the Cowardly Lion in [...]

Jersey Boys Blog had the phenomenal opportunity while in New York to interview J. Robert (Bobby) Spencer before the Friday, July 7, 2006 evening performance of Jersey Boys. Bobby talked about his amazing journey with Jersey Boys since the early days at La Jolla Playhouse; what it’s like to play the late Nick Massi; the [...]

Taylor Barnes from the Brown Daily Herald has a very interesting interview with 1998 Brown grad John Lloyd Young. Despite starring as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, the critically acclaimed Broadway show for which he garnered the 2006 Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, John Lloyd Young ’98 still feels “like I’m [...]

A fan wrote to Lorrie Lynch’s “Who’s News” column in USA Weekend to get more scoop on Jersey Boys: Q: We saw Jersey Boys, about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, on Broadway. What can you tell us about the wonderful cast? A: I can tell you that lead John Lloyd Young got right into [...]

Genuine Imitation Life Gazette has an amazing video clip of the Jersey Boys’ cast singing “All I Ask of You” from “The Phantom of the Opera” on the CBS-TV broadcast of “Broadway Under The Stars,” which was held on June 26 in Central Park. Wow!