Jersey Boys Blog

Broadway.com is turning to their readers determine the nominees for the 7th Annual Broadway.com Audience Awards. You will de directed to click through 13 pages, choosing FIVE nominees in each category. Voting takes place through Thursday, May 11 at 11:59PM. Broadway.com will announce the nominees on Friday, May 12, at which point final voting will [...]

In her Orlando Sentinel blog, Elizabeth Maupin reviews Jersey Boys. Maupin admits that Four Seasons’ hits “never did it for her” –until seeing Jersey Boys, a musical that had her grinning from ear to ear. She notes that a lot of Jersey Boys is very funny, with writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice doing a [...]

MAJOR NEWSFLASH: Yahoo News reports that Jersey Boys was honored with the 2006 “Distinguished Production of a Musical” award at the Drama League’s annual gala luncheon. Congratulations to the Jersey Boys’ cast, crew, and creative team!

The annual Drama League Awards luncheon will take place tomorrow at Noon at Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. Megahit musical Jersey Boys is among the six shows nominated for the Distinguished Production of a Musical award. Additionally, Jersey Boys’ stars Christian Hoff and John Lloyd Young are among the approximately 70 performers who are [...]

Today on the “Howard Stern Show,” which is broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio, sidekick Robin Quivers mentioned that she saw Jersey Boys last night and thought it was wonderful! Then, funnyman and show regular Artie Lange chimed in to say that he’s taking his mom to the show this weekend.

For the third consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording holds the Number 3 position on Billboard’s Top Broadway Album Charts. Billboard Magazine’s Top 10 Broadway Albums for the week of April 29, 2005 are listed below: Wicked Mama Mia! Jersey Boys Spamalot The Color Purple South Pacific Rent: Best of Highlights Hairspray Avenue Q [...]

A cocktail reception was held on Tuesday night, May 2, 2006 to honor those who had been nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award. Jersey Boys’ stars Daniel Reichard and John Lloyd Young, along with co-writer Marshall Brickman are among the many Broadway luminaries you can see on Broadwayworld.com The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards [...]

Happy 72nd Birthday to Frankie Valli! Valli was born Francis Stephen Castelluccio in the Italian First Ward of Newark, New Jersey on May 3, 1934. As seen in Jersey Boys, Valli started his singing career in the early 1950s and worked under a variety of group names including the Variety Trio, and later the Four [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s Ben Strothmann was on hand last night photographing The Drowsy Chaperone’s opening night festivities at the Marquis Theatre. Among the celebrators of the new production included Jersey Boys’ Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young with girlfriend Alison Franck.

New York Post columnist Michael Starr reports that Frankie Valli, who celebrates his 72nd birthday tomorrow, will be speaking at the Friar’s Club “Celebrity Luncheon” series. He’ll be interviewed by comedian Stewie Stone.

Broadwayworld.com News Desk reports that Jersey Boys’ Costume Designer Jess Goldstein will be among the featured panelists in the “Working In The Theatre” series entitled “Design in the Theatre” on Monday May 5 from 12 noon-1:30 pm in the Elebash Recital Hall at Graduate Center of the City University of New York, located at 365 [...]

Broadway grosses dropped over two million dollars last week from the previous week for the 38 shows on the boards. For the week ending 4/30/06, grosses on the Great White Way totaled $19,302,221. Jersey Boys, however, remained in the millionaire’s club last week, jumping up to the Number 3 slot, grossing $1,002,341 and filling 9,725 [...]

In today’s Chicago Sun-Times, columnist Richard Roeper talks about seeing Jersey Boys over the weekend. Roeper states that the terrifically entertaining musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons has a uniformly superb cast and incredible music. In addition, he notes that the sets and lighting are as creative as anything he has seen on [...]

Jersey Boys Podcast has released the second in a series of several in-person interviews with Jersey Boys cast members. J. Robert Spencer, who plays the late Nick Massi, talks about his favorite thing about Jersey Boys; the difference between playing La Jolla vs. New York City; his first Broadway show; what it’s like to play [...]

A new video interview with Jersey Boys’ Daniel Reichard, who plays Bob Gaudio, can be found on the official Jersey Boys Broadway website. From the official home page, click on Media to watch the clip. Reichard talks about how exciting it was to work with Gaudio in the recording studio.

Joe Long, who was bass player and vocalist with the Four Seasons from 1965 through 1975, attended Jersey Boys last night. Joe and his family enjoyed a backstage visit with the cast following the performance. Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) from “The Sopranos” was also in attendance last night. Have you caught any other celebrities in [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk announced that Musicals Tonight will continue its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys and understudies with its current editions of “At This Performance,” to be held on Sunday, April 30 and Monday, May 1 at the 45th Street Theatre, 354 West 45th Street at 8 PM. Jersey Boys’ Michael Longoria, who [...]

Congratulations to Frankie Valli, who will be receiving an Honorary Degree at the 72nd Commencement at Monmouth University on May 17. In addition to Valli, Sara J. Bloomfield, the director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, and Charles Gibson, co-anchor of ABC News Good Morning America, will also be receiving Honorary [...]

Playbill.com’s Robert Simonson reports that the nominations for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club in Manhattan by composer Marvin Hamlisch and actress Donna McKechnie. Jersey Boys has garnered eight nominations for this year’s Drama Desk Awards, which will be held Sunday, May 21, 2006 at [...]