Jersey Boys Blog

Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss notes that Broadway producers recently reported that last week marked on of their highest-grossing weeks ever, with five shows–Jersey Boys, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, and The Color Purple – each grossing more than $1 million during the seven-day period that ended Sunday. Weiss highly recommends [...]

The Arts Council at Keansburg has announced that Jersey Boys’ Daniel Reichard will be performing Monday, May 22, 2006 at 8PM at the Caruso School located at 81 Francis Place in Keansburg. For further information or ticket information, contact the Arts Council via email: [email protected] or phone: 732-495-0808.

Bloomberg.com’s Philip Boroff reports that producers of Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show said today that the $6 million revue will close on Sunday after 57 performances. The show hasn’t had a profitable week since the first preview at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 8. Boroff states that Ring of Fire also [...]

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids celebrated its 20th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition April 24 and 25 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. This year’s grand total fundraising figure weighed in at $3,187,496. John Lloyd Young reports on his blog that the Jersey Boys cast raised $116,224.74 for BC/EFA! Broadwayworld.com’s Ben Strothmann provides some great photo coverage of [...]

Columbia Spectator staff writer Deborah Blumenthal notes that last year’s knockout season had to be hard to beat, with all four 2005 Tony nominees for Best Musical running strong. But as for the new productions, Blumenthal thinks things aren’t looking so great on the Great White Way. Although economically Broadway is close to reaching its [...]

On last Sunday’s episode of “The Sopranos,” a pair of visiting Italianos killed off Rusty Millio, played by the legendary Frankie Valli. The men arrived, did their work, got some goods, and returned to their homeland. It was short and sweet, and now– Rusty is gone. The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette site has a repeat [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s Linda Lenzi was on hand last night to photograph the star-studded Actors’ Fund of America and Philips Electronics event, “Simplicity–A Look at the Future” last night at Pier 94 in Manhattan. Jersey Boys’ star John Lloyd Young, in addition Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago), Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), Christopher Sieber (Spamalot), and Rachel York (Dirty Rotten [...]

Congratulations to Jersey Boys’ music director and conductor, Ron Melrose, on his wedding Saturday, April 22, 2006 to Alexandra Carlson, an actress and singer in regional theatre. According to John Lloyd Young’s blog, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and Young were ushers at the beautiful ceremony at the Universalist Church at Central Park. [...]

Broadway box office totals keep climbing, just like the spring temperatures! For the week ending 4/23/06, Broadway grosses totaled $21,398,880, an increase over $1.1 million from the previous week for the 38 shows on the boards. Jersey Boys had another fantastic week at the box office, grossing $1,010,939 and filling 9,758 seats (99.8% capacity). Here [...]

THIS JUST IN: Jersey Boys nominated for SIX Outer Critics Circle Awards! Broadwayworld.com and MonstersandCritics.com report that the Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, have announced its nominees for the 2005-06 season. The winners of the following categories [...]

In the latest edition of TVGuide.com, star of CBS sitcom hit “How I Met Your Mother,” and former star of “Doogie Howser, MD” recently went to see Jersey Boys, and here’s what he said about the hit musical, I just saw Jersey Boys, which has a strong cast and the book is really good. I [...]

Check out this awesome video clip of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in the late 1960′s singing “I Got You Under My Skin” from Youtube.com!

Although he is a hard man to track down, VoiceofSandiego.org’s Will Carless’ had a chance to talk with two-time Tony Award-winning director and writer Des McAnuff. Des McAnuff has done it all. He’s directed big-time Hollywood movies, written and directed some of the most popular plays to ever come out of San Diego, and transformed [...]

Jersey Boys Blog would like to wish Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff a Happy 38th Birthday!! Before starring as Tommy De Vito in Jersey Boys, Hoff performed in Broadway in The Who’s Tommy. He has also been on several primetime television programs, including “Beverly Hills 90210;” “ER,” and “JAG,” in addition to the ABC soap opera [...]

For a second consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording is Number 3 with a bullet on Billboard’s Top Broadway Album Charts. Billboard Magazine’s Top 10 Broadway Albums for the week of April 22, 2005 are as follows: Wicked Mama Mia! Jersey Boys The Color Purple Spamalot Rent: The Best of Highlights Hairspray Phantom of [...]

Broadwayworld.com News Desk reports that Jersey Boys Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young, along with Michael Cerveris, Kelli O’Hara, and several other Broadway stars have been announced as the hosts of the “20th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition,” which will be presented on Monday, April 24th at 4:30 PM and Tuesday, [...]

Check out these great photos from Broadway.com of “wild and crazy guy” Steve Martin with co-writer Marshall Brickman and the cast of Jersey Boys. Meeting Steve Martin was a special treat for Daniel Reichard, who confessed that the comedian/actor is his favorite performer! A Jersey Boys Blog visitor reported that late last month, she saw [...]

As reported earlier, in its May 2006 “Best of America” issue, Reader’s Digest named John Lloyd Young America’s best alter ego for his work as Frankie Valli in the smash hit musical, Jersey Boys. Senior staff editor Maureen Mackey spoke with him recently backstage in New York, just a few hours before showtime. Listen to [...]

New York Daily News reporter Owen Moritz reports that Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young is among the best of what New York has to offer—and, he’s also a member of the “America’s 100 Best” list compiled by the editors of Reader’s Digest. Young, who plays Frankie Valli on Broadway, is listed as “best alter [...]