The second week of 2009 continued to be strong at the box office for Jersey Boys Broadway. For the week ending January 11, 2009, the show grossed $1,064,072 and had a 98.8% attendance rate. The 23 shows on the boards grossed $15,896,576, down nearly 30% from the previous big holiday week. Below are the Top [...]
(more...)The first week of 2009 was a great one for Jersey Boys Broadway! For the week ending January 4, 2009, the show grossed $1,248,236 and had a 101% attendance rate. The 31 shows on the boards also enjoyed a terrific week, grossing $25,690,836. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending [...]
(more...)Bruce B. Bigelow from xcomomy.com has an interesting interview with Jersey Boys investor Kevin Kinsella. When asked about the JB investment, the San Diego venture capitalist stated, “The investment in Jersey Boys is certainly among the best I’ve ever made.” Kinsella began his Jersey Boys odyssey on an October evening in 2004 at Barbarella’s, an [...]
(more...)Broadway.com’s “First Person” column has a real treat today–the Rick Elice story, from Rick himself! Here’s a sneak peek into this amazing story: When I was at Yale Drama School, nobody was into Broadway musicals. It just wasn’t cool. Everybody was genuflecting at the altar of Chekhov, but working on Broadway was my private dream. [...]
(more...)Bobby Spencer at Arena Stage stage door with Howard Tucker Right before Christmas, we had the pleasure of seeing Bobby Spencer starring in an amazing piece of theatre—Next to Normal at Arena Stage in Crystal City, Virginia! Not only did the Tech Half and I experience an incredible evening watching Bobby and this outstanding cast, [...]
(more...)Taylor Sternberg will be going on as “Frankie” at today’s matinee performance at the August Wilson Theatre!
(more...)What are Jersey Boys cast members pledging to do in 2009? Here’s what Jarrod Spector and Dominic Nolfi told Broadway.com: Jarrod Spector: In 2008, Jarrod became only the third actor to play Frankie Valli, the charismatic lead singer of the Four Seasons, in Jersey Boys on Broadway. Jarrod’s Resolution for 2009: “To commit to shrinking [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Broadway had a sensational week at the box office last week, grossing $1,338,151. For the week ending December 28, 2008, the show had a 99.2% attendance rate. The 30 shows on the boards also enjoyed a terrific week, grossing $25,307,612, up 24% over the previous week. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from [...]
(more...)Happy New Year! Let’s go back to 2006′s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” featuring the phenomenal Jersey Boys!
(more...)Playbill.com reports that Andrew Rannells, who has been playing Bob Gaudio in the Jersey Boys national tour, will step into the Gaudio role in the Tony-winning New York production of Jersey Boys at the August Wilson Theatre January 13, 2009. In addition to playing Gaudio in the national tour of JB, Rannells has been seen [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that Jersey Boys Broadway’s Bob Gaudio, Sebastian Arcelus will join Tony winner Joanna Gleason, Jenny Powers and Robb Sapp in the new Susan Stroman-directed musical Happiness, which will bow Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse in February 2009. Visit the Lincoln Center Theater website for details. All the best to Sebastian [...]
(more...)JERSEY BOYS Broadway’s Nick Massi, Matt Bogart is featured in Broadway.com’s “My New York” column. Here’s a preview to Matt’s favorite things in NYC! Name a musical role for a young leading man, and chances are Matt Bogart has played it, from Lancelot in Camelot (at Paper Mill Playhouse and Arena Stage) to Starbuck in [...]
(more...)Some facts about the legendary Frankie Valli: You’ve had seven Number One hits on the Top Pop Singles chart, 19 Top Ten hits, over 175 million records sold, a Tony Award-winning musical about the story of you and your group, along with a Grammy Award-winning cast recording. All those other ones, the Oscars, the Emmies, [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Broadway remained in the millionaires’ club at the Broadway box office last week. For the week ending December 21, 2008, the show grossed $1,073,697 and had a 98.8% attendance rate. The 31 shows on the boards grossed $19,700,245 for the week ending 12/21/08, up just slightly from the previous week. Below are the [...]
(more...)Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy at BroadwayWorld.com.
(more...)Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remains in the Number Two spot on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart for the second consecutive week. This marks the 153rd straight week that the Grammy Winning Best Musical Show Album and RIAA Certified Gold recording has been on the chart.
(more...)You can’t leave your laptop for 15 minutes without another Denver area newspaper theatre critic singing the high praises of Jersey Boys! The latest is from Steve Lipsher of the Summit Daily News–who states that the tunes of JB linger like the memories of a great era! Recounting the phenomenal pop-chart success of Frankie Valli [...]
(more...)Theater critic Mark Collins of Daily Camera begins his review of the Denver production of the Jersey Boys national tour by reflecting on his childhood. Collins states, “Thirty-five years or so ago, whenever the family was driving somewhere in the car, my sister would plead with my Dad, “Sing ‘Sherry baby,’ sing ‘Sherry baby.’” Sometimes [...]
(more...)Jerry Fink of the Las Vegas Sun has an interesting Q&A with the legendary Paul Anka in today’s edition. In a recent phone conversation, Anka talked about making a musical about his life. Turns out, the crooner of hits such as “Diana” and “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” has been inspired by JERSEY BOYS! [...]
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