Jersey Boys Blog

Musician Deborah Hurwitz, who helped shape the sound of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys and other major stage shows, is striking out on her own as a singer. As VOA’s Mike O’Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the former musical prodigy hopes to make a name as a solo performer. By age 12, Deborah Hurwitz was [...]

The New York Daily News gossip columnists Rush & Molloy report that Laura Bush must have a crush on those “Jersey Boys.” The First Lady has invited the hit Broadway musical to the White House for a second visit at an October 13 performance for Silvio Berlusconi, the cruise ship singer turned Italian prime minister. [...]

We’re a week behind on reporting on last weekend’s wonderful events, but let’s go back to the fantastic Jersey Boys Family brunch on Sunday, September 28 at B. Smith’s, organized by the truly phenomenal party planners, Irene Eizen and Pamela Singer! The beautifully-decorated Jersey Boys-themed tables, the fabulous food, and of course JB friends from [...]

Joey Reynolds and Jim Petrecca By Audrey Rockman Tonight, the popular Joey Reynolds Radio Show (WOR-710) will be featuring a segment about the old Jersey neighborhood that gave birth to the Four Seasons. Joey shares a few things in common with the legendary group- he has been entertaining audiences since the ‘60s and was inducted [...]

Belmont Avenue will be the center of attention Monday evening as the street is renamed Tommy DeVito Drive by the town of Belleville, New Jersey. About 200 friends, family and colleagues will be gathering to remember the humble and talented beginnings of Tommy DeVito ‘when it was all still ahead’ of him and brother, Nick [...]

In the October issue of Costco Connections, there’s a feature story about the Four Seasons Lane streetnaming at the Union Township Costco on June 25!

Following the sensational Jersey Boys matinee performance and stage door time with the cast, the Tech Half and I were invited to our friend and Four Seasons’ historian’s family’s house in New Jersey for a wonderful evening of family, friends, some marvelous food, and some amazing rare Seasons’ recordings! David and his kids, Crist and [...]

Hard to believe, this time last week, we were in the middle of one of the best Jersey Boys weekends of all time! Once the Tech-Half recovered from the red eye flight with some heavy turbulence, we began Friday night by seeing the 2008 Tony Award Winner for Best Play–August: Osage County! Fantastic play with [...]

Photos: 2-3: Courtesy of September: BroadwayWorld.com; Photo 4: Courtesy of Lulu Thompson; Photos 5-6: Courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com; Photos: 9-11: Courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com; Photo 12: Courtesy of Audrey Rockman; Photo 13: Courtesy of Lori Leone; Photo 14: Courtesy of Kathy Bartsche. Sorry if I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but saying goodbye to Jersey [...]

Jack Bess of the Evanston Review has a terrific interview with Cory Grant, who took over the role of Frankie Valli in the Chicago production of Jersey Boys last Saturday. Grant, 29, stated, “A year ago, I didn’t even have my (Actors) Equity Card, but they threw me right into the lions’ den and it’s [...]

We would like to send big Happy Birthday wishes to Travis Cloer, Jennifer Naimo and Mike Backes who are celebrating birthdays this week! Photos 1-2: Courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com. Photo 4: Courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com.

Jersey Boys Broadway had another strong box office week! In addition to being the only show last week that was SOLD OUT, JB was one of only three shows that remained in the millionaires’ club. The show grossed $1,099,560 and had a 100.9% attendance rate for the week ending September 28, 2008. For the week, [...]

Jersey Boys Broadway welcomes a new Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi! Jarrod Spector assumes the role of Four Seasons lead singer Valli, Dominic Nolfi steps into the role of Tommy DeVito, and Matt Bogart begins his run as Nick Massi. The actors join Sebastian Arcelus, who has been portraying Bob Gaudio since January [...]

In the words of Tommy DeVito, “That’s our song, ‘Oh, What a Night.” ‘Ces Soirées-là.’ French. Number One in Paris, 2000. Ten weeks.” Here’s the 2000 French video by Yannick!

Thanks to Lori Leone, we have an amazing photo and update of Bobby Spencer’s last Jersey Boys performance on September 14, 2008. Lori reports that there was a special energy on stage that day, with Bobby receiving a spectacular round of applause during his last performance as Nick Massi! Bobby’s family was there to share [...]

But I’m getting ahead of myself. You wanna begin at the beginning. There’s lots of people you wanna talk to— Red eye flight turbulence; August: Osage County; one of the most amazing Jersey Boys matinee performances (including the incredibly talented Dominic Scaglione, Jr. as “Frankie”); chatting with the legendary Bob Gaudio; a whirlwind adventure to [...]

Jersey Boys Broadway had a great week at the box office, being the only show last week that was SOLD OUT! The show grossed $1,136,055 and had a 101.2% attendance rate for the week ending September 21, 2008. The 29 shows on the boards grossed $15,646,164, a nearly 11% increase from the previous week. Below [...]

Photos courtesy of Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com ( Part One and Part Two).

It’s amazing how Jersey Boys can make even a student in the library with a tough research project smile! Yesterday, at the library, a frustrated student came into my office asking for help on a research project. The frustration soon disappeared when she saw my Jersey Boys poster hanging on the wall behind my desk. [...]