Jersey Boys Blog

Thank you to Mike for letting us know that coverage of Jennifer Naimo’s “Many the Miles” amazing cabaret from earlier this month is up on YouTube! Check it out for some incredible post-Thanksgiving entertainment! Here’s one fabulous number from Jen!

New York Post columnist Michael Reidel provides some theatrical tidbits today, including an update on the film rights to Jersey Boys and JB’s upcoming Vegas show: Bob Gaudio, who wrote most of the Four Seasons’ hit songs, wants a ton of money for the film rights to Jersey Boys. Steven Spielberg is after the show, [...]

In Part Two of his interview, Joe Long reflects on his eleven-year journey as a member of The Four Seasons, including the early days when the group was one of the hottest groups on the pop charts; his recording studio experiences; the live performances; the years without the hits; and his life on the road. [...]

As previously reported, Daniel Reichard will be starring in Candide at the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center this April! Since every role in double-cast in opera companies, Daniel will not be appearing in every performance. Here are Daniel’s performance dates: 4/8 4/10 4/12 Matinee 4/13 Matinee 4/16 4/18 4/19 Evening 4/20 Matinee

Barbara, a BIG Jersey Boys fan, has a terrific idea on how JB fans can support BC/EFA during the strike! Here’s Barbara’s idea: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, and being thankful for all that we have, and for the infinite amount of happiness JB has given to us, Barbara has suggested it would be a [...]

Chad Jones of InsideBayArea.com notes that it’s not often that a performer goes from gigs at the Willows Theatre Company in Concord, TheatreWorks in Mountain View and Pleasanton Playhouse in Pleasanton to one of the hottest Broadway musicals in recent memory. That’s exactly what has happened to Jeff Leibow, a former Pleasanton resident who now [...]

“What was the high point?,” asks Frankie Valli at the conclusion of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys. For Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, who made his Broadway debut in the role of singer Valli, it’s tough to find anything but highs. Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez has an in-depth interview with JLY from earlier this month. [...]

John Lloyd Young was among dozens of Broadway, TV and film stars tended the bar at the annual “Celebrity Bartending Night” at Frank’s (410 West 16th Street, between 9 the and 10th Avenues) on Monday, November 19. All bartenders’ tips go to Stockings With Care and be used to buy holiday gifts for children whose [...]

Joe Long For Jersey Boys and Four Seasons’ fans, last month’s Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event was an evening like no other. The entire Jersey Boys cast, JB writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and the legendary Four Seasons (Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Joe Long, and Frankie Valli) all in one room [...]

By Charles Alexander WHO KNEW that Jersey Boys Blog had a Brooklyn correspondent? Well, at least a part-timer. On Monday night my wife Cathy and I walked an immense distance–half a block actually–from our house in “lovely Park Slope, Brooklyn” (thanks for that description, Susie; I can feel the value of our house rising) over [...]

Photos courtesy of John Howard. By Audrey Rockman, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent Many of us have anxiously awaited the release of “Farm Girl in New York” (http://www.farmgirlny.com/), since first learning about the project last summer, but probably no one more so than Bobby Spencer, himself. The film, which was selected for screening at the [...]

On John Lloyd Young’s blog today, he has posted a very touching thank you to the fans for our support, enthusiasm and affection throughout his entire Jersey Boys experience. Regarding his final evening on Wednesday, November 21st, JLY states: What I am encouraged to hear is that many of you who would have otherwise been [...]

According to the New York Times, the latest round of talks between the producers’ league and the stagehands’ union broke down Sunday evening, leaving no end in sight for the strike that has darkened most of Broadway for nine days. Soon after the breakdown, the League of American Theaters and Producers announced that it was [...]

Peter Filichia of the Star-Ledger chatted with several actors, house managers, composers and producers who live in New Jersey, but work on Broadway–or they did, until the stagehands’ union went on strike last week. Here’s what John Lloyd Young had to say: John Lloyd Young of Jersey City, a Tony Award winner for his portrayal [...]

Thanks to Kathy Bartsche, we have YouTube coverage of Bobby Spencer’s hilarious responses to Howard Tucker’s questions at the Farm Girl in New York premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival!

Thank you to Kathy Bartsche for her terrific photo coverage of Bobby Spencer’s “Farm Girl in New York” premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival on Thursday, November 15!

Have you checked out John Lloyd Young’s blog today? He notes that in light of this strike, which could mean he won’t have his “final performance,” of JERSEY BOYS on November 21st, he wanted to make it clear that, if that’s the case, he had a final performance, on November 9th, and it was wonderful. [...]

By Howard Tucker, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent The wonderfully talented Travis Cloer from the OBC has just released his new CD “Christmas from the City.” He says he’s had a wonderful time making it, with some new arrangements of some songs we may not have heard for a while, including: Blue Christmas Mary Did [...]

The stars are in alignment on November 17th! Along with Bob Gaudio, Jersey Boys’ co-author Rick Elice celebrates his 52nd birthday today! Rick Elice saw his first Broadway show at the age of three. From that day on, he dreamed of working in the theater. From the age of 19, he has. He has a [...]