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The latest Jersey Boys Podcast includes a fabulous interview with the one and only Frankie Valli! Frankie talks about his recent release “Romancing the ’60s” and answers fans’ questions about the early days, his years with The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, and many other surprises. Check it out!

Playbill.com reports that Daniel Reichard will end his two-year run in the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys to star in the upcoming New York City Opera production of Candide. Reichard, according to a press statement, will depart the award-winning musical at the August Wilson Theatre following the Jan. 6, 2008 performance. The singing actor is then [...]

Fall temperatures in NYC were HOT last week and so was Jersey Boys! For the week ending October 7, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $1,271,529; marking the 25th time the show has topped itself since it opened in November, 2005! As with the previous two weeks, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last [...]

Colin Donnell photo courtesy of Indiana University. Jersey Boys Blog sends Happy Birthday wishes to Colin Donnell, who plays Hank Majewski (and many other characters) on Broadway! Jersey Boys is Colin’s Broadway debut! Prior to JB, he played Young Ben in Follies at City Center Encores! and John Truitt in Meet Me in St. Louis [...]

Jersey Boys’ vacation swing Rebecca Kupka will appear in “The Lovely Ladies of Cabaret” benefit on TONIGHT at 7PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre! This exciting Cabaret Cares event, presented by Joseph John Productions, will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Help Is On The Way Today, which supports children with HIV/AIDS! There is a [...]

On Friday night, Daniel Reichard hosted his Kegger 2007 concert at Ars Nova! Guests at this incredible party included Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff, Dominic Nolfi, and Donnie Kehr, along with Amy Wren, Wendy Ho, and Jen Colella. Band members for this amazing show were Eric Svejcar, Robert DePietro, Ken Dow and Steve Gibb and additional [...]

Hedy Wiess, Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic talked to Bruce (“Cousin Brucie”) Morrow and Craig Inciardi, associate curator for Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame about what set Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons apart and gave them such long-lasting appeal. According to veteran New York disc jockey Bruce Morrow, Of course they came out [...]

The postman delivers! Yes, after waiting somewhat impatiently over the last few days for Frankie Valli’s new album “Romancing the ’60s”–it finally arrived in my mailbox TODAY! “Romancing the ’60s” is Frankie Valli’s first studio recording since 1992′s “Hope and Glory.” In his new CD, Valli interprets many of the romantic ballads of his peers [...]

By Audrey Rockman, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent When Robin Becker, Belleville resident since moving from Oklahoma in 1974, signed up for a tour last spring to see Jersey Boys, she had no idea that the wheels were being set in motion for her debut on a Broadway stage. Fast forward to dinner Tuesday night [...]

Heather Ferguson reports on her blog that she is SO excited to be working on a new musical to be presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) festival this Monday, called Tinyard Hill. Heather will be joined by fellow JB cast member Colin Donnell, in addition to Sally Mayes and Michael Lanning. She [...]

On Sunday evening October 21, 2007 fans of the award winning musical smash JERSEY BOYS will have the rare opportunity to meet Broadway’s “Four Seasons” at an exclusive cocktail party benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young (Frankie Valli), Tony Award winner Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito) , Daniel Reichard (Bob [...]

TONIGHT at Midnight at Ars Nova, Daniel will be hosting a keg party concert (yes, a real keg party) called KEGGER. He’ll have a hot band and lots of fun music! Guests for KEGGER include Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff, Dominic Nolfi, and Donnie Kehr, along with actress Amy Wren, the wild and outrageous Wendy Ho, [...]

For the second consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remained at the Number One position on the Billboard Cast Album chart, according to Playbill.com! This week also marks the 90th straight week that the Rhino CD has been on the chart. Below are the Top 5 Cast Albums from Billboard: Jersey Boys Wicked Mama [...]

By Lauren Avila, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent San Francisco saw the end of Jersey Boys’ 10-month run last weekend. September 29th was Jarrod Spector’s last show at the Curran Theatre. He did a marvelous job and was very well-praised for it! The entire show was a spectacular hit, with one thunderous round of applause [...]

Photos courtesy of Genevieve Rafter Keddy.

On Tuesday, October 2nd, Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway marked its 25th Anniversary with a brand-new edition Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening, at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47 Street). To mark the occasion, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Office of Theatre, Film and Television named October 2, 2007 as “Forbidden Broadway Day.” Check out photos of Daniel [...]

Yesterday was a BIG day for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons fans! For the first time since 1992, Frankie Valli has released a new CD–”Romancing the ’60s”! Stay tuned to Jersey Boys Blog for samples and a review of this incredible new CD!

BroadwayWorld.com reports that you can enter now to win two tickets to “Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS!” On Sunday evening October 21, fans of the Tony Award-winning musical smash Jersey Boys will have the rare opportunity to meet Broadway’s “Four Seasons” at an exclusive cocktail party followed by a private [...]

The legendary Frankie Valli will be this year’s grand marshal at San Francisco’s 139th ANNUAL ITALIAN HERITAGE PARADE on Sunday, October 7! More than 400,000 revelers are expected at the ANNUAL ITALIAN HERITAGE PARADE! This is San Francisco’s oldest civic event and the nation’s oldest Italian-American parade and community celebration. A San Francisco institution since [...]