By Howard Tucker, Special Correspondent The Actress, Singer, and Casting Director For one night only, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 8:15 PM at the Laurie Beechman Theater, Jersey Boys friend and fan, and my friend of seventeen years, Jana Robbins (www.janarobbins.com), will reprise her one woman cabaret act, “ONE HELL OF A RIDE!: The Songs [...]
(more...)The NYC temperatures may have fallen last week, but Jersey Boys remained the hot ticket at the box office! For the week ending March 18, 2007, JB grossed $1,160,591 at the box office. Additionally, the show had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway–100.7%! For the week ending 3/18/07, grosses totaled $18,294,929 for [...]
(more...)Theater.com reports that Jersey Boys choreographer Sergio Trujillo is currently in Amsterdam, collaborating on a new concept for the European production of the Disney musical Tarzan, which opened on Broadway last year to largely negative reviews. About his new project, Trujillo stated, I am truly honored to be working with Disney. Tarzan is a wonderfully [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the national tour of Jersey Boys has announced more cities where the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical will play. Additionally, a second national tour of the hit musical will also be launched. The current tour kicked off at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre (where it runs through April 29) and will next play [...]
(more...)The StarTribune.com reports that Minneapolis is one of ten cities slated for the first national tour of Jersey Boys, the Tony-winning musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that the show will play a five-week engagement at the Orpheum Theatre next March. Tom Hoch, president [...]
(more...)Wow! You guys know your Jersey Boys trivia! Since our last JB Trivia Contest Alert, we’ve had tons of people enter! Well, for those of you that have postponed entering (hmm, are you seeing the show one last time this afternoon?), you have FIVE more hours to enter! Yes, we’ve extended the contest until 11:00 [...]
(more...)In Forbes’ “The Tastemakers” series, reporter Joshua Lipton focuses on the performing arts. Lipton notes that there is a special magic and immediacy of live performance that continues to draws theatergoers to the hushed houses on Broadway. In fact, the Great White Way raked in $906 million in 2006, the most ever in the history [...]
(more...)Wow! We’ve received an incredible response to the first Jersey Boys Trivia Contest! Thank you to everyone who has tested their Jersey Boys knowledge–you guys know your stuff! For those of you who haven’t entered yet, there’s still time! You have until tomorrow, March 18 at 9:00 PM EST to enter the contest! There will [...]
(more...)Huliq.com reports that Jersey Boys Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley will be the lighting designer for the upcoming production of Treasure Island at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Alley Theatre’s production Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island will run from May 19 through June 17 on the Hubbard Stage. Directed by Gregory Boyd, Treasure Island [...]
(more...)Tituss Burgess in Concert (With Cassondra Kellum & Marty Thomas) Monday March 12, 2007 at The Triad By Special Correspondent Howard Tucker ([email protected]) Background Both my friend Jessica Calderon and I have seen Jersey Boys multiple times with Tituss Burgess, and saw his heart, soul, and humor in each of the scenes he’s in. (“Who [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remained at the Number Two position on the Billboard Cast Albums chart. Take a look at the latest Billboard Top 5 Broadway Cast Album list (which remained unchanged from last week): Wicked Jersey Boys Mama Mia! Spring Awakening Hairspray
(more...)BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys’ Michael Longoria will join Broadway casting directors and Wingspan Arts teachers in a panel discussion for teens that are serious about the arts. This free event, hosted by Wingspan Arts, is meant to prepare high school students for what it takes to make it in the competitive world of creative [...]
(more...)Both Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff and JBB Fantastic Fan and Special Correspondent Howard Tucker have noted that the Four Seasons’ “Sherry and 11 Others” was the first rock and roll album they bought as kids. Although this album was not the first I purchased as a kid, it has become one of my top [...]
(more...)As reported earlier, Jersey Boys had another outstanding week at the box office, grossing $1,178,547 for the week ending March 11, 2007. As with last week, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last week, with 100.6% attendance rate. For the week ending 3/11/07, grosses climbed to $18,114,083 for the 32 shows on [...]
(more...)For the week ending March 11, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $1,178,547 according to the League of American Theatres and Producers. The 32 shows on the boards grossed $18,114,084, and the total attendance was 251,847 the week.
(more...)Christian Hoff reports on his blog that he is thrilled to now be a small part of NBC’s crime-drama legacy. He will appear on the commercial-free episode of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” (sponsored by Lunesta) entitled “Players” on Tuesday, March 27 at 9:00PM on NBC. Christian will be portraying former federal prosecutor Thomas Grady [...]
(more...)Variety.com reports that the national tour of Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre grossed $1,070,055 for the week ending March 4, 2007. For the week ending 2/25/07, JB in SF grossed $1,040,375. Road receipts grew in Week 40 (Feb. 26-March 4) as the 12-show slate increased 12.44% to $12,231,472.
(more...)On March 13, 1976, the Four Seasons had their fifth Number One hit with “December 1963″ (Oh, What a Night),” which was their first hit to top the charts since “Rag Doll” in 1964. “December 1963″ remained in the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and was also their only [...]
(more...)The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been released! This edition includes great Jersey Boys content from Broadway.com’s Question & Answer (Q&A) with John Lloyd Young (video); Christy’s interview with Jersey Boys Broadway cast member Matthew Scott; and the Jersey Boys Tour on Jan Wahl’s KRON4 show.
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