Jersey Boys Blog

Leba Hertz of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on the ‘Jersey Girls’: Sandra DeNise, Jackie Seiden, and Melissa Strom–the three women who play multiple roles in the national tour production of Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre. There are 52 costume changes, 49 wigs and 46 roles for the women in Jersey Boys, but only [...]

Playbill.com reports that Tony Award winner Christian Hoff provides numerous voices on the forthcoming audiobook for movie producer Ed Feldman’s memoir “Tell Me How You Love the Picture.” The audiobook, based on the movie producer’s hardback book of the same title, is filled “with tales from the set of ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’ to [...]

The latest episode of BWW’s Broadway Beat features highlights of “Rockers on Broadway: Jersey Style,” produced by Jersey Boys cast member Donnie Kehr! In this episode, Richard Ridge interviews “Rockers” performers Kathy Brier and Billy Porter.

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast is an audio remix of a video news piece produced by Broadway Beat at Broadwayworld.tv. It was recorded in New York City during a Jersey Boys Tour media event. It includes interviews with Des McAnuff the director of Jersey Boys; Sergio Trujillo the choreographer of Jersey Boys; and the four [...]

Oh, what a week for Jersey Boys–a Grammy win and another fantastic week at the box office! For the week ending February 11, 2007, JB grossed $1,171,042. As with the previous week, JB was the ONLY SOLD OUT show on Broadway, with a 100.7% attendance rate, and it was one of only two shows in [...]

This Just In: Producer Bob Gaudio has just won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album for Jersey Boys!! Congratulations to Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, orchestrator Steve Orich, musical director Ron Melrose, Jersey Boys cast, and everyone associated with the cast recording!! Listen to samples on the Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording Preview [...]

Playbill.com reports that CBS-TV will broadcast the 49th Annual Grammy Awards telecast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, beginning at 8 PM ET. Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording is among the nominees in the Best Musical Show Album category. Besides Jersey Boys, other nominees include The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, [...]

Jersey Boys Blog is delighted to present Special Correspondent Howard Tucker’s review of the Leading Men II benefit concert, which took place on Monday, February 5 at Birdland! Background On a freezing February 5, my friend Jessica Calderon and I enjoyed a wonderfully warm evening at Birdland in NYC to hear the magnificent tenor Daniel [...]

In a recent article in NWITimes.com, reporter Philip Potempa noted that singer Bobby Vinton has made plenty of friends during his 45 years in show business. In a recent telephone interview last week, Vinton talked about his friend Frankie Valli and the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four [...]

On his blog, Christian Hoff provides photos and a story about the recent San Diego Theatre Critics Circle’s 2006 Craig Noel Awards, held January 29, 2007, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla that honored Des McAnuff. McAnuff not only won an award for his direction of the musical The Wiz, [...]

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for BroadwayWorld.com to ask some of the biggest Broadway stars and industry leaders: “What’s the most romantic Broadway song ever?” Check out what Jersey Boys cast members (Erich Bergen, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young) and co-author Rick Elice had to [...]

Playbill.com reports that Rhino’s Jersey Boys release reclaims the Number One spot on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart from Decca Broadway’s Wicked, which slips to Number Two. Last week, the Four Seasons musical original cast recording had dropped to Number Four as Mamma Mia! and Spring Awakening (both on Decca Broadway) edged up one [...]

Backstage photos courtesy of Linda Lenzi, Broadwayworld.com. Concert photos courtesty of Walter McBride/Retna Ltd. Check out BroadwayWorld.com for backstage and concert photo coverage of the “Leading Men II” benefit concert held at Birdland this past Monday evening. Along with Daniel Reichard, you’ll see photos of host John Tartaglia (Beauty and the Beast), Hugh Panaro (Lestat), [...]

The tenth annual BROADWAY BEARS auction will take place on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 W. 42nd St), in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Sure to out-do last year’s collection, 40 one-of-a-kind BROADWAY BEARS – each dressed in original, handmade costumes representing some of the theater’s [...]

Jersey Boys Blog wishes JB Blog Special Correspondent Howard Tucker a very Happy Birthday today!! Thanks to Howard’s reviews, JB Blog readers have received a first-hand account of some of the amazing events featuring many Jersey Boys cast members. Over the last few months, he has reviewed Donnie Kehr’s “Dueling Piano” Show on New Year’s [...]

While many Broadway shows saw a dip from the previous week, Jersey Boys remained strong last week, grossing $1,164,277 for the week ending February 4, 2007. As with the previous week, JB was the ONLY SOLD OUT show on Broadway, with a 100.4% attendance rate, and it was one of only two shows in the [...]

Daniel Reichard is among the many stars to perform tomorrow night (2/5/07) at the “Leading Men II” BC/EFA benefit concert at Birdland (315 W. 44th Street). The concert begins at 7PM. Please Note: Leading Men II @ Birdland is SOLD OUT! There will be seating in the bar which cannot be reserved, but can be [...]

Check out the Broadway.com Ask a Star video interview with John Lloyd Young! JLY answers some interesting questions submitted by Broadway.com readers, including what job he would be doing if he weren’t a Broadway actor; his craziest job; what song he sang for his JB audition; and much more!

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been released. It includes news about Jersey Boys Tour, Jersey Boys Broadway, and news about the original Four Seasons.