Richard Dobbs of the Bay Area Reporter provides an in-depth look at Jersey Boys, the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award winner that launches its national tour in San Francisco tomorrow. Ironically, director Des McAnuff, whose Broadway credits include Big River and The Who’s Tommy, summarily rejected the idea for a Four Seasons musical when writers [...]
(more...)New York Post’s Michael Riedel has some big news regarding the possibilities of Jersey Boys becoming a movie, with Stephen Spielberg, and other Hollywood moguls interested in turning this Broadway blockbuster into a film! According to Riedel, Steven Spielberg is said to be in hot pursuit of the movie rights to Jersey Boys. He’s seen [...]
(more...)On November 9th, Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff was honored with a caricature at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant in New York. His caricature now joins many other Broadway luminaries on the wall of Sardi’s for everyone to see. Check out extensive photo coverage of the event on Playbill.com, Broadway.com, BroadwayWorld.com, and Theatermania.com. Also, visit Jennifer [...]
(more...)Check out Theatermania.com’s photo of Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff, who was joined by the show’s Broadway leads — J. Robert Spencer, Daniel Reichard, Christian Hoff, and John Lloyd Young — for the unveiling of his caricature at Sardi’s. Also on Theatermania.com– another press day photo of Jersey Boys national tour stars Erich Bergen (Bob [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the La Jolla Playhouse staging of the musical The Wiz, starring David Alan Grier, has extended its run two more weeks. The Des McAnuff production will now run through November 26, 2006.
(more...)Take a look at Broadway.com’s exclusive photos of Des McAnuff’s revival of The Wiz at the La Jolla Playhouse on Sunday, October 8. Below are a few of the photo highlights: From Gotham to the Emerald City, Daniel Reichard brings a huge green basket of opening night goodies from the Jersey Boys to The Wiz [...]
(more...)Check out BroadwayWorld.com’s photo coverage of La Jolla Playhouse’s The Wiz, which began previews last night for an October 11 opening. Director Des McAnuff has teamed up with original Wiz orchestrator Harold Wheeler “to create a re-imagined, multi-cultural musical phenomenon for a new century,” according to press notes. The production stars former Jersey Boys cast [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys’ Tony Award-nominated director Des McAnuff talks to BackStage.com’s Simi Horwitz about casting the national tour of Jersey Boys; preparing an updated production of The Wiz, which opens this fall at La Jolla Playhouse; and his upcoming transition from La Jolla Playhouse artistic director to his new position n artistic director of Canada’s Stratford [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Podcast has released their latest podcast, which includes outstanding interviews with director Des McAnuff and cast member Peter Gregus. The interview with McAnuff was recorded just after the Tony Awards on KPBS’s “These Days” show, hosted by Tom Fudge, and the interview with Peter Gregus recorded live back in April 2006. Gregus talks [...]
(more...)BroadwayWorld.com’s Nick Orlando provides a recap of the annual “Rockers On Broadway” concert, which took place on July 10th at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street) in New York City. “Rockers on Broadway raised a hefty $5,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. “Rockers” was inspired by Pete Townshend, who wanted to give musical theatre [...]
(more...)BroadwayWorld.com reports that Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff has accepted a position as one of three Artistic Directors at Canada’s prestigious Stratford Festival, effective 2008. In a press conference held today in Canada, Antoni Cimolino, General Director of the Stratford Festival of Canada unveiled the next stage of the Festival’s new vision for artistic leadership. [...]
(more...)Sioux City Journal staff writer Bruce R. Miller notes that Frankie Valli may be the most recognizable member of The Four Seasons but “Jersey Boys” is hardly a one-man show. Set to a driving, infectious beat, the stage biography gives ample time to the group’s other members, weaving a tale that’s both cautionary and laudatory. [...]
(more...)BroadwayWorld.com reports that Ralph Bryan, President of the Board of Trustees of La Jolla Playhouse today announced that Artistic Director Des McAnuff will not be renewing his contract, scheduled to expire in 2007. He will continue with his current commitments to the Playhouse until April 2007 and will then assume a newly created position as [...]
(more...)If you’d like to see a bit more fanfare from last week’s Tony Awards, then you’ll find Broadway.com’s red carpet arrivals video to be a real treat! You’ll see stars, including Jersey Boys’ director Des McAnuff, and cast members Christian Hoff, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young, chat about the big night!
(more...)Who doesn’t love an underdog? It might seem ironic in hindsight, what with all the repeated shout-outs and standing ovations, but last fall, that was the situation for this year’s best-musical Tony winner. Variety’s Gordon Cox and David Rooney note that Jersey Boys, a jukebox tuner about (what else?) scrappy little guys who go on [...]
(more...)Broadway.com provides transcripts of the acceptance speeches of the 2006 Tony Award winners. Below are the moving speeches by Howell Binkley, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, and JB Producer Michael David. Howell Binkley, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Jersey Boys “Hey, first of all, Jersey Boys has been an incredible adventure I think for [...]
(more...)New York Post’s Michael Riedel said the jukebox musical lives. By bestowing the Tony Award for Best Musical on Jersey Boys, Broadway certified that shows built around old baby-boomer favorites – in this case, the songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – are here to stay. So discredited was the form that last [...]
(more...)Oh, What a Night! Jersey Boys Blog is thrilled to present Special Correspondent Fran Gatto’s coverage at the 2006 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2006! My friend Andrew Baumer and I had decided we were going to see our Jersey Boys’ favorites sweep the Tonys this year. So we got [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com provides fabulous coverage of the Jersey Boys Tony Awards party held at the Hard Rock Cafe. In addition to shots of the cast, crew, and producers, there are some great photos of original Four Seasons’ members Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito, and producer/songwriter Bob Crewe.
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