The annual Drama League Awards luncheon will take place tomorrow at Noon at Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. Megahit musical Jersey Boys is among the six shows nominated for the Distinguished Production of a Musical award. Additionally, Jersey Boys’ stars Christian Hoff and John Lloyd Young are among the approximately 70 performers who are [...]
(more...)Playbill.com’s Robert Simonson reports that the nominations for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club in Manhattan by composer Marvin Hamlisch and actress Donna McKechnie. Jersey Boys has garnered eight nominations for this year’s Drama Desk Awards, which will be held Sunday, May 21, 2006 at [...]
(more...)THIS JUST IN: Jersey Boys nominated for SIX Outer Critics Circle Awards! Broadwayworld.com and MonstersandCritics.com report that the Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, have announced its nominees for the 2005-06 season. The winners of the following categories [...]
(more...)Although he is a hard man to track down, VoiceofSandiego.org’s Will Carless’ had a chance to talk with two-time Tony Award-winning director and writer Des McAnuff. Des McAnuff has done it all. He’s directed big-time Hollywood movies, written and directed some of the most popular plays to ever come out of San Diego, and transformed [...]
(more...)Playbill.com’s Robert Simonson reports that The Drama League has announced the nominations for its 2006 awards for best play, musical, revival of a play and revival of a musical. The megahit musical Jersey Boys is among six shows nominated for the “Distinguished Production of a Musical†award. Other nominees include The Color Purple, The Drowsy [...]
(more...)4/17/06: Daniel Reichard will serve as one of three leading men backing up Steven Brinberg at “Simply Barbra: Wait Til We’re 64–The Birthday Concert” at Birdland. 4/24/06: Michael Longoria will be performing a set of his original songs at CB’s Gallery at 8 PM. 5/5/06: The Jersey Boys will serve as honorary co-chairs at the [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com News Desk reports that Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young will serve as will serve as honorary co-chairs, along with other Broadway stars including LaChanze (The Color Purple), Cyndi Lauper (The Threepenny Opera), Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole), Paul Rudd (Three Days of Rain), and David Schwimmer (The [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk reports that the Drama League is has announced the recipients of its three annual specialty awards which will be presented at The 72nd Annual Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2006 (12 p.m.). This year’s honorees include Jersey Boys’ director Des McAnuff, who will be honored with the Julia Hansen [...]
(more...)USA Today reporter Elysa Gardner reports that ever since the Mama Mia! took Broadway by storm back in 2001, New York and other cities have welcomed a stream of shows based on the catalogs of popular artists and bands. In addition to the Mama Mia!, Gardner highlights Movin’ Out, The Times They Are a-Changin’, Hot [...]
(more...)The Providence Journal’s Leslie Gray Streeter states that The Four Seasons are a lot of things: American music icons, the 1960s standard-bearers of doo-wop pop, one of the few groups stateside to withstand and survive in the midst of Beatlemania and the craze over all things British, and the inspiration for one very popular Broadway [...]
(more...)How hot is John Lloyd Young’s Broadway career? Young, who is making his Broadway debut playing Frankie Valli in this season’s smash hit, Jersey Boys, talked to Associated Press reporter Mark Kennedy about his early days as a struggling actor, his current success, and what may be next for him. While Young was studying acting [...]
(more...)In the current edition of Broadway.com’s First Person, Jersey Boys’ co-author Marshall Brickman confesses how a newfound passion for the Four Seasons coupled with the collaborative nature of theater helped him put the story of that crooning quartet from the Garden State on the Great White Way. Prior to launching his mega-successful screenwriting career, Brickman, [...]
(more...)Omaha World-Herald staff writer Bob Fischbach provides readers with a glimpse of John Lloyd Young’s childhood in Bellevue, Nebraska, where his acting ambitions and dreams began, his seven years as a struggling actor, and his Broadway debut playing Frankie Valli in this season’s megahit, Jersey Boys. Young says his acting ambitions began in the late [...]
(more...)San Diego Union-Tribune theater critic Anne Marie Welsh made a recent trip to the Big Apple to experience a sampling of Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Welsh notes that the Broadway season so far has proved that unpredictable, with just one bona fide (and artistically deserving) hit opening since August, the La Jolla Playhouse-spawned Jersey Boys. [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com reports that Broadway’s smash hit musical, Jersey Boys will celebrate their 100th performance tomorrow evening, February 1. The book, written by Marshall Bricman and Rick Elice, chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who, as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, became one of the [...]
(more...)SignonSandiego.com’s Anne Marie Welsh updates readers on La Jolla, California native and Jersey Boys’ star Christian Hoff’, who will be joining the cast of soap opera All My Children beginning January 30 in the recurring role of Marty. Hoff was raised in La Jolla and trained in San Diego at the School of Creative and [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com reports that Jersey Boys’ Director Des McAnuff will be directing the upcoming Broadway-bound revival of The Wiz. This production, scheduled to run from September through November, will be part of the 2006 season at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.
(more...)Several Broadway-related websites have done a great job capturing the magic of Jersey Boys rehearsals, the Opening Night gala, performances at the August Wilson Theater, and TV appearances featuring the cast, the original Four Seasons members, and other people associated with the show. Below are some highlights: This Broadway.com video features rehearsal footage with cast [...]
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