Jersey Boys Blog

Betty Mohr, DailySouthtown.com’s theater critic says there’s a scene in Jersey Boys in which the actors playing Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio decide to form a partnership. Gaudio, who in real life would go on to write the classic hits performed by Valli and the Four Seasons, asks the singer whether they should sign a [...]

Louis R. Carlozo of the Chicago Tribune reports that it’s official: Jersey Boys is a hit in Chicago, and with glowing reviews and two midshow standing ovations at last week’s opening night, odds are excellent that LaSalle Bank Theatre-goers will want to know even more about the group, whose story remained untold for decades. On [...]

Chicago Tribune entertainment reporter Terry Armour covered Jersey Boys’ opening night at LaSalle Bank Theatre in Chicago tonight. He states that there are two things Frankie Valli could never have dreamed. First, that a bunch of New Jersey kids would gain worldwide fame as The Four Seasons. And second, that some years later that group [...]

Barbara Vitello of the Daily Herald says it took more than three years from the time Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio realized The Four Seasons story might make a better musical than TV film for Jersey Boys to become a reality. “It was a pipe dream then,” Gaudio says, one of the original Four Seasons [...]

On the TODAY Show’s blog, producer Tammy Fine reflects on the happy memories of her childhood listening to the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in the backseat of the family station wagon, squished between my sisters, listening to the local AM station in Wilmington, [...]

Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that next year will be the 50th anniversary of Bob Gaudio meeting Frankie Valli and his group the Four Lovers when they were appearing on a New Jersey television show. Gaudio went on to play with the Four Seasons before becoming their songwriter, often collaborating on lyrics with [...]

The Chicago Sun-Times Entertainment section has an amazing array of features today on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Jersey Boys–the Tony Award-winning musical that will have its official opening at the LaSalle Bank Theatre next Sunday. Chicago Sun-Times Sunday Show Editor Miriam Di Nunzio’s interviews with Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Rick Elice, and [...]

Theater critic Chris Jones has an in-depth feature on Frankie Valli in today’s Chicago Tribune. Jones talks to Valli, in addition to Bob Gaudio, about the creation and phenomenal success of Jersey Boys and their career’s ups and downs over the last 50 years. Jones has also included interesting insights from Des McAnuff and Rick [...]

Kyle Lawson of The Arizona Republic recently checked in with original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, JB writer Rick Elice, and Rick Faugno, one of the actors who plays Frankie Valli for their thoughts on the lives and times of the Four Seasons. Here’s a preview of the interview: Q: Does Jersey Boys get the [...]

Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times states that in the hit musical Jersey Boys, the Four Seasons’ Bob Gaudio says the band’s 1960s pop was the soundtrack for factory workers, gas attendants and diner regulars. The reporter recently had the chance to chat with Jersey Boys’ cast member John Michael Coppola, who’s from Bloomfied and [...]

Anthony DeCurtis of The New York Times has written a terrific in-depth feature article on Frankie Valli, who first became a star in 1962, when his group, the Four Seasons, soared to No. 1 on the strength of a perfect pop song called “Sherry” and the wings of Mr. Valli’s stratospheric falsetto. And now, 45 [...]

Jersey Boys’ national tour will open next Thursday, September 27 and run through October 14 at Gammage Auditorium on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe! Arizona Daily Star reporter Kathleen Allen recently spoke with Bob Gaudio. As one of the original members of the Four Seasons and a force behind the Tony-winning Jersey Boys, [...]

Bruce Dancis of the Sacramento Bee has a very interesting interview with Bob Gaudio about the music of The Four Seasons. Below is a preview of the interview: Q: It seems to me that there were two keys to the Four Seasons’ success: Frankie Valli’s totally distinctive voice and your instantly catchy songs that were [...]

Big news in USA Today on Frankie Valli! Elysa Gardner reports that his story and songs fueled one of the most popular Broadway musicals in years, and now Frankie Valli is ready to reclaim the spotlight. On October 2, the 73-year-old original Jersey boy will release “Romancing the ’60s,” his first album since the Four [...]

Daily Southtown Theater Critic Betty Mohr provides the highlights of Chicago’s upcoming theater season. What is especially exciting about Chicago’s theater scene is that it is reaching out to all audiences. Even men, who have not been considered a major demographic in theatrical audiences, are getting in the act. Bob Gaudio, the songwriter and one [...]

Broadway.com is presenting a fresh look at 2007 megahits, including Jersey Boys! This feature includes interviews with Bob Gaudio, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young, in addition to a photo gallery, a video, and fun facts about the show and The Four Seasons. Here’s a sneak peek at the interviews [...]

Back in February, the Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys won the coveted Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Turns out, it takes six months to actually receive the engraved trophy! Check out Broadway.com’s photo coverage of the event, including the entire cast and musicians who participated in the recording and original Four Seasons member, [...]

Jersey Boys is coming to ASU’s Gammage Auditorium in Tempe September 27-October 14, 2007! KTVK’s Sue Breding recently spent a day in Manhattan talking to Bob Gaudio, one of the original Jersey Boys about his career with the Four Seasons and what it’s like to watch his life story on stage. Check out the KTVK [...]

Lea Lion of LADowntownNews.com states that most Americans of a certain age only need to hear a few notes of one of the Four Seasons’ many chart-topping songs to identify it. In the early ’60s, the pop group recorded its first platinum title, “Sherry,” followed by the big sellers “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Walk [...]