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The Sun-Sentinel reports that Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Frankie Valli will be this year’s Winterfest Boat Parade grand marshal in Southern Florida. This year’s parade theme will be “Broadway on the Waterway.” The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. December 16 and will include up to 100 decorated vessels. They will glide north [...]

Columbus Dispatch’s Aaron Beck has an interesting Q&A segment with the legendary Frankie Valli, who will be performing in concert at the Palace Theatre in Columbus on Friday, November 10. Beck talks to Valli about growing up in Newark; his life as a young, struggling singer; his phenomenal success with the Four Seasons, and of [...]

Star-Ledger reporter Jay Lustig recaps Frankie Valli’s benefit concert this past Thursday night at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center that raised $400,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of New Jersey. Lustig notes that Valli was raised in Newark and performed in local clubs before putting together one of the greatest pop vocal groups [...]

Washington Times reporter Jennifer Crier Johnston notes that it was “all amore and more amore” at Saturday’s National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) gala at the Washington Hilton, the only venue in town that can host 3,000 people for a sit-down dinner. Original Jersey Boy Frankie Valli was among this year’s NIAF award recipients, along with [...]

President Bush made a surprise appearance Friday night at the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) dinner show featuring Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Here’s what Bush had to say about honoree Valli: And I understand you’re honoring Frankie Valli. Sorry I’m not going to be around to hear you. But rest assured I’ve heard [...]

Check out photos of original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, in addition to Jersey Boys book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice at an informal Q&A session at the Los Angeles House of Blues. Jersey Boys will play at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from May 27 to August 5, 2007.

Contactmusic.com reports that Frankie Valli will be presented with the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Lifetime Achievement Award on October 21, 2006. Valli will collect his honor at the NIAF’s 31st Anniversary Awards Gala at Hilton Washington Towers in Washington DC. The night before the ceremony, Valli will perform at the hotel with the Four [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been released. This podcast includes the “Girls of Jersey Boys” group cast interview with Erica Piccininni, Heather Ferguson, Sara Schmidt, and Jennifer Naimo; the latest news about Jersey Boys; and Part 2 of 3 of the Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli guest DJ appearance in 1994 on BBC Radio.

Angie Kinsey from the Paducah Sun recently talked to Frankie Valli, who will be performing next Thursday in Paducah’s Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. In a phone interview, he talked about the megahit Jersey Boys, acting on “The Sopranos,” and his upcoming new recording, scheduled to be released in early 2007. Members of the [...]

Broadway.com’s “Fresh Face” column has a feature on Landon Beard, who is currently making his New York stage debut as Luke, the self-styled “ghetto” member of off-Broadway’s Altar Boyz. Beard, 27, is a San Diego native with a degree in musical theatre from Cal State. After graduation, he landed a job with the original Jersey [...]

San Francisco’s SHN, the theatrical entertainment company that is launching the Jersey Boys’ national tour has a podcast. This introduction is the first in a series on Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical. You’ll hear from lead singer Frankie Valli [...]

The New York Times reports that Frankie Valli will be making his first performance in Manhattan since the opening of Jersey Boys on Broadway. Valli is to sing at the Rose Theater, Broadway at 60th Street, for four nights around the Thanksgiving holiday, Nov. 22 and 24 through 26. For a list of Frankie Valli [...]

Jersey Boys Podcast has released their latest podcast, which includes an interview with cast member Michael Longoria. Longoria talks about his favorite part of Jersey Boys; what it’s like to play Joe Pesci; his experience as an understudy for the Frankie Valli role; and more. Additionally, there are two other major treats for listeners–a Las [...]

In this week’s New CD and Music DVD Releases column, Texasgigs.com announces the release of the new “Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons: Definitive Pop” collection. Below are the details: Now immortalized in the Tony® winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons wrote their own songs, invented their [...]

Michael Longoria has posted that he will be playing Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys weekend–today at 2PM and 8PM, and tomorrow at 3PM.

EducationNews.org’s Michael F. Shaughnessy talked to Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young about his success of playing the role of Frankie Valli on Broadway, and the role that the school library, teachers, mentors and LEARNING has had in his life. Here’s a bit of what JLY had to say: Q: How has your education prepared you [...]

The Associated Press has listed the potential New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees. Among the names listed is Newark native and legendary lead singer of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli. Other potential inductees include Oscar winners Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Spacey, and Meryl Streep; singers Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen; and astronauts Buzz Aldrin [...]

In the first act of Jersey Boys, Bob Gaudio talks about how musicians could go to the Brill Building to find a publisher and printer; cut a demo; promote the record; and cut a deal with radio promoters, all within this one building. In the show, you’ll see Bob and Frankie inside of the Brill [...]

Jersey Boys Blog was honored to interview Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young prior to his matinee performance on Sunday, July 9, 2006. John Lloyd discussed his amazing year from his Broadway debut in Jersey Boys to winning the coveted Tony Award; his life as an actor; and what it’s like to play the legendary Frankie [...]