July 16, 2006

John Lloyd Young Reflects on Current Success & New Projects

July 16th, 2006
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    Taylor Barnes from the Brown Daily Herald has a very interesting interview with 1998 Brown grad John Lloyd Young. Despite starring as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, the critically acclaimed Broadway show for which he garnered the 2006 Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, John Lloyd Young ’98 still feels “like I’m [...]

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July 13, 2006

Valli & Gaudio in San Francisco Promoting JB!

July 13th, 2006
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    San Francisco Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik states that Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio of the Four Seasons were in San Francisco Tuesday to promote Jersey Boys, which will open its national tour in SF SHN’s Best of Broadway series. The press got to meet them before a Ruby Skye show-and-tell for buyers of group tickets. [...]

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Valli Shines at Lenape!

July 13th, 2006
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    BroadwayWorld.com’s Pati Buehler reviews the recent appearance by Frankie Valli at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center. Here’s what she had to say about this amazing evening: When Frankie Valli and the new Four Seasons stepped on the stage we were magically transformed back to 1963. Fresh on the heels of Broadway’s Tony winner The [...]

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Jersey Boys Podcast Exclusive: Interview with Frankie Valli!

July 13th, 2006
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    Jersey Boys Podcast has released their latest podcast, which includes an exclusive interview with the one & only Frankie Valli! You’ll also hear an audio portion of the ABC News segment featuring John Lloyd Young as “Person of the Week” from last month.

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Jersey Boys Record Tracks for Valli’s New Album

July 13th, 2006
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    Does it get much better than this–A recording featuring the legendary Frankie Valli, with the cast members of Jersey Boys??? Broadway.com provides exclusive photo coverage of Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young recording at the Right Track Studio on June 27. In addition to the cast, [...]

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June 23, 2006

JB–A Bio For All Seasons!

June 23rd, 2006
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    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. [...]

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June 19, 2006

Baby Boomer Reawakens to the Four Seasons Through Jersey Boys

June 19th, 2006
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    Picture this–being stuck in Hawaii for a conference presentation–when you’d rather be updating your blog–just days before the Tony Awards. Yeah, I admit it–I would have rather been updating the Jersey Boys Blog, instead of attending the first night of conference activities. Prior to the evening’s conference reception, some colleagues suggested we meet for cocktails. [...]

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June 18, 2006

Another Tony Recap

June 18th, 2006
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    Post and Courier reporter Dottie Ashley said she has always wanted to attend the Tony Awards, but has never had the opportunity. Last Sunday night, she settled for sitting in front of the television for the 2006 ceremony that aired on CBS from Radio City Music Hall. Ashley and her husband applauded wildly when Jersey [...]

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Frankie Valli on Jersey Boys, Sinatra, and More

June 18th, 2006
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    Superstar Frankie Valli talks to Newsweek’s Nicki Gostin about Jersey Boys winning the Best Musical prize at the Tonys, his buddy Frank Sinatra, and…pasta. Here’s an except of the short interview: Gostin: Was it weird seeing your life story onstage? Valli: I’m on a cloud. We had been offered a couple of movies-of-the-week, but I [...]

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JB’s National & International Appeal

June 18th, 2006
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    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 [...]

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June 17, 2006

JLY’s “Person of the Week” Transcript on ABC

June 17th, 2006
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    ABC News has provided a transcript of this week’s “Person of the Week” segment featuring John Lloyd Young. Here’s an excerpt of the segment: A year ago John Lloyd Young was ushering theater fans to their seats; he’s now entertaining those theatergoers while celebrating his first Tony win for his role as Frankie Valli in [...]

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June 16, 2006

JLY Named “Person of the Week” on ABC News

June 16th, 2006
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    John Lloyd Young has had quite a week, to put it mildly! He won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical at the Tony Awards; the musical he stars in, Jersey Boys, picked up the top prize at this year’s Tonys; and he sung for the First Lady and Senate spouses at [...]

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Are Jersey Boys and Valli Headed to Vegas?

June 16th, 2006
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    In today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “Vegas Confidential” column, columnist NORM! said he has heard that Frankie Valli is redoubling efforts to return to Las Vegas because he’s energized by the success of Jersey Boys at the Tony Awards. Jersey Boys, the musical biography of Valli and the Four Seasons, won four Tonys, including best musical [...]

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More Tony Recaps from New York & La Jolla

June 16th, 2006
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    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 [...]

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June 15, 2006

Tony Winner JLY Reminisces About Plattsburgh

June 15th, 2006
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    Press Republican staff writer Stephen Bartlett’s recent interview with Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young sheds more light into what makes the actor tick. Young, who recently won a Tony for best lead actor in a musical for his portrayal of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, talks about his years as a struggling actor who [...]

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June 14, 2006

One Critic’s Thoughts on Jersey Boys

June 14th, 2006
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    Philadelphia Inquirer’s Howard Shapiro has some thoughts on Jersey Boys taking home the top prize at the Tonys. Shapiro says it’s nostalgic. It’s ebullient. It’s the American dream, with twists. It makes you happy. And, he admits, it was a surprise to him when Jersey Boys won the Tony for best musical. When the envelope [...]

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JB Tony News Updates!

June 14th, 2006
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    Over the last two days, news sources from around the globe have announced Jersey Boys’ four big wins at this year’s Tony Awards. Below are a few of the news updates: Bloomberg’s Philip Boroff reported that Jersey Boys, a backstage drama about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons punctuated with performances of their 1960s and [...]

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JBB EXCLUSIVE Tony Awards Coverage!

June 14th, 2006
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    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 [...]

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June 13, 2006

More Tony Photo Coverage

June 13th, 2006
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    Broadwayworld.com’s Walter McBride provides photo coverage of the Tony action, including the red carpet and the press room. You’ll see the legendary Frankie Valli; Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff & his wife Melissa; J. Robert Spencer; Daniel Reichard; and John Lloyd Young & his girlfriend Alison Franck, along with a ton of other Broadway luminaries. The [...]

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