Jersey Boys Blog

Reuters reports that Broadway sold a record 12 million tickets in the 2005-06 season, a rise of 4.1% from the previous campaign, with more than half taken by tourists, according to statistics released on Wednesday. Box office grosses rose 12% to $861.6 million, also a record, the League of American Theatres and Producers said. The [...]

Watch a Frankie Valli interview, including clips from a 1997 Las Vegas concert on the “Entertainment Las Vegas Style” program. Valli talks to reporter Tony Sacca about his musical influences, his success, and his contemporary concert sound.

Watch the new Jersey Boys Broadway video with John Lloyd Young, who talks about what he did to prepare to play the legendary Frankie Valli on Broadway. Not only did he see Valli in concert, but he also drew upon his late Italian-American grandfather for inspiration. From the official home page, click on Media to [...]

New York Times reporter Mark Rotella’s interview with Tony Award nominee John Lloyd Young sheds light about Young playing legendary Frankie Valli in the megahit musical Jersey Boys; his childhood; his early days as an actor; his life in Jersey City; and so much more. John Lloyd Young, the man who plays Frankie Valli, has [...]

In their latest column on Talkinbroadway.com, columnists Barbara and Scott Siegel rave about their most recent visit to see Jersey Boys. Here’s what they had to say: We also recently went back to see Jersey Boys. We weren’t going to wait four seasons to see it again. And what was fun back when it opened [...]

BroadwayWorld.com’s Ben Strothmann provides wonderful photo coverage of the May 21 “Broadway Bears IX” auction, which raised a grand total of $114,638 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. John Lloyd Young was on hand to lend his support at the event, showing off the Frankie Valli bear that was up for auction.

In the latest issue of Variety, David Rooney notes that while there are 24 competitive categories to be decided when the 2006 Tony awards are announced June 11 and a number of them are wide open, the race that has Broadway insiders buzzing is the unpredictable duel between The Drowsy Chaperone and Jersey Boys for [...]

Sun-Sentinel.com’s Theater Writer Jack Zink reports that the shows have all opened, the Tony Award nominations are out, and Broadway has a neck-and-neck competition for its most-watched race. The Drowsy Chaperone, a tongue-in-cheek homage to old-fashioned musicals, has the lead in nominations but not necessarily the count against the slickest rock musical ever, Jersey Boys. [...]

PR Newswire reports that a Walk of Fame honoring the lives and achievements of extraordinary performing artists who are associated with the Garden State and/or its institutions was unveiled at a public ceremony on Thursday, May 18th at 5pm on the Symphony Lawn in front of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Frankie Valli & [...]

Broadway.com and Broadwayworld.com provide some amazing photo coverage Manhattan Theatre Club’s Annual Spring Gala on May 15 at the New York Hilton. You’ll see pictures of the Jersey Boys’ cast and co-writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, as well as original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio.

TONY nominations are less than nine hours away! Playbill.com’s Andrew Gans states that one of the most highly anticipated days of the American theatrical season is the announcement of the Tony Award nominations, the annual event that occurs about a month prior to the actual awards ceremony. This season’s nominees will be announced at TODAY [...]

Before the Tony Award nominations come out tomorrow, here’s a look at one critic’s very long Broadway season, from the very best to a long trail of forgettable evenings at the theater. Jacques Le Sourd from The Journal News reflects on 38 Broadway productions. Here’s what he said about Jersey Boys: Jersey Boys: The biggest [...]

After a recent visit to Broadway, Columbus Dispatch critic Michael Grossberg gives Jersey Boys the thumbs-up. He tells readers who may be going to New York to catch some shows that Jersey Boys is one of three shows not to be missed! Here’s what Grossberg says about the megahit musical: Creators: Authors Marshall Brickman and [...]

With Tony nomination announcements coming out in a few days (5/16/06), the press is doing a great job with their speculations and predictions. Here’s today’s latest scoop on Jersey Boys: New York Post’s Michael Riedel: On the musical front, once you get past Jersey Boys (which everybody loves) and The Drowsy Chaperone (for which there [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s Linda Lenzi’s coverage of the Actors’ Fund Awards Gala includes great photos of Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young, as well as original Four Seasons Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli!

In today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, film critic Ed Blank talks about his recent Broadway experience seeing a very enthusiastic audience at the smash hit musical Jersey Boys. Blank notes that the first 45 minutes of Jersey Boys sketch the genesis of a Joisey pop singing group in mid to late 1950s that under several names and [...]

On his Gold Derby blog, Tom O’Neil reports that Variety reporter David Rooney provides bold speculation for this year’s Tony race for Best Musical. Rooney stated, “Early speculation in the best musical category has centered on two shows. The Color Purple drew a mixed critical response but has blossomed into a bonafide hit. Jersey Boys [...]

In her Orlando Sentinel blog, Elizabeth Maupin reviews Jersey Boys. Maupin admits that Four Seasons’ hits “never did it for her” –until seeing Jersey Boys, a musical that had her grinning from ear to ear. She notes that a lot of Jersey Boys is very funny, with writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice doing a [...]

Happy 72nd Birthday to Frankie Valli! Valli was born Francis Stephen Castelluccio in the Italian First Ward of Newark, New Jersey on May 3, 1934. As seen in Jersey Boys, Valli started his singing career in the early 1950s and worked under a variety of group names including the Variety Trio, and later the Four [...]