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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 [...]

Jersey Boys Blog has created the Even More Four Seasons Videos page, thanks to all of the great videos available on YouTube.com. The page includes clips of “Sherry“ through the years, as well as more amazing footage of TV and concert appearances of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from the 1980’s and ’90s.

Check out Broadway.com’s coverage of Diana Ross’ backstage visit with the Jersey Boys cast! Along cast members Christian Hoff, Dominic Nolfi, Daniel Reichard, and Bobby Spencer, you’ll see pictures of Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Bob Gaudio, and Diana Ross’ daughter. For another treat, check out Jennifer Naimo’s picture with Diana Ross on her blog!

This week in 1962, “Sherry,” the Four Seasons’ breakthrough hit was Number One on the Billboard Charts for the second straight week. The song remained at #1 for FIVE consecutive weeks from September 15-October 13, 1962. The song became a certified gold single by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Source: Joel Whitburn’s Top [...]

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 [...]

Thanks to the abundance of videos available from YouTube.com, Jersey Boys Blog has created a More Four Seasons Videos page, where you can watch more amazing footage of concert and TV performances of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from the 1960s through the late 1980s!

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 [...]

Jersey Boys Blog has created a Four Seasons Video page, where you can check out some amazing footage of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ performances from the 1960′s through the mid-’70s!

Reporter Stephen Seeber of the Lititz Record Express notes that after flying high in the wake of four Tony Awards for the hit musical Jersey Boys, and the resulting resurgence of one of the greatest rock and roll groups of all time, Tommy DeVito of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will be on the [...]

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

Chicago Sun Theatre Critic Hedy Weiss reports that Michael Ingersoll has won a lead role in the Jersey Boys’ national tour. Weiss noted that when the Pegasus Players’ production of Jonathan Larson’s musical tick, tick … BOOM! opened here in May, actor Michael Ingersoll — who had moved to Chicago just seven months earlier — [...]

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 [...]

In the 8/21/06 edition on Entertainment Weekly, Jason Clark highlights some of the most exciting moments of the 60th Annual Tony Awards. Clark notes that even without a host, the 60th Annual Tony Awards proved to be fairly smooth affair: spirited performances, mostly deserving winners, polished and from-the-heart speeches. Clark has come up with some [...]