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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Blog had the phenomenal opportunity while in New York to interview J. Robert (Bobby) Spencer before the Friday, July 7, 2006 evening performance of Jersey Boys. Bobby talked about his amazing journey with Jersey Boys since the early days at La Jolla Playhouse; what it’s like to play the late Nick Massi; the [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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. [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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.
(more...)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, [...]
(more...)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. [...]
(more...)NCTimes.com staff writer Pam Kragen had a chance to talk to longtime San Diegan Christian Hoff, who just last week won the Tony Award for his breakout performance as tough guy Tommy DeVito in the Tony-winning musical “Jersey Boys.” Hoff originated the role in the show’s 2004 world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse, and he [...]
(more...)NEWSFLASH!! BroadwayWorld.com reports that the Jersey Boys Broadway cast recording, produced by original Four Season Bob Gaudio on Rhino Records, is #1 on the Billboard’s Top Broadway Albums chart, and has moved up from #186 to #85 on the Billboard Top 200! In addition, Amazon.com reports the album is #1 in the “Broadway & Vocalists†[...]
(more...)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. [...]
(more...)Theatermania.com’s Brian Scott Lipton says if there was an award for Most Dramatic Moment on the Tony Awards, it would go to Christian Hoff’s win as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jersey Boys. Reflecting on his honor, Hoff says, “It was a great surprise. We had just performed and they got me back [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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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