Broadway.com provides transcripts of the acceptance speeches of the 2006 Tony Award winners. Below are the moving speeches by Howell Binkley, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, and JB Producer Michael David. Howell Binkley, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Jersey Boys “Hey, first of all, Jersey Boys has been an incredible adventure I think for [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)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 [...]
(more...)Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press reported that from the Tony Awards to the White House, it was a memorable 24 hours for the Jersey Boys. Cast members of the Broadway musical followed four wins at the Tonys and after-show parties Sunday night with an overnight bus ride to Washington so they could sing at [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com provides fabulous coverage of the Jersey Boys Tony Awards party held at the Hard Rock Cafe. In addition to shots of the cast, crew, and producers, there are some great photos of original Four Seasons’ members Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito, and producer/songwriter Bob Crewe.
(more...)Broadway.com provides transcripts of the acceptance speeches of the 2006 Tony Award winners. Below are the moving speeches by Howell Binkley, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, and JB Producer Michael David. Howell Binkley, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Jersey Boys “Hey, first of all, Jersey Boys has been an incredible adventure I think for [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Blog is thrilled to post a report from Special Correspondent Sue Lasbury from the La Jolla Playhouse Tony Awards party! La Jolla Playhouse Tony Award Party La Jolla, California 11 June 2006, 4:30 to 8:30pm Home of the 2006 Tony Award Winner, Best Musical: Jersey Boys Two hundred Jersey Boys fans gathered in [...]
(more...)Check out the great video clip of “CBS-2 at the Tonys†found on the Genuine Imitation Life Gazette website that features the Tony Award-winning musical, Jersey Boys, interviews with John Lloyd Young and his parents, clips from the hit show, and comments from the crowds who can’t get enough of the show!
(more...)Jersey Boys Blog is proud to announce that Jersey Boys, the hit musical that tells the story of the pop sensations Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ rise and fall, has won Best Musical honors at the 2006 Tony Awards! Congratulations to the cast, crew, and creative team on this outstanding and well-deserved honor!
(more...)The 60th Annual Tony Awards are tonight! Follow the awards LIVE as Playbill reports up-to-the-minute news from back-stage at Radio City starting at 7PM. Playbill.com editor Robert Simonson will blog from the Tony Press Room – CLICK HERE and refresh this page throughout the evening to read what the Tony winners say after they leave [...]
(more...)Peter Filichia of the Star-Ledger notes that before Jersey Boys, now the hottest musical ticket on Broadway opened in November, only the most diehard musical theater aficionados could have identified Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young. Now, thanks to their performances as Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Frankie [...]
(more...)Frankie Valli talked to “Entertainment Tonight’s†Jan Karl about his dream to be a singer as he grew up in Newark; his amazing success as lead singer of the Four Seasons; and the excitement of seeing his story, Jersey Boys, becoming a hit Broadway musical, nominated for eight Tony Awards. You can see a video [...]
(more...)According to a Reuters article today, Bob Gaudio, songwriting partner of Frankie Valli and one of the original Four Seasons, says he’s beginning to think Jersey Boys, a Broadway musical about the band, may be even more successful than the band itself. In a telephone interview, Gaudio’s business partner, legendary Four Seasons lead singer Frankie [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com reports that Frankie Valli, the subject of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys, will appear on “Entertainment Tonight” TONIGHT, Thursday, June 8 at 7:30pm on CBS. Check your local listings for schedules.
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