Jersey Boys Blog

Both Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff and JBB Fantastic Fan and Special Correspondent Howard Tucker have noted that the Four Seasons’ “Sherry and 11 Others” was the first rock and roll album they bought as kids. Although this album was not the first I purchased as a kid, it has become one of my top [...]

As reported earlier, Jersey Boys had another outstanding week at the box office, grossing $1,178,547 for the week ending March 11, 2007. As with last week, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last week, with 100.6% attendance rate. For the week ending 3/11/07, grosses climbed to $18,114,083 for the 32 shows on [...]

According to the Providence Journal, director-writer Eugene Celico has signed Frankie Valli in a pivotal role in his upcoming film, “Thunder Doyle.” “Thunder Doyle” stars Vinny Paz as a boxer who has just finished a ten-year stint in prison for murdering his father. The boxer joins a carnival, befriends a dwarf and catches the eye [...]

For the week ending March 11, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $1,178,547 according to the League of American Theatres and Producers. The 32 shows on the boards grossed $18,114,084, and the total attendance was 251,847 the week.

Christian Hoff reports on his blog that he is thrilled to now be a small part of NBC’s crime-drama legacy. He will appear on the commercial-free episode of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” (sponsored by Lunesta) entitled “Players” on Tuesday, March 27 at 9:00PM on NBC. Christian will be portraying former federal prosecutor Thomas Grady [...]

Variety.com reports that the national tour of Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre grossed $1,070,055 for the week ending March 4, 2007. For the week ending 2/25/07, JB in SF grossed $1,040,375. Road receipts grew in Week 40 (Feb. 26-March 4) as the 12-show slate increased 12.44% to $12,231,472.

On March 13, 1976, the Four Seasons had their fifth Number One hit with “December 1963″ (Oh, What a Night),” which was their first hit to top the charts since “Rag Doll” in 1964. “December 1963″ remained in the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and was also their only [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been released! This edition includes great Jersey Boys content from Broadway.com’s Question & Answer (Q&A) with John Lloyd Young (video); Christy’s interview with Jersey Boys Broadway cast member Matthew Scott; and the Jersey Boys Tour on Jan Wahl’s KRON4 show.

On his recent blog post, Christian Hoff welcomed Broadway’s “newest Jersey Boy,” Travis Cloer. Christian noted that Travis has thrown his heart and talent into the show with great enthusiasm. Travis “has taken over the role of Joe Pesci on the matinees and most importantly, is poised and ready to fill the shoes of Frankie [...]

In October 2007, Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons by David Cote will be released! Here is the description from Amazon.com: Like the show itself, this gorgeous, full-color companion book captures the magic and the original excitement of the band’s life and times through all-new interviews with the band members. [...]

Christian Hoff announced on his blog that he has been cast in NBC’s “Law and Order: CI.” He will be portraying former federal prosecutor Thomas Grady Jr. He noted that they’re now completing a special commercial-free episode sponsored by Lunestra.

Here’s a quick note from the Tech Half of JBB. If you tried to access the Trivia Contest and it appeared as if it was not there, please try again. Because of a couple of layout issues, involving certain browser editions, the Trivia Contest was appearing at the bottom of the page and you may [...]

Erich Bergen reports on his blog that the whole cast of the national tour of Jersey Boys will be appearing on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, on Monday, March 19th. Erich notes that the cast rehearsed yesterday afternoon, and they have a great medley to perform which features three songs from the show.

In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff and co-author Marshall Brickman have written letters to the editor about their recent misunderstanding. An Excerpt from McAnuff: …Marshall and Rick went off and wrote a fabulous script while, simultaneously, my creative team designed and planned a production of which I am truly proud. While [...]

The long-awaited Jersey Boys Trivia Contest is now available!! Thanks to the marvelous suggestion of JBB Fantastic Fan Brian Lim, our first Jersey Boys Trivia Contest has begun this evening! Before you begin, please read the following: There are a total of 20 questions–both multiple- choice questions and fill in the blanks! Take all the [...]

Broadway.com reports that Jersey Boys Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley will be the lighting designer for the upcoming Broadway musical Xanadu! Broadway veteran Tony Roberts is set to join previously announced star Kerry Butler as Danny in Broadway’s upcoming tuner. The musical starts previews on May 23 and will open at the Helen Hayes [...]

Buzzin’ Lee Hartgrave of BeyondChron.org reports that Erich Bergen, one of the Jersey Boys was a hit at the Ermet Foundation Awards program in the Plush Room. Originally, there were to be two of the Jersey Lads performing, but Michael Ingersoll had an emergency root canal about an hour before the show. That left Bergen [...]

John Lloyd Young is featured on an interview with WOR Radio’s Joan Hamburg. The interview took place on Wednesday in New York’s famous Sardi’s Restaurant. Listen to this fascinating and insightful interview from the WOR website!

Playbill.com reports that Daniel Reichard will appear in the one-night-only performance of David Neiman’s The Jordan Goldman Bar Mitzvah Sting on April 30 at the Abingdon Theatre at 7PM. In addition to Daniel, the performance will feature The Wedding Singer’s David Josefsberg, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’s Sandy Rustin, Mary Poppins’ Stephanie Kurtzuba [...]