By Lauren Avila, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent “Fabulous!†“One hit after another!†“Boy, can they really sing!†“The singing is incredible!†“Their voices are unreal!†No, those quotes are not from the endless critical acclaim in Chicago media. These reviews are direct from audience members’ mouths during intermission at the LaSalle Bank Theatre. Opening [...]
(more...)The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has an interview with Jersey Boys national tour member John Altieri, who plays Bob Crewe and other characters. It has Q&As related to John’s current and past roles as an actor, how he got the Jersey Boys role, and other details related to the challenges and benefits of being on [...]
(more...)Photos 1-10 courtesy of Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com; photos 11-18 courtesy of Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com. The Farnsworth Invention, a play directed by Jersey Boys’ Des McAnuff, opened at the Music Box Theatre on Monday, December 3rd! We saw it in previews back on October 20 and give it two thumbs up! The story, stars [...]
(more...)From BroadwayWorld.com: Angel Light Pictures announced today the signing of an agreement to spearhead the allocation of private funding for 7 Spencer Productions LLC’s romantic comedy feature film project “Three Roses and a Dance” and a thriller “Forevermore” in which Bobby Spencer is signed to direct. 7 Spencer Productions will act as executive producer and [...]
(more...)San Francisco Chronicle’s David Wiegand states that Jersey Boys, back at the Curran again with a third quartet of actors playing the Four Seasons, seems as close to an indestructible musical as any producer could hope for. You could probably cast Kermit, Animal, Bert and Ernie in the lead roles and still have people on [...]
(more...)The 19-day stagehands strike ended on November 28, allowing Jersey Boys and other darkened Broadway shows to resume performances on November 29. For the week ending December 2, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $887,472 and had a 100.8% attendance rate for a five-show week ending December 2, 2007. Total grosses for the week were $14,259,335 for [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the Canadian premiere of Jersey Boys will begin on the Toronto Centre for the Arts stage Aug. 21, 2008. The upcoming engagement, presented as part of Dancap Productions Inc.’s inaugural launch, is scheduled to play through Oct. 5. Tickets will be available by calling the CAP Centre at (416) 644-3665 or toll-free [...]
(more...)To celebrate the glory and wonder of Broadway, and to mark the end of a 19-day work-stoppage, the Great White Way’s biggest and brightest packed the stage of the Marriott Marquis in a very special free public concert “Broadway’s Back!” on Friday, November 30 at 12PM. Check out BWW TV coverage of the event, along [...]
(more...)For our sixth “JB Funniest Lines” poll, we would like to know: What’s the funniest male supporting character line in Act Two of Jersey Boys? You can vote for the funniest line in the current poll on the sidebar to the right, or from the JB Blog Polls page.
(more...)Thank you to everyone who responded to the latest Jersey Boys Blog Poll: What’s the funniest male supporting character line in Act One of Jersey Boys? It was not such a close race! Out of the 162 respondents, 76 (47%) said the funnest male supporting character line in Act One is: Publisher: No, no—the Four [...]
(more...)Travis Cloer will be playing Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys on Broadway in the matinee performances for at least the next two weeks! Now that it’s December, if you want to get in the holiday spirit, check out Travis’s new Christmas CD!
(more...)The new cast of Jersey Boys at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre includes, from left, Jeff Leibow as Nick Massi, Rick Faugno as Frankie Valli, Andrew Rannells as Bob Gaudio and Bryan McElroy as Tommy DeVito. Photo by Joan Marcus InsideBayArea.com’s theater critic Chad Jones notes that the third time is definitely a charm for San [...]
(more...)It’s been a busy week of great postings at Jersey Boys Podcast! They’ve posted a great interview with JB National Tour’s Christopher Kale Jones that was done during the San Diego performances! In addition, Part Two of a four-part interview with original Four Seasons member Tommy DeVito is now available!
(more...)SeattleWeekly.com recently chatted with Christopher Kale Jones, who plays Frankie Valli in the upcoming touring version of the 2006 Tony-sweeping musical Jersey Boys at the 5th Avenue. Chris confesses that it’s odd to be a musical heartthrob mostly for people who are older than him, and in some cases a lot older. Jones says Valli [...]
(more...)Indiana Business Journal reporter Lou Harry admits that after seeing several other jukebox musical whose scores consisted of pre-existing songbooks, he admits that Jersey Boys wan’t high on his must-see list. However, relentless praise pulled Harry in, and he now admits he’s glad he saw the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award-winner in Chicago! Harry states [...]
(more...)Variety.com reports that both the Chicago and the Costa Mesa productions of Jersey Boys broke their respective house records, with $1,244,001 in Chicago and $1,436,060 in Costa Mesa! Additionally, its first week in San Francisco, JB played seven healthy performances for a total of $763,910 at the Curran Theatre.
(more...)Visit Broadway.com for fabulous photo coverage of John Lloyd Young signing autographs and saying goodbye to fans at the stage door on November 21.
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