Bob Gaudio (Photo Credit: J.T. Macmillan Photography) TulsaWorld.com has had some great continuing coverage of the JERSEY BOYS national tour production that is playing in Tulsa through June 24. In today’s edition, check out a preview of James D. Watts’ interview with original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio: If Bob Gaudio had not seen the [...]
(more...)For the second week in June, JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $946,692 and had a 90.7% attendance rate. The 35 shows on the boards grossed $24,964,889, up over 7.5% from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending June 10, 2012. Wicked $1,990,184 The Lion King $1,847,364 The [...]
(more...)In June of 1966, “Opus 17″ by The Four Seasons peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. IMHO, I think “Opus 17,” written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, was one of the Seasons’ most powerful hits of the mid-60s and I was surprised that it didn’t peak at a higher position on [...]
(more...)Click HERE to listen to the fascinating KRMG interview with JERSEY BOYS first national tour cast members Preston Truman Boyd, Joseph Leo Bwarie, and Michael Lomenda! Wow!!
(more...)For the next FIVE weeks, the JERSEY BOYS second national tour company will be playing at the AT&T Performing Arts Center as part of the Lexus Broadway Series. CBS Dallas has some fantastic video JB interviews and footage of the show that runs through July 15. Click HERE to check them all out!
(more...)Michael Lomenda (left) portrays Nick Massi, Joseph Leo Bwarie (second from left) plays Frankie Valli, Preston Truman Boyd portrays Bob Gaudio, and John Gardiner plays Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons.(Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) World Scene writer James D. Watts has a marvelous in-depth interview with JERSEY BOYS first national tour’s Michael Lomenda, who reflects [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys is being hailed a success by the Auckland Council Controlled Organization ATEED , which promotes tourism, events and economic development! Check out the update from reporter Bridget Jones: After ten weeks and more than 70 performances, Jersey Boys’ run at Auckland’s Civic Theatre is ending this Sunday, but the show is leaving a [...]
(more...)Click HERE to watch the fun backstage interview with the Jersey Girls from the JB first national tour on KTUL!
(more...)Exciting news for JERSEY BOYS co-author Rick Elice! His fantastic play, Peter and the Starcatcher won FIVE Tony Awards last night! Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Scenic Design of a Play: Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Costume Design of [...]
(more...)It’s hard to believe that it has been over SIX years since we were all celebrating Jersey Boys’ EIGHT Tony Award nominations! Jersey Boys’ Tony Award Nominations Best Musical Best Book of a Musical–Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical–John Lloyd Young Best Performance by a Featured Actor [...]
(more...)In honor of tonight’s Tony Awards celebration, let’s go back to the 2009 telecast featuring five fabulous Frankie Valli’s: Joseph Leo Bwarie, Rick Faugno, Courter Simmons, Dominic Scaglione, Jr., and Jarrod Spector–along with the fantastic Broadway JB cast!
(more...)In honor of today’s Tony Awards–let’s go back to the JERSEY BOYS appearances over the last six years! One year after winning four fabulous Tony Awards, the JERSEY BOYS OBC Four Seasons (Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young) performed on the 2007 telecast!
(more...)By Howard Tucker, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent So many of the JERSEY BOYS alumni have gone on to successful careers post JERSEY BOYS: J. Robert Spencer and Andrew Rannells with Tony-nominated turns on Broadway in “Next to Normal†and the “Book of Mormon†respectively, Colin Donnell and Shonn Wiley with Drama Desk nominations for [...]
(more...)James D. Watts Jr. has posted a fantastic review of the JERSEY BOYS first national tour production in Tulsa! Here’s a preview: The four guys telling those stories in this production are top-notch. I’ve heard other actors in the role of Frankie Valli who do a more exact job of recreating Valli’s distinctive falsetto, but [...]
(more...)Peter Gregus A message from JERSEY BOYS Broadway’s “Bob Crewe”–Peter Gregus: I’m participating in this year’s Strip-a-thon which is part of Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings. The money we raise will help men, women and children across the country who are struggling with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. And it will help provide funding for [...]
(more...)Who knew there was a JERSEY BOYS’ connection to the 1968 science fiction film starring Jane Fonda, “Barbarella”? In a 1968 New York Times feature on Bob Crewe’s gorgeous triplex on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park, the reporter noted that Mr. Crewe had collaborated with Charles Fox on the soundtrack of the Roger Vadim film [...]
(more...)Click HERE to watch the fun interview with JB first national tour cast members Preston Truman Boyd, Joseph Leo Bwarie, and Michael Lomenda on News on 6 in Tulsa!
(more...)JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $865,602 and had a 86% attendance rate for the week ending 6/3/12. The 36 shows on the boards grossed $24,157,235, slipping 10.6% from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending June 3, 2012. Wicked $1,802,133 The Lion King $1,781,682 The Book Of [...]
(more...)Rachel Abrams of Variety reports that “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau has emerged as the frontrunner to helm GK Films’ JERSEY BOYS, Graham King’s bigscreen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.” GK acquired rights to the project two years ago and set “Hugo” scribe [...]
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