Erich Bergen on Playing Bob Gaudio
February 2nd, 2007Carole Barrow of SFDowntown.com has a terrific interview with Erich Bergen, Jersey Boys national tour’s Bob Gaudio.
When asked about playing Gaudio, Bergen said,
The role itself is very similar to me. He was a music geek, I was the same way, always asking for instruments and soundboards for Christmas…and of course, I’m from New York, a short distance from New Jersey.
Portraying Gaudio rather than the group’s most famous member, Frankie Valli has its advantages. Bergen stated,
It gave me a lot of freedom to develop the part because he doesn’t have a public persona like [Valli] does, but it also was scary, because I had to define a character, start from scratch. Whoever plays Frankie already has a template. They really have to imitate him.
Check out the whole interview on SFDowntown.com.
I’ve just watched JLY’s Ask A Star video, and it was cut off when he was finishing answering a question. Is that just on my computer? Or was this a mistake on Broadway.com’s part?
Thanks.
Comment by Sara — February 3, 2007 @ 11:30 am
Sara, my computer did the same thing. He was answering the question about what other celebrity he would play and the answer was cut off.
Maybe Broadway.com will fix it.
Comment by A — February 3, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
The end of the interview was also cut off when I watched it. (looked like 97% downloaded) Interesting questions and answers though!
Comment by Audrey — February 3, 2007 @ 6:50 pm
My computer cut off at the very beginning when it downloaded just 4%, and he was beginning to answer what other career he would have. Glad to see I’m not alone.
Comment by Howard — February 3, 2007 @ 11:43 pm