Comments on: Oh, What An Opening Night!

By: Charles Alexander

Charles Alexander — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:33:31 +0000

Meeting and spending time with the creators of the Jersey Boys Blog was certainly one of the highlights of my trip to LA. Oh, what a blog! Your excellent post really captures the excitement of Opening Night. Many thanks, Charles

By: Gary Rosenberg

Gary Rosenberg — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:45:34 +0000

Sorry, I just read the Entertainment Today review and they “got it”. The first of the LA Reviews that I have read that really captured the audience reaction and let people know about Chris Jones and Jackie Seiden.

By: Howard Tucker

Howard Tucker — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:20:28 +0000

Great summary, Susie. The best part of that weekend for me was finally meeting “The Tech Half,” Dale. Move over Frankie, Tommy, Bob, Des, Rick, and Marshall!

Speaking of Robby Robinson, Craig Pilo, Frankie’s drummer, tells me Robby’s the best MD he’s ever worked with! And Kenny Nolan has the distinction of being the only songwriter to hit #1 in two different centuries: “Lady Marmalade” with LaBelle in the 1970′s and again with Christina Augulera in the 2000′s!

By: Audrey

Audrey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:16:34 +0000

What a write-up and with great pictures showing a beautiful theatre! I smiled through the whole thing. The sizzling ambiance of your whole weekend jumps right off the computer screen.

You (with help from Dodger’s Gordon Kelly, it seems) provided your readers, Susie, with the Four Seasons angle that we just can’t get from the newspaper reviews. After all, who is going to tell us that Charles Alexander, Robby Robinson, Peter Bennett or Kenny Nolan were there? Other notables like Steve Orich and Ron Melrose (and our own Howard Tucker!) are also not mentioned when critics do their standard reviews; once again telling the show’s story that many of us can recite word for word.

I certainly hope that you’ll be posting reports from future Opening Nights so countless loyal fans can get more than the usual reviews- full of opinions, rather than real experience. The anticipation that you described and the perspective of history… continuing to unfold with this unstoppable show (as well as the 2.5 hours of prep time, of course) is what resonates with us. After all, we know the show is good and many of us are trying to figure out a way to see all the various casts for ourselves, but experiencing Opening Night through the eyes of the Blog is truly a unique pleasure.

Thank you!