Jersey Boys Blog

Oh, what a week for Jersey Boys–a Grammy win and another fantastic week at the box office! For the week ending February 11, 2007, JB grossed $1,171,042. As with the previous week, JB was the ONLY SOLD OUT show on Broadway, with a 100.7% attendance rate, and it was one of only two shows in [...]

This Just In: Producer Bob Gaudio has just won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album for Jersey Boys!! Congratulations to Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, orchestrator Steve Orich, musical director Ron Melrose, Jersey Boys cast, and everyone associated with the cast recording!! Listen to samples on the Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording Preview [...]

Playbill.com reports that CBS-TV will broadcast the 49th Annual Grammy Awards telecast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, beginning at 8 PM ET. Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording is among the nominees in the Best Musical Show Album category. Besides Jersey Boys, other nominees include The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, [...]

Jersey Boys Blog is delighted to present Special Correspondent Howard Tucker’s review of the Leading Men II benefit concert, which took place on Monday, February 5 at Birdland! Background On a freezing February 5, my friend Jessica Calderon and I enjoyed a wonderfully warm evening at Birdland in NYC to hear the magnificent tenor Daniel [...]

The national tour of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys has extended its run at the Curran Theatre. The musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will run through April 8! The tour of Jersey Boys began at the Curran December 1. Other scheduled stops include Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre (May 25-August 5) and Chicago’s [...]

In a recent article in NWITimes.com, reporter Philip Potempa noted that singer Bobby Vinton has made plenty of friends during his 45 years in show business. In a recent telephone interview last week, Vinton talked about his friend Frankie Valli and the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four [...]

On his blog, Christian Hoff provides photos and a story about the recent San Diego Theatre Critics Circle’s 2006 Craig Noel Awards, held January 29, 2007, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla that honored Des McAnuff. McAnuff not only won an award for his direction of the musical The Wiz, [...]

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for BroadwayWorld.com to ask some of the biggest Broadway stars and industry leaders: “What’s the most romantic Broadway song ever?” Check out what Jersey Boys cast members (Erich Bergen, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young) and co-author Rick Elice had to [...]

Playbill.com reports that Rhino’s Jersey Boys release reclaims the Number One spot on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart from Decca Broadway’s Wicked, which slips to Number Two. Last week, the Four Seasons musical original cast recording had dropped to Number Four as Mamma Mia! and Spring Awakening (both on Decca Broadway) edged up one [...]

Jersey Boys Blog is excited to present the first national tour JBB Fantastic Fan Interview! Thanks to Melissa Strom, we had the opportunity to chat with Brian Estrada and Jessica LaRue, two theater-going friends who are BIG Jersey Boys national tour fans. Brian and Jess talk about how they became interested in the show; their [...]

Backstage photos courtesy of Linda Lenzi, Broadwayworld.com. Concert photos courtesty of Walter McBride/Retna Ltd. Check out BroadwayWorld.com for backstage and concert photo coverage of the “Leading Men II” benefit concert held at Birdland this past Monday evening. Along with Daniel Reichard, you’ll see photos of host John Tartaglia (Beauty and the Beast), Hugh Panaro (Lestat), [...]

The tenth annual BROADWAY BEARS auction will take place on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 W. 42nd St), in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Sure to out-do last year’s collection, 40 one-of-a-kind BROADWAY BEARS – each dressed in original, handmade costumes representing some of the theater’s [...]

Here’s a summary of the latest news on Jersey Boys national tour ticket sales: San Francisco: The SHN website now has Jersey Boys tickets for sale through April 1, 2007 at the Curran Theatre. Will the JB national tour be extending its San Francisco run? Los Angeles: Jersey Boys national tour is scheduled to perform [...]

Jersey Boys Blog wishes JB Blog Special Correspondent Howard Tucker a very Happy Birthday today!! Thanks to Howard’s reviews, JB Blog readers have received a first-hand account of some of the amazing events featuring many Jersey Boys cast members. Over the last few months, he has reviewed Donnie Kehr’s “Dueling Piano” Show on New Year’s [...]

While many Broadway shows saw a dip from the previous week, Jersey Boys remained strong last week, grossing $1,164,277 for the week ending February 4, 2007. As with the previous week, JB was the ONLY SOLD OUT show on Broadway, with a 100.4% attendance rate, and it was one of only two shows in the [...]

Daniel Reichard is among the many stars to perform tomorrow night (2/5/07) at the “Leading Men II” BC/EFA benefit concert at Birdland (315 W. 44th Street). The concert begins at 7PM. Please Note: Leading Men II @ Birdland is SOLD OUT! There will be seating in the bar which cannot be reserved, but can be [...]

Here are a couple updates about the Jersey Boys national tour cast: Eric Gutman: On his Tour This blog, Eric Gutman continues to share his amazing experiences as a Jersey Boys national tour cast member. He fills everyone in on his understudy rehearsals; almost playing Bob Gaudio; the tour’s 50th performance (on 1/21/07); and a [...]

Check out the Broadway.com Ask a Star video interview with John Lloyd Young! JLY answers some interesting questions submitted by Broadway.com readers, including what job he would be doing if he weren’t a Broadway actor; his craziest job; what song he sang for his JB audition; and much more!

Carole 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 [...]