Jersey Boys Blog

Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez provides extensive coverage of the November 9 press-invited preview of the Jersey Boys national tour company. The forthcoming national tour is currently rehearsing in NYC before its San Francisco launch in December. The article features interesting interviews with Des McAnuff; audition stories from the four actors who are playing the Four Seasons: [...]

Playbill.com reports that Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording has moved up to the Number Two position just behind Wicked on the Billboard Top Broadway Cast Album charts! Here’s a look at Billboard’s Top 5 Broadway Cast Albums for this week: Wicked Jersey Boys Mama Mia! A Chorus Line The Lion King

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted, filling everyone in on the latest JB Broadway news, Broadway and national tour cast member updates, and news related to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons!

Jersey Boys Blog is thrilled to present an interview with Jersey Boys national tour cast member Melissa Strom, who will be playing Francine (and other roles!) in the musical. Melissa talks about how it all began for her; what inspires her as an actress; her new journey as a cast member in the Jersey Boys [...]

Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez states that Marshall Brickman — one half of the Tony Award-nominated bookwriting team of Broadway’s Jersey Boys — seems a glutton for punishment as he prepares for musicalizing “Father of the Bride.” At first, Brickman was tentative about the project, but was “dragged into it by Rick [Elice, his Jersey Boys collaborator] [...]

BroadwayWorld.com announced that “Musicals Tonight!” continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current editions of “At This Performance…” to be held on Sunday, November 12th and Monday, November 13th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM. On [...]

On November 7, a quartet of legendary ladies of the films of Rodgers and Hammerstein posed with Broadway’s Jersey Boys (and the girls of Jersey). Shirley Jones of Carousel, Rita Moreno of The King and I, Mitzi Gaynor of South Pacific, and Charmian Carr of The Sound of Music, were on hand at the August [...]

Theatermania.com reports that the winners of the 2006 Henry Hewes Design Awards, which cover Broadway, Of-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions, have been announced. Among the winners is Howell Binkley for lighting design in Jersey Boys! The awards are presented annually by the American Theatre Wing. This year’s honors will be bestowed at a luncheon ceremony to [...]

The Advocate.com has a feature on Maxine Lapiduss’s newest comedy venture—Mackie’s Com-Varie-Ality Show, which will play in Los Angeles on December 5, 6, and 8 at Hollywood’s M Bar. The show includes her “showstopping lesbian love lament” to the Secretary of Her Tortured State, Condoleezza Rice. The number, simply called “Condi,” would make the President [...]

Columbus Dispatch’s Aaron Beck has an interesting Q&A segment with the legendary Frankie Valli, who will be performing in concert at the Palace Theatre in Columbus on Friday, November 10. Beck talks to Valli about growing up in Newark; his life as a young, struggling singer; his phenomenal success with the Four Seasons, and of [...]

Michael Longoria announced that he will be going on as Frankie Valli for the Wednesday, November 8th and the Saturday, November 11th matinees!

PRNewswire reports that last night, the Christopher Reeve Foundation honored the lives and strength of Christopher and Dana Reeve at their annual “A Magical Evening” Gala at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, by raising over $2.5 million. The event, co-hosted by Harvey Fierstein & Bebe Neuwirth, featured a video tribute to the legendary [...]

Entertainment Technology has an interesting article that talks about the sound system behind Jersey Boys. The 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Musical features sound design by Steve Kennedy, who won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design. The sound system includes a J-Type live production console, supplied by Masque Sound, operated by Julie [...]

Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez reports that the annual Gypsy of the Year competition heats up as Broadway shows spend six weeks trying to raise the most money in donations with post-show auctions. This year’s ceremony will take place on December 4 and 5 at the Neil Simon Theatre. The reigning Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys, [...]

Playbill.com reports that Bobby Spencer — one fourth of Broadway’s Jersey Boys — is currently directing an independent feature film he wrote with fellow Broadway star, A Chorus Line’s Jeffrey Howard Schecter. The feature debut for the actor is titled “Farm Girl in New York” and is currently being filmed in New York. When asked [...]

Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez notes that Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young have spent four seasons on Broadway as The Four Seasons in Jersey Boys. He caught up with the stars of the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical and asked them about the characters they play; their favorite Four Seasons’ song; [...]

Jersey Boys rocked at the box office, grossing $1,168,245 for the week ending 11/05/06. The show also had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway (100.7%), and for the seventh consecutive week, Jersey Boys was one of only two shows that was SOLD OUT on Broadway (the other being Mama Mia!). Box office [...]

One year ago today, November 6, 2005, Jersey Boys opened on Broadway to rave reviews! Check out the incredible Opening Night photo coverage from BroadwayWorld.com and Broadway.com. Also, take a look at the Opening Night video celebration from Broadway.com! Congratulations to the cast, crew, and creative team of Jersey Boys!

Genuine Imitation Life Gazette has an amazing video clip of Jersey Boys Steve Gouveia, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and John Lloyd Young singing the National Anthem at today’s NYC Marathon!