June 21, 2006

NEWSFLASH: Jersey Boys Tops Billboard’s Broadway Albums Chart

June 21st, 2006
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    NEWSFLASH!! BroadwayWorld.com reports that the Jersey Boys Broadway cast recording, produced by original Four Season Bob Gaudio on Rhino Records, is #1 on the Billboard’s Top Broadway Albums chart, and has moved up from #186 to #85 on the Billboard Top 200! In addition, Amazon.com reports the album is #1 in the “Broadway & Vocalists” [...]

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June 20, 2006

Photos of Tony Award-Winner Howell Binkley!

June 20th, 2006
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    Howell Binkley It doesn’t get much better than this! Here’s Howell Binkley displaying his Tony nomination certificate, as he was getting ready for Broadway’s Biggest Night! Then, Howell is posing with his Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical! Thank you to Howell Binkley and Leila Nelson for sharing these great photos! For [...]

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Red Carpet Video from Broadway.com

June 20th, 2006
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    If you’d like to see a bit more fanfare from last week’s Tony Awards, then you’ll find Broadway.com’s red carpet arrivals video to be a real treat! You’ll see stars, including Jersey Boys’ director Des McAnuff, and cast members Christian Hoff, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young, chat about the big night!

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“Broadway Bares” Photo Coverage

June 20th, 2006
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    BroadwayWorld.com provides photo coverage to “Broadway Bares 16: New York Strip.” It was a roaring success with a record-breaking $659,500 raised to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The evening featured 200 of the sexiest chorus boys and girls from Broadway’s biggest shows baring (almost) all. Check out pics of Jersey Boys cast members Dominic Nolfi, [...]

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Happy Birthday to Daniel Reichard!

June 20th, 2006
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    Jersey Boys Blog would like to wish Jersey Boys’ Daniel Reichard a Happy 28th Birthday!! Before starring as Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys, both on Broadway and the La Jolla Playhouse, Reichard performed in several regional theatre productions, as well as Off-Broadway productions, such as Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Radiant Baby, and The Thing [...]

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June 19, 2006

Baby Boomer Reawakens to the Four Seasons Through Jersey Boys

June 19th, 2006
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    Picture this–being stuck in Hawaii for a conference presentation–when you’d rather be updating your blog–just days before the Tony Awards. Yeah, I admit it–I would have rather been updating the Jersey Boys Blog, instead of attending the first night of conference activities. Prior to the evening’s conference reception, some colleagues suggested we meet for cocktails. [...]

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JLY & Bobby Spencer to Appear at “Broadway Barks” 7/8/06

June 19th, 2006
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    Backstage.com reports that Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young, in addition to Michael Cerveris, and Carol Kane will be among the many musical theatre performers to join the dogs and cats in need of adoption at the eighth annual “Broadway Barks!” event on July 8, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Shubert Alley, between 44th and [...]

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Jersey Boys Has Best Box Office Week–EVER!

June 19th, 2006
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    Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, Jersey Boys, had its best week yet at the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,038,228–a new house record! A total of 9,842 seats were filled (100.7% attendance rate). Post-Tony Broadway grosses totaled $19,513,802 (up over $193K from the previous week) for the week ending June 18, 2006 for the 31 shows [...]

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Jersey Boys to Appear at “Broadway Under the Stars” June 26

June 19th, 2006
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    The Tony Award-winning cast of Jersey Boys will join some of Broadway’s brightest at this year’s “Broadway Under the Stars,” a free public concert presented by Target. For the first time ever, this annual event will take place at Central Park’s Great Lawn on Monday, June 26th at 8:00pm. A fireworks finale will follow the [...]

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Daniel Reichard Stars in Upcoming Shaw Reading

June 19th, 2006
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    Playbill.com reports that Jersey Boys’ Daniel Reichard will among the stars participating in a reading of Getting Married, the sixth installment in Project Shaw, will take place on June 19 at the Players Club at 7PM. Call (212) 475-6116 for more information.

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June 18, 2006

Christian Hoff’s Reflections on Winning a Tony

June 18th, 2006
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    Theatermania.com’s Brian Scott Lipton says if there was an award for Most Dramatic Moment on the Tony Awards, it would go to Christian Hoff’s win as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jersey Boys. Reflecting on his honor, Hoff says, “It was a great surprise. We had just performed and they got me back [...]

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Another Tony Recap

June 18th, 2006
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    Post and Courier reporter Dottie Ashley said she has always wanted to attend the Tony Awards, but has never had the opportunity. Last Sunday night, she settled for sitting in front of the television for the 2006 ceremony that aired on CBS from Radio City Music Hall. Ashley and her husband applauded wildly when Jersey [...]

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Frankie Valli on Jersey Boys, Sinatra, and More

June 18th, 2006
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    Superstar Frankie Valli talks to Newsweek’s Nicki Gostin about Jersey Boys winning the Best Musical prize at the Tonys, his buddy Frank Sinatra, and…pasta. Here’s an except of the short interview: Gostin: Was it weird seeing your life story onstage? Valli: I’m on a cloud. We had been offered a couple of movies-of-the-week, but I [...]

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JLY’s Special Father’s Day Gift to His Dad

June 18th, 2006
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    New York Post’s Marianne Garvey says John Lloyd Young was sitting in his seat at Radio City last Sunday, waiting, hoping to hear his name called as the Tony Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical. Young’s father, Karl, also sat in the audience praying that his son would win for his role as [...]

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JB’s National & International Appeal

June 18th, 2006
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    Who doesn’t love an underdog? It might seem ironic in hindsight, what with all the repeated shout-outs and standing ovations, but last fall, that was the situation for this year’s best-musical Tony winner. Variety’s Gordon Cox and David Rooney note that Jersey Boys, a jukebox tuner about (what else?) scrappy little guys who go on [...]

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June 17, 2006

Spotlight on JB Producer Grano

June 17th, 2006
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    In today’s New York Times’ “Your Money” column, longtime Wall Street executive Joseph J. Grano, Jr. is profiled. Had Mr. Grano not chosen Frankie Valli to entertain some Merrill Lynch stockbrokers back in the 1970′s, Joseph J. Grano Jr. would not have been on stage at Radio City Music Hall at the Tony Awards last [...]

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JLY’s “Person of the Week” Transcript on ABC

June 17th, 2006
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    ABC News has provided a transcript of this week’s “Person of the Week” segment featuring John Lloyd Young. Here’s an excerpt of the segment: A year ago John Lloyd Young was ushering theater fans to their seats; he’s now entertaining those theatergoers while celebrating his first Tony win for his role as Frankie Valli in [...]

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Upcoming Jersey Boys’ Cast Appearances

June 17th, 2006
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    Below are some upcoming Jersey Boys’ cast appearances: 6/18/06: Playbill.com reports that Broadway Bares 16, a funfraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will take place on June 18, 2006 at the Roseland Ballroom at 9:30 PM and Midnight. Jersey Boys’ Dominic Nolfi, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young will be among the [...]

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Jersey Boys’ Michael Longoria In Concert June 19

June 17th, 2006
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    BroadwayWorld.com News Desk reports that Michael Longoria, currently on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys, will take the stage of the Metropolitan Room at Gotham (34 West 22nd Street, between 5th and 6th Ave.) on Monday, June 19 at 8 PM. There is a $15 cover and 2-drink minimum for Longoria’s show. Only those [...]

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