Jersey Boys Blog

Broadwaywold.com’s News Desk reports that WABC 7 will present “Broadway Backstage: Spring Preview” on Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:30 – 8:00 PM (Channel 7). The 30-minute special, with co-hosts Kelli O’Hara and Steve Bartelstein, will feature Broadway’s hottest shows including Jersey Boys, The Threepenny Opera, Tarzan, The Pajama Game, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ring Of Fire, [...]

A new thread on Talkinbroadway.com’s message board said that Henry Winkler was seen at Jersey Boys this past Sunday and spent the whole intermission signing autographs for fans. Have you seen or heard about any other celebrities seeing Jersey Boys?

As you may already know, The Broadway community is currently raising funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and Jersey Boys is auctioning items through ebay to benefit this great cause. Along with the ebay auctions, John Lloyd Young is making a special offer to BC/EFA supporters. If you send a check to BC/EFA ($25 [...]

Looking at last week’s box office grosses, it looks like lots of people were having a great spring break seeing shows on the Great White Way. For the week ending 3/19/06, grosses rose more than $1.1 million from the previous week to $16,342,707 for the 25 productions on the boards. No surprise here: Jersey Boys [...]

On yesterday’s Fox5 TV’s “Hooray For Broadway: Spring Celebration” program, runaway hit Jersey Boys was one of the featured productions. In addition to clips from the show, host Pat Collins interviewed Bob, Gaudio, Frankie Valli, and John Lloyd Young. In case you missed it, or would like to see a repeat performance, check out the [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk reports that Daniel Reichard of Jersey Boys, Victoria Clark of The Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd’s Alexander Gemignani, and Swing’s Michael Gruber will star on March 27th in the American Musicals Project’s annual benefit concert, “Applause for the Golden Boy: The Music of Charles Strouse.” The evening showcases Annie, Bye Bye [...]

San Diego Union-Tribune pop music critic George Varga features two San Diego brothers—Kevin and Ken Dow–who have made it big on Broadway as part of the band in Jersey Boys. The two brothers – drummer Kevin, 32, and bassist-singer Ken, 35 have had a musical journey that has taken them from playing in myriad San [...]

Jersey Boys Blog is excited to post Fran Gatto’s wonderful story about what Jersey Boys means to her: When I first heard about a play about Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons, I knew I had to put it on my list of things to do. I saw the play in previews four days before [...]

Critics from coast to coast have raved about the Broadway megahit, Jersey Boys. But what do the fans have to say? Here’s a sampling from Saturday’s New York Post piece: Beach Boys and Beatles fans were sated with TV movies, critical retrospectives, blah, blah, blah. Seasons fans had nothing for 43 years. Until now. The [...]

New York Post critic Barbara Hoffman claims that WEIRD things are happening at the August Wilson Theatre these days – baby boomers bounce out feeling 16 again, and twentysomethings are singing falsetto—all because of Jersey Boys, the gritty pop-music bio about the ’60s group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. With stage-door crowds, mid-show ovations, [...]

Brian Scott Lipton of Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young and choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, All Shook Up, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and Kismet.) will be among the guests at Dancing on Broadway: The Art and the Staging, a special panel being presented by the Drama Desk, at 11:45am [...]

Reporter Paul Liberator of the Marin Independent Journal provides an insightful interview with legendary Four Seasons leader Frankie Valli. Valli talks about his forty-plus years of success in the music business; his four-decade partnership with original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio; his guest role in the hit HBO series “The Sopranos,” and the smash hit [...]

Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remained at the Number 4 position on Billboard’s Top Broadway Album Charts for the week of March 18, 2006. Here is Billboard Magazine’s Top 10 Broadway Albums list for this week: Wicked The Color Purple Mama Mia! Jersey Boys Rent—Best of Highlights See What I Wanna See Sweeney Todd Spamalot [...]

The Broadway community is currently raising funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Jersey Boys is auctioning items through ebay to benefit this great cause. To help the cast of Jersey Boys raise funds for BC/EFA, click on ebay to see all of the great Jersey Boys and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons memorabilia [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk reports that tonight’s edition of “That’s Kentertainment!” will feature Jersey Boys John Lloyd Young, Christian Hoff and J. Robert Spencer. “That’s Kentertainment!,” hosted by Ken Kleiber, is a variety/talk show which features celebrities from around the world. The program airs Thursdays at Midnight on Channels 34 or 110, and can also be [...]

New York Post critic Barbara Hoffman, who is doing research on an upcoming story on our favorite show, contacted Jersey Boys Blog today. Ms. Hoffman is interested in the immense popularity of Jersey Boys and is in search of some insight from the fans’ perspective. Fantastic music, sheer talent, and tremendous heart are three immediate [...]

Here’s the latest photo coverage of Jersey Boys cast members at concert benefits and red carpet openings. Check out Broadway.com’s photo coverage of Jersey Boys (Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young) and Jersey Girls (Heather Ferguson, Jennifer Naimo, Erica Piccininni, and Sara Schmidt) from “Nothin’ Like a Dame” benefit concert. [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk announces that Fox 5 TV and WWOR TV will present “Hooray For Broadway – A Spring Celebration. ” The program will air on Fox 5 Saturday, March 18 from 6:30pm-7:30pm, and on WWOR TV Sunday, March 19 from 8:00pm-9:00pm. The one-hour special will feature some of Broadway’s hottest shows, including Jersey Boys, [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk reports that Jersey Boys’ co-writer Marshall Brickman will be featured on A&E’s “Breakfast with the Arts” this Sunday, March 19 between 8:00am and 10:00 AM EST (check local listings for times outside of New York).