Jersey Boys Blog

Variety.com’s Gordon Cox reports that Broadway grosses got a springtime boost for the week ending 3/12/06, rising more than $1.3 million from the previous week to $15,142,726 for the 25 shows on the boards. Jersey Boys broke another house record at the August Wilson, coming close to hitting the $1 million mark, grossing $997,329. The [...]

The Jersey Boys Blog is highlighting the careers of supporting cast members Donnie Kehr, Michael Longoria, and Mark Lotito. Donnie Kehr: In Jersey Boys, Donnie Kehr plays Norm Waxman, in addition to other parts. Kehr, the son of musician Harry Kehr and ballerina Dolores E. Kehr, grew up in New York City. He is a [...]

John Lloyd Young, star of Jersey Boys, made his Broadway debut as singer Frankie Valli in the megahit musical based on the ascent of the Four Seasons. In a recent Exitweekly.com article, Amy Kuperinsky talks to Young about his days as a struggling actor, his significant boost of experience from university plays and New Jersey [...]

Frankie Valli will return as New York mob captain Rusty Millio in the first episode of Season 6 of “The Sopranos,” tonight at 9PM (EST) on HBO.

New Orleans Times-Picayune theatre reviewer David Cuthbert observed that the party in the August Wilson Theatre at Jersey Boys started even before the show began, with the audience clapping in unison with the music right from the start. He was especially impressed with the sensational performance by John Lloyd Young, who brings Frankie Valli to [...]

For the week of March 11, 2006, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording was Number 4 on Billboard’s Top Broadway Album Charts. 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 Rent Sweeney Todd Spamalot The Phantom of the Opera–Highlights Hairspray

The Jersey Boys Blog is long overdue in spotlighting the eight versatile supporting actors who play multiple roles in the smash ht musical. These actors, Tituss Burgess, Steve Gouveia, Peter Gregus, Donnie Kehr, John Leone, Mark Lotito, Michael Longoria, and Dominic Nolfi, play everything from a horoscope-obsessed record producer to a deejay to a tough [...]

Taylor Barnes of the Brown Daily Herald provides an insightful interview with ’98 alum John Lloyd Young, who is garnering much Tony nomination buzz for his portrayal of Frankie Valli in the Broadway blockbuster hit Jersey Boys. When asked why he chose Brown University over a conservatory to further his theater career, Young tells Barnes [...]

Broadwaywold.com has some great photos taken by Ben Strothmann from Monday night’s “Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Dame” benefit, including pictures of Jersey Girls Heather Ferguson, Jennifer Naimo, Erica Piccininni, and Sara Schmidt. You’ll also see some photos of Jersey Boys Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young, who made a surprise [...]

Some recent threads on Broadwayworld.com’s message board said that last night’s “Nothin’ Like a Dame” benefit concert was terrific and included an appearance by Jersey Boys Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young. The Jersey Girls (Heather Ferguson, Jennifer Naimo, Erica Piccinni, and Sara Schmidt) came out in Jersey Boys costumes [...]

Although Casino mogul Steve Wynn once predicted that the Tony-award winning musical Avenue Q would run for ten years in Vegas, it looks like it didn’t last a full ten months. As of May 28, Avenue Q will go dark. In yesterday’s Las Vegas Business Press, David McKee talks to theatre critics, including Ben Brantley [...]

Thanks to exceptional fan participation, the Fan Photo Gallery continued to grow with phenomenal new photos over the last week. Special thanks goes out to “Dan Reichard’s Biggest Fans.” Speaking of which, the gallery could use some authentic talent participation. A few minutes in the morning with your Cup O’ Joe and the memories of [...]

Broadway business was down last week, with total grosses sliding almost $1.9 million to $13,820,072 for the week ending March 5, 2006. Quite a few shows fell at the box office last week. The biggest drops for the week included The Producers (-31.9%), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (-22.6%), and RENT (-21.8%). Jersey Boys, however, was down [...]

The hit musical Jersey Boys, of course, features the phenomenal chart-topping hits of one of the biggest pop groups of all time, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The appeal of this music reaches way beyond the Baby Boomers or even the Gen- X’ers. You can download a video of two-year old fan Ryan singing [...]

This week’s “Broadway Beat”, available on streaming video on Broadwayworld.com, features a fabulous interview with Jersey Boys‘ John Lloyd Young at his caricature unveiling at Sardi’s last month. The program’s host, Richard Ridge, talks to Young about his breakout role playing Frankie Valli, his years as a struggling actor in New York, about being “warmly [...]

Jersey Boys tickets are on sale now via Telecharge.com through December 31, 2006! To purchase tickets, got to the Telecharge.com web site.

For the week of March 4, 2006, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording moved up to the Number 3 spot on Billboard’s Top Broadway Album Charts . Here is Billboard Magazine’s Top 10 Broadway Albums list for this week: Wicked The Color Purple Jersey Boys Mama Mia! Rent—Best of Highlights Sweeney Todd Spamalot Rent The Phantom [...]

Reporter Amy Krivohlavek of Offoffonline.com’s interview with Jersey Boys’ John Lloyd Young provides one of the most interesting and in-depth interviews regarding his early days in off-off Broadway theater. Even though Young is now receiving accolades playing Frankie Valli from critics and fans alike as he plays to sold-out audiences eight times a week, his [...]

I found this great photo on Oz Net Music Chart, Australia’s longest running Internet chart service. According to Oz Net, The Four Seasons had five number one singles in the United States but only two in Australia. They were both in the same year, perhaps the year of this classic group photo. Can you name [...]