Get this: Last Friday, after 24 hours of Oprah-fueled media hype, The Color Purple sold around $350,000 worth of tickets. Just a few blocks south, Jersey Boys, which Oprah hasn’t even seen yet, has sold about $400,000 worth of tickets almost every day this week. According to production sources, $400,000 days have pretty much become [...]
(more...)The latest Jersey Boys review out there is from Gay City News. Christopher Byrne, like so many others, loved it! Here’s a sampling of what he said: With “Jersey Boys,†writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, composer Bob Gaudio and lyricist Bob Crewe have demonstrated that there might be decent shows to be developed from [...]
(more...)At Jersey Boys’ finale, lead singer Frankie Valli, played by John Lloyd Young, tells the audience that even though he and the Four Seasons had such great chart success, the best times were still when four guys hung out to sing under a street lamp making music for the sheer beauty of the sound. The [...]
(more...)Great News from Playbill.com!! A new block of tickets to Jersey Boys has been released by the producers. Tickets for the hit show currently filling the August Wilson Theater will now be available through May 28, 2006.
(more...)For the week ending 12/4/05, Broadwayworld.com reports that Jersey Boys grossed $789,714 with 9,160 tickets sold—up 2.8% from last week. Since previews began in early October, the show has grossed $4,781,170.
(more...)Playbill’s Wayman Wong interviews Daniel Reichard, Jersey Boys’ Bob Gaudio in an article released today. A native of Rocky River, Ohio, Reichard, 27, has some fascinating responses to questions about his major Broadway debut, what he has in common with original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, his audition for Jersey Boys back at La Jolla [...]
(more...)Several Broadway-related websites have done a great job capturing the magic of Jersey Boys rehearsals, the Opening Night gala, performances at the August Wilson Theater, and TV appearances featuring the cast, the original Four Seasons members, and other people associated with the show. Below are some highlights: This Broadway.com video features rehearsal footage with cast [...]
(more...)In the Broadwayworld.com article “Jersey Boys: Welcome to Falsettoland†released today, reporter Michael Dale from Broadwayworld.com reflects on how the “jukebox musical is growing up.†Here’s a preview of what Dale writes: Now we have Jersey Boys; an exceedingly fun and electrifyingly staged tale of the rise and fall of The Four Seasons, which smartly [...]
(more...)Celebrities from all over the globe have come out since Opening Night to enjoy the hit musical Jersey Boys! Broadway.com covered the emotional curtain call and a slew of celebrities heading to the Marriott Marquis to celebrate the phenomenal November 6 opening night of Jersey Boys. In addition to original Four Seasons members Frankie Valli, [...]
(more...)In a recent review in Entertainment Weekly, correspondent David Browne gives Jersey Boys an “A†rating. In the short review, he states, “their saga and songs finally give the jukebox musical a respectable name.â€
(more...)Oldies Music at About.com, in partnership with Special Ops Media, is offering five site visitors free copies of the new Jersey Boys CD — the soundtrack to the hit Broadway play about the lives of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons! To enter, you’ll need to answer ten Four Seasons trivia questions via e-mail… the [...]
(more...)Bob Gaudio, original member of The Four Seasons, and Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the co-writers of Jersey Boys will appear on WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News†on Monday, December 5th between 5:30pm and 6:00pm. Gaudio, Brickman and Elice will talk process of bringing Jersey Boys to life on the Broadway stage.
(more...)The CD of the week on “Radio Playbill†for the week of December 3-11 is the original cast album of Jersey Boys. “Radio Playbill,” a news and entertainment magazine show of theatrical interviews, features and music, is broadcast 7 AM Saturdays and 5 PM Sundays on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Sirius Advice, Channel 117.
(more...)Broadwayworld.com reports that John Lloyd Young, starring as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, will appear on WNBC-TV’s “Live At Five†tomorrow, Friday, December 2 between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. He will talk with “Live At Five’s†Sue Simmons about what it’s like to embody living legend Frankie Valli on the Great White Way.
(more...)Journalist Richard Corliss’ article provides a fabulously detailed account of Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons’ music (including the stories behind Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man, and Dawn), a Four Seasons chronology (from 1953 to Jersey Boys), and a marvelous review of Jersey Boys! Here’s a sampling of what Corliss said: [...]
(more...)Broadwayworld.com reports that Jersey Boys grossed $802,858 for the week ending 11/27/05 with 8,887 tickets sold.
(more...)After seeing Jersey Boys on Broadway just a couple of weeks ago, what better way to end the month than to see the real Frankie Valli in concert at the Luxor in Vegas!?!?!! Somehow, we landed Front Row, Center tickets! Yikes! Since we had a bit of time to kill before the show began, my [...]
(more...)According to many critics, the four actors playing the original Four Seasons in Jersey Boys on Broadway are “stars in the makingâ€. Here’s a sampling of what they’ve said: Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito) Curtainup.com said Hoff makes his irresponsible DeVito simultaneously charming and irritating… Newsday stated that Christian Hoff plays him with such sweet grandiosity [...]
(more...)Reported Paul Calvalconte will talk with original Four Seasons member, Tommy DeVito, and Christian Hoff, the actor playing him in Jersey Boys, on WQCD Radio (101.9fm) on Sunday, November 27 at 7:00am.
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