Fun Video from Broadway.com: John Lloyd Young Answers Fans’ Questions!
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Jonathan Hadley Last month in Portland, it was a wonderful pleasure to catch up with JERSEY BOYS first national tour’s “Bob Crewe,” Jonathan Hadley, who shared some fun stories from the road, along with some fascinating reflections about playing a role in one company for nearly five years! Jersey Boys Blog: Great to see you [...]
(more...)As we continue with our “Sherry” 50th birthday celebration, we did some digging and found out that two other artists released renditions of “Sherry” over the years. Check them out on the Youtube videos below. Neither rendition hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This version of “Sherry” was released by British singer/songwriter Adrian Baker in [...]
(more...)Jason Kappus Broadway.com recently caught up with Jason Kappus, JB 2nd national tour’s “Bob Gaudio” about playing the role: “The first time I saw Jersey Boys, I saw Bob and said, ‘That’s me!’†Kappus said of his character. “Bob is tall, a piano player and probably the least Italian looking one of the four. Check, [...]
(more...)Just like that bunny on TV with the battery…Frankie Valli met with the press today about the exciting news: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will celebrate the their 50th anniversary at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) in an all new concert production for a limited seven-performance engagement from Friday, October 19 through Saturday, October [...]
(more...)The JERSEY BOYS first national tour plays Queen Elizabeth Theatre from September 5-23! Check out a sneak peek of Bob Gaudio’s insightful interview with Liz Nicholls: “For 50 years now, Frankie and I have been joined at the hip musically. That story had a freshness, a uniqueness, to it. We approached it that way. If [...]
(more...)For the fourth week in August, JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $899,124 and had a 91.7% attendance rate for the week ending 8/26/12. The 23 shows on the boards grossed $19,302,941, down slightly over 3% from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 26, 2012. The [...]
(more...)‘Jersey Boys’ star pens book Fun interview featuring Daniel Robert Sullivan, who talks about his new book “Places, Please! Becoming A Jersey Boy” on The Rhode Show in Providence.
(more...)Click HERE to watch CBS 2′s Dana Tyler’s interview with John Lloyd Young! JLY reflects on his return to his Tony-winning role this summer through September 30 at the August Wilson Theatre, his move to Los Angeles, his artwork, his new CD recording, and more!
(more...)On August 26, 1978, Frankie Valli hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with “Grease,†the theme song from the blockbuster movie. This hit, written by Barry Gibb, remained atop the chart for two consecutive weeks.
(more...)For the third week in August, JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $896,346 and had a 92.6% attendance rate for the week ending 8/19/12. The 24 shows on the boards grossed $20,855,107, down slightly over 3% from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 19, 2012. The [...]
(more...)Fifty years ago today, on August 25, 1962, “Sherry” by The Four Seasons debuted in the number 65 position on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart! The song, written in 15 minutes by Bob Gaudio, was released on the Vee Jay label and produced by Bob Crewe. Is it purely a coincidence today that there is an [...]
(more...)TODAY in NYC, GK Films is holding an open call for the principal cast members in the upcoming film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS! Can you imagine what it will be like on 55th Street today? I’m guessing there will be hundreds of handsome actors 35 and under walking like men, fast as they can into [...]
(more...)Rick Elice Rick Elice recently spoke with Stagenotes.net about the writing process, his personal experiences, and the crossover between theater and the classroom. Check out a preview below: StageNotes: The three Broadway shows you worked on as a writer, The Addams Family, Peter and the Starcatcher and Jersey Boys, are all based on other sources [...]
(more...)“All This and World War II” is a 1976 musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s. It lasted two weeks in cinemas and was quickly sent into storage. The original intention of the filmmakers was to [...]
(more...)Jon Boydon From Broadway.com: Jon Boydon is now in his third year playing tough guy Tommy DeVito in the Olivier Award-winning West End production of Jersey Boys. A veteran of We Will Rock You, Boydon, soon to be 36, is now juggling playing a Four Season with the demands of fatherhood to son Deacon, who [...]
(more...)Jared Bradshaw, Angelo Rios, Peter Gregus, Quinn Van Antwerp, Russell Fischer, John Edwards, Angela Birchett, Stephanie Estes, Orfeh, Candi Boyd and Courter Simmons (Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy) From BroadwayWorld.com: CAROLS FOR A CURE is the annual two-disc holiday CD compilation of original songs and holiday classics which benefits BC/EFA. These CDs boast the best [...]
(more...)This Saturday in NYC, GK Films is holding an open call for the principal cast members in the upcoming film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS! Hmm, wonder if any Jersey Boys Blog readers will be going to the open call?!
(more...)Dan Sullivan will be the special guest on Teddy Smith ‘s All Access Radio Show on WPAT this Friday eveing, 8/24/12 from 7-8 pm. Dan will be chatting about “Places,Please,” his JERSEY BOYS experiences, and more. Tune in at 930 on the AM dial, or listen online at www.WPAT930am.com.
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