Check out photos of original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, in addition to Jersey Boys book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice at an informal Q&A session at the Los Angeles House of Blues. Jersey Boys will play at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from May 27 to August 5, 2007.
(more...)Check out Broadway.com’s coverage of Diana Ross’ backstage visit with the Jersey Boys cast! Along cast members Christian Hoff, Dominic Nolfi, Daniel Reichard, and Bobby Spencer, you’ll see pictures of Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Bob Gaudio, and Diana Ross’ daughter. For another treat, check out Jennifer Naimo’s picture with Diana Ross on her blog!
(more...)Jersey Boys Blog wishes Jersey Boys co-writer Marshall Brickman a Happy Belated Birthday! Marshall celebrated his 65th birthday yesterday. Brickman was born in Brazil to American parents. While still in his teens, Brickman was a member of the Tarriers, a group which also included future actor Alan Arkin. He paid his way through college as [...]
(more...)New York Post’s Michael Riedel notes that theater is a collaborative effort. So it’s little wonder that many of Broadway’s most beloved shows were scripted by teams: Lindsay and Crouse (“The Sound of Music”), Lawrence and Lee (“Auntie Mame”), Goodrich and Hackett (“The Diary of Anne Frank”). To that storied list of partnerships, add a [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, who penned the book for the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, will sit down for a chat with host Seth Rudetsky at the Aug. 10 edition of Seth’s Broadway Chatterbox. The weekly live talkfest, which includes interviews and performances from Broadway stars, is held at 6 PM at [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the July 23 broadcast of “Breakfast with the Arts,” the Sunday morning entertainment program on the A&E Network, will feature an interview with Jersey Boys book writer Marshall Brickman. Marshall Brickman, who wrote for Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett, will discuss his latest success, Jersey Boys. Brickman co-wrote the book for the [...]
(more...)Broadway.com provides transcripts of the acceptance speeches of the 2006 Tony Award winners. Below are the moving speeches by Howell Binkley, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, and JB Producer Michael David. Howell Binkley, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Jersey Boys “Hey, first of all, Jersey Boys has been an incredible adventure I think for [...]
(more...)New York Post’s Michael Riedel said the jukebox musical lives. By bestowing the Tony Award for Best Musical on Jersey Boys, Broadway certified that shows built around old baby-boomer favorites – in this case, the songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – are here to stay. So discredited was the form that last [...]
(more...)Broadway.com provides transcripts of the acceptance speeches of the 2006 Tony Award winners. Below are the moving speeches by Howell Binkley, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, and JB Producer Michael David. Howell Binkley, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Jersey Boys “Hey, first of all, Jersey Boys has been an incredible adventure I think for [...]
(more...)It’s almost time for the Tony Awards festivities to begin! Stay tuned to Jersey Boys Blog for full coverage beginning at 7:00PM (ET) this evening and for special reports following Broadway’s biggest night! Jersey Boys Blog would like to congratulate the nominees and the creative team of Jersey Boys for their Tony Award nominations: Best [...]
(more...)Seattlepi.com’s Jeffrey Eric Jenkins thinks with a funny and affecting book by screenwriter Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Jersey Boys may have resuscitated the jukebox form. Featuring a knockout vocal performance by John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Brickman and Elice’s clever telling of the Four Seasons’ story — each “season” narrates part of the [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys’ Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff talks to Playbill.com’s Harry Haun about his reputation as a hit man from coast to coast. With Jersey Boys on Broadway and Zhivago in La Jolla, director Des McAnuff confirms his reputation as a hit man from coast to coast. McAnuff, a two-time Tony-winning director going for three [...]
(more...)NorthJersey.com’s Robert Feldberg notes that few things in the theater are harder than creating a hit Broadway musical; a generous estimate is 15 percent of the shows that make it to opening night are successful. Director Des McAnuff, however, has an 80 percent success rate on the Great White Way. What’s his secret? McAnuff says [...]
(more...)In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Melissa Rose Bernardo’s Tony predictions have Jersey Boys taking home quite a few Tonys!! Best Musical NOMINEES The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, Jersey Boys, The Wedding Singer WINNER Jersey Boys. It gives the jukebox musical a good name. Plus, out-of-town voters want it to play their cities. [...]
(more...)Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez discusses how the Jersey Boys’ story came about with co-librettists Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Brickman told Playbill.com, “It was a pretty good group. Des McAnuff, the director, was really ballsy. We brought him a fifty-page sort of scenario thing, no scenes, just a description and he said ‘Okay, I get it’ [...]
(more...)BroadwayWorld.com and Playbill.com provide extensive coverage of the Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony held at Sardi’s on May 25. You’ll see photos of Jersey Boys’ co-writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, and Outstanding Actor in a Musical winner John Lloyd Young. Jersey Boys was honored with THREE Outer Critics [...]
(more...)Broadway.com provides full photo coverage of the newly minted Tony Award nominees’ May 17 brunch with the press at the Marriott Marquis’s View Restaurant 46 floors above Times Square. Check out Jersey Boys’ photos on Pages 1, 45, & 48.
(more...)In the latest issue of Variety, David Rooney notes that while there are 24 competitive categories to be decided when the 2006 Tony awards are announced June 11 and a number of them are wide open, the race that has Broadway insiders buzzing is the unpredictable duel between The Drowsy Chaperone and Jersey Boys for [...]
(more...)Sun-Sentinel.com’s Theater Writer Jack Zink reports that the shows have all opened, the Tony Award nominations are out, and Broadway has a neck-and-neck competition for its most-watched race. The Drowsy Chaperone, a tongue-in-cheek homage to old-fashioned musicals, has the lead in nominations but not necessarily the count against the slickest rock musical ever, Jersey Boys. [...]
(more...)
Posts Via RSS:
