Jersey Boys Blog

On Monday afternoon, November 8, 2010, during the JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary Celebration, legendary superstars and original Four Seasons’ members Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, along with JERSEY BOYS co-authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice were presented with iconic Sardi’s wall caricatures! Oh, what a caricature and congratulations to Bob, Frankie, Marshall and Rick!

The JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary Fan Party, November 6, 2010: They ask us, what was the high point? Catching up with and celebrating with fellow fantastic fans from all over the country? Congratulating the always gracious, multi-talented cast members on their milestone? The food, the wine, the memorabilia, the ambiance at Gallagher’s? It was all [...]

Dominic Nolfi, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Paul Shaffer, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Dominic Scaglione, Jr. at the Paley Center for Media (Photo Credit: Linda Lipsius) The JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary Celebration culminated with an amazing event at the Paley Center for Media last night, “The Crowd Goes Wild: Five Years of Jersey Boys,” with [...]

From the Official Blog of GK Films: In a groundbreaking deal for a Broadway show, Graham King’s GK Films has acquired feature film rights to the smash hit musical stage play “Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.” King and Tim Headington will produce the film to be written by stage [...]

Chuck Darrow of the Philadelphia Daily News has a terrific in-depth interview with JERSEY BOYS co-writer Marshall Brickman. Here’s a preview: As co-author of “Jersey Boys,” the Tony-winning musical about 1960s pop-rock princes Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, he’s partly responsible for one of the biggest musical-theater hits of the early 21st century. But [...]

Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice will drop attempts to ban four former cast members of JERSEY BOYS from performing The Four Seasons songs on tour – on condition the group changes its name. According to The New York Post, The Boys in Concert now have 30 days to come up with [...]

The national tour production of JERSEY BOYS begins its run at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis on Wednesday June 9 and plays through July 3. Jay Harvey has a fascinating preview story with interviews from JB director Des McAnuff and co-writer Marshall Brickman. Here’s an excerpt of the article: It’s been a wise choice not [...]

The JERSEY BOYS national tour production opens Wednesday and runs through June 6 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Providence Journal Arts Writer Channing Gray has a feature story about the two men behind the JERSEY BOYS story–Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Here’s a preview: “Jersey Boys,” the Broadway smash, pulls into the Providence Performing [...]

From today’s New York Post: Frankie Valli, in addition to original Four Seasons’ singer and songwriter Bob Gaudio, and playwrights Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, have filed suit against “The Boys in Concert,” a new touring concert production created by former cast members. The lawsuit claims “The Boys in Concert” steals songs, stage elements and [...]

(Photo Credit: Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com & Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com) THE ADDAMS FAMILY opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 8, 2010. Based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, THE ADDAMS FAMILY has a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (librettists of the 2006 Tony [...]

Theoden Janes of CharlotteObserver.com has a fun interview with Rick Elice who talks about–Jersey and JERSEY BOYS! Rick Elice was born in Manhattan, and as a kid growing up in New York, he didn’t care much for New Jersey. He only had to put up with the Garden State when his parents would make the [...]

Palm Beach Daily News Arts Editor Jan Sjostrom has a terrific interview with JERSEY BOYS’ writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, original Four Seasons’ member Bob Gaudio, and JB national tour cast meber Ryan Jessie (who plays Gaudio). All agree that the show’s phenomenal success is driven by the audience’s enthusiasm. “What we’re doing is [...]

Charles Runnels has a preview of the JERSEY BOYS national tour, which will be running at Mann Hall in Fort Myers beginning Wednesday February 17 through March 7. Runnels talks to JERSEY BOYS writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, in addition to cast members Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) about [...]

JB National Tour’s Four Seasons: Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin, and Matt Bailey (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) Tonight through January 23, 2010, the JERSEY BOYS national tour will be playing in Detroit at the Fisher Theatre. Here’s a sneak peek into what reporters are saying about the blockbuster hit! Lawrence B. Johnson, Detroit [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted! JB Podcast #70 includes a fabulous in-depth interview with JERSEY BOYS co-author Rick Elice!

The stars are definitely in alignment today–as not one–but two Jersey Boys geniuses are celebrating their birthdays!! We wish Jersey Boys co-writer Rick Elice a very Happy Birthday today! How did the Jersey Boys project happen? Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman were looking to do something together. As luck would have it, friends had arranged [...]

(Photo Credit: Mark Seliger) The new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its pre-Broadway world premiere in TONIGHT in Chicago. The musical features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, in addition to choreography by Sergio Trujillo! Preview performances [...]

In a special to The Washington Post, Nelson Pressley talks to Frankie Valli and co-writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice about how the JERSEY BOYS musical came about and the international hit it has become. Below is a preview: Frankie Valli doesn’t call “Jersey Boys” a musical; he consistently refers to the Broadway show as [...]