Jersey Boys Blog

Playbill.com’s Robert Simonson reports that the nominations for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club in Manhattan by composer Marvin Hamlisch and actress Donna McKechnie. Jersey Boys has garnered eight nominations for this year’s Drama Desk Awards, which will be held Sunday, May 21, 2006 at [...]

Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss notes that Broadway producers recently reported that last week marked on of their highest-grossing weeks ever, with five shows–Jersey Boys, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, and The Color Purple – each grossing more than $1 million during the seven-day period that ended Sunday. Weiss highly recommends [...]

Congratulations to Jersey Boys’ music director and conductor, Ron Melrose, on his wedding Saturday, April 22, 2006 to Alexandra Carlson, an actress and singer in regional theatre. According to John Lloyd Young’s blog, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and Young were ushers at the beautiful ceremony at the Universalist Church at Central Park. [...]

THIS JUST IN: Jersey Boys nominated for SIX Outer Critics Circle Awards! Broadwayworld.com and MonstersandCritics.com report that the Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, have announced its nominees for the 2005-06 season. The winners of the following categories [...]

Check out these great photos from Broadway.com of “wild and crazy guy” Steve Martin with co-writer Marshall Brickman and the cast of Jersey Boys. Meeting Steve Martin was a special treat for Daniel Reichard, who confessed that the comedian/actor is his favorite performer! A Jersey Boys Blog visitor reported that late last month, she saw [...]

As posted earlier, Jersey Boys fan Erin Kuntzelman is creating an appreciation book for the cast and crew of Jersey Boys!! Erin is still looking for more contributors for her appreciation book and would like you to share your stories related to Jersey Boys! For example, it’d be great if you could e-mail Erin your [...]

4/17/06: Daniel Reichard will serve as one of three leading men backing up Steven Brinberg at “Simply Barbra: Wait Til We’re 64–The Birthday Concert” at Birdland. 4/24/06: Michael Longoria will be performing a set of his original songs at CB’s Gallery at 8 PM. 5/5/06: The Jersey Boys will serve as honorary co-chairs at the [...]

Broadwayworld.com News Desk reports that on May 8, the acclaimed “Monday Nights, New Voices” series–which showcases rising Broadway talents–will continue at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre. The 7 PM concert at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre will feature Jersey Boys’ Sara Schmidt, Lestat’s Nikki Renee Daniels, Lauren Thomas, Zakiya Young and Wicked’s Kathy Deitch.

Broadwayworld.com News Desk reports that Michael Longoria, currently on Broadway in Jersey Boys, will perform a set of his original songs at CB’s Gallery (313 Bowery at the Corner of Bleeker St.) on Monday, April 24th at 8 PM. Longoria, who plays 17-year-old Joe Pesci in Jersey Boys, has a debut album entitled “Under 1000 [...]

Check out these incredible YouTube.com video clips of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from the ’60s and ’70s! You’re in for a real treat when you see the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons performing “Working My Way Back to You” and “Oh, What a Night.” Also on this link, you will find a [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s Ben Strothmann provides extensive photo coverage the Drama Desk panel, “Dancing on Broadway: The Art and the Staging” at Sardi’s on Thursday, April 6. Among the stars that participated in the panel were Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young, as well as the hit show’s choreographer, Sergio Trujillo. Richard Ridge, a Drama Desk member [...]

We’ve reported a ton of celebrity sightings since Jersey Boys opened back in November. Bandleader Paul Shaffer, superstar Bruce Willis, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, and diva Donna Summer are just a few of the massive stars who have been blown away by the production! The runaway hit Jersey Boys continues to attract big names to [...]

Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk announced that All Shook Up, the Broadway musical combining all-time favorite Elvis Presley songs with a surefire rock n’roll story will launch a 35-city national tour, beginning in September at Milwaukee’s Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Sergio Trujillo, who is currently represented on Broadway with the hit musical Jersey Boys will [...]

On his blog, John Lloyd Young reported some major announcements from the Jersey Boys stage at Friday night’s show. Christian Hoff announced from the stage that he and wife, Melissa, are expecting. Then, Erica Piccininni’s boyfriend Andrew got down on one knee and proposed to her in front of the cheering crowd.

Jersey Boys Blog is highlighting the careers of supporting cast members John Leone, Dominic Nolfi, Joe Payne, and Matthew Scott. John Leone (Swing) has played starring roles both on and off-Broadway, in productions including Marius, Les Misérables, Chuck, and Avenue X. He has also performed in several regional theatre productions, as well as in film [...]

NEWSFLASH!! This just in from Broadwayworld.com’s News Desk: Jersey Boys, the smash hit musical about the rise and fall of chart-topping legends Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. The musical, which opened to rave reviews on November [...]

San Diego Union-Tribune pop music critic George Varga features two San Diego brothers—Kevin and Ken Dow–who have made it big on Broadway as part of the band in Jersey Boys. The two brothers – drummer Kevin, 32, and bassist-singer Ken, 35 have had a musical journey that has taken them from playing in myriad San [...]

Brian Scott Lipton of Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young and choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, All Shook Up, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and Kismet.) will be among the guests at Dancing on Broadway: The Art and the Staging, a special panel being presented by the Drama Desk, at 11:45am [...]