Jersey Boys Blog

CelebrityNews24-7 has posted their recent Q&A with Bob Gaudio–the man who wrote most of The Four Seasons hits, co-founded the group, and sang on stage as part of the group until the early 1970s. Here’s a preview of the interview: RL: What is the magic and the lasting appeal of the Four Seasons as the [...]

Joe Brown of the Las Vegas Sun states that Jersey Boys provides a true theater experience. It’s the first show at the Palazzo, and it fits neatly in its custom-built theater with a retro-looking lobby and bars. There are a few Broadway-style touches: the performers’ names are posted in the lobby, there’s a real Playbill, [...]

To All Jersey Boys Friends, Family and Fans… This weekend was very odd. It was for everyone, one of the most amazing things we could ever be a part of. The opening of Jersey Boys in Las Vegas. Every cast member from every company, every one of our parents, every reviewer who ever “got” the [...]

More critical acclaim for the Jersey Boys in Las Vegas! Here’s the latest: From the Toronto Star: The Las Vegas premiere of Jersey Boys at the elegant new Palazzo Hotel was the cheering, stomping, hats-in-the-air triumph everybody hoped it would be, largely thanks to the efforts of three Canadians: Des McAnuff, Sergio Trujillo and Jeremy [...]

Kate Burton with John Altieri (Photo by James Sims at BroadwayWorld.com) We are very sad to report that Jersey Boys national tour cast member/Vegas cast member John Altieri has passed away. John, who played Bob Crewe (and many other roles) so wonderfully on the JB national tour, and was scheduled to play the same role [...]

Check out The Strip Podcast for photo coverage and a video of last night’s magnificent Jersey Boys Vegas Opening Night festivities.

On Chad Jones’ Theater Dogs blog, he has posted a review of Jersey Boys’ Opening Night at The Palazzo. Jones raves about the cast, the show (that has not been “Vegas-ized”), the book, the choreography, that is “as smooth and sexy as ever”, and the nine-piece band that sounds sharp. Jones states, “As beautifully and [...]

Photo by Jeff Scheid. Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal gives Jersey Boys an “A”! Here’s a portion of what Weatherford had to say about the new hit in Vegas! Early on in “Jersey Boys,” there’s a shout-out to New Jersey and a built-in pause that gives home-staters an anticipated chance to hoot and [...]

As we’ve noted, this weekend has ROCKED! Jersey Boys Opening Night in Vegas (just wait for details!), Frankie Valli’s birthday, the JB OBCR topping the charts again this week–and in the Sunday Los Angeles Times, Paul Lieberman has one of the most interesting in-depth stories on the men of Jersey–Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, and Frankie [...]

TheStar.com Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian has a wonderful feature story about Jeremy Kushnier, the 32-year-old actor from Winnipeg who will be standing center stage when the curtain goes up this evening at The Palazzo Hotel for the Las Vegas premiere of Jersey Boys playing “bad boy” of The Four Seasons, Tommy DeVito. Jeremy talks to [...]

From PRNewswire: After a productive and encouraging month of preview performances, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, will celebrate its Opening Night on Saturday, May 3 at The Palazzo Las Vegas. The talented cast will be joined by the remaining original Four Seasons, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito, [...]

Photo credit: John Gurzinski. In the Las Vegas Review-Journal today,Vegas Confidential columnist Norm Clarke talks to Bob Gaudio, who has brought a special chunk of history to town for the opening of JERSEY BOYS at The Palazzo. According to Clarke, out of all the autographs signed by Frank Sinatra, Gaudio may have the grand-daddy of [...]

The May edition of Vegas Magazine will put the spotlight on Jersey Boys–the phenomenon that officially opens at The Palazzo this Saturday! Photo courtesy of Tomas Muscionico.

As reported earlier, Jersey Boys are the cover boys on this week’s Las Vegas Magazine! Here’s a preview of this interesting article by Paul Szydelko. Faugno, Bergen and the rest of the cast deliver not only the vocals but also the frequent heartache of the group. “The four guys could have been anyone — four [...]

Jersey Boys cast members Erich Bergen, Rick Faugno, Jeremy Kushnier, and Jeff Leibow are on the cover of Las Vegas Magazine–on newsstands tomorrow!

Erich Bergen will be interviewed on the 10pm newscast on KTLA in Los Angeles, TONIGHT, 4/24! The live interview, from the Jersey Boys Theater at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas, will air sometime in the second half of the broadcast, between 10:30 and 11pm. KTLA in Los Angeles is the local affiliate of The [...]

In Norm Clarke’s Vegas Confidential column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, he reports that composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, in town to tape an “American Idol” segment involving “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular” (Venetian), checked out JERSEY BOYS at The Palazzo on Thursday night.