Jersey Boys Blog

R. Scott Reedy has posted a terrific interview with Steve Gouveia, who plays Nick Massi on JB’s national tour. Steve has been with the show since its beginnings, when director Des McAnuff began rehearsals in the basement of the Science Building at the University of California at San Diego in 2004. Five years later, with [...]

Pat Healy has an insightful interview with West Coast actor Matt Bailey, who is currently starring as Tommy DeVito in the JERSEY BOYS national tour. According to the reporter, if you’re from Northern California, the idea of embodying a main character from a show called “Jersey Boys” could be a little intimidating. But actor Matt [...]

The Boston Globe has posted Megan Tench’s recent interview with pop icon Frankie Valli, who talks about his humble beginnings on the tough streets of New Jersey, The Four Seasons’ rise to fame, and seeing his successful and sometimes tragic life unfold on stage in the Tony Award-winning hit JERSEY BOYS. Regarding the phenomenal success [...]

Joseph Leo Bwarie (Photo by: Joan Marcus) Rosemary Ford states that Frankie Valli is a living legend. So it wasn’t without some trepidation that Joseph Leo Bwarie took on the role of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most famous falsettos in the critically acclaimed national tour of the Broadway musical, “Jersey Boys.” As audiences will [...]

JB National Tour’s Four Seasons: Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin, and Matt Bailey (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) Jody Feinberg of The Patriot Ledger notes that the JERSEY BOYS national tour will be running from July 23 through September 26 at Boston’s Citi Performing Arts Center’s Shubert Theatre! Feinberg recently spoke with Joseph Leo [...]

Katherine Miller of Newsobserver.com states that Despite the bleak economy, business is brisk at the Progress Energy Center Memorial Hall box office as fans snap up tickets for “Jersey Boys.” The musical based on the rise of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons has sold more than 50,000 tickets. About 70 percent of the [...]

Visit WRAL to watch a fun interview with Joseph Leo Bwarie, who talks about what it’s like to play the singer with one of the most recognizable voices in music history, Frankie Valli; the “Frankie Camp” experience; his amazing castmates; and lots of behind the scenes stories!

Renee Marino plays Mary Delgado, Frankie Valli’s first wife the national tour of Jersey Boys. “The costumes in the show are endless,” Marino said. “It’s a girl’s dream…we get to play dress up.” Visit WRAL.com for a fantastic backstage tour and interview with the Jersey Girls of the national tour: Renee Marino, Denise Payne, and [...]

Byron Woods of IndyWeek.com admits that his expectations for the touring version of Jersey Boys weren’t high, even though the original is continuing three-and-a-half-year run on Broadway and a bevy of awards, including the 2006 Tony for best musical. Besides, his most vivid childhood memory of The Four Seasons involve Frankie Valli’s overamplified falsetto drilling [...]

Nathan Scherich Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan of The Herald-Sun has a terrific interview with Jersey Boys national tour cast member Durham native Nathan Scherich! Nathan talks about the JB auditions, what it’s like to be a swing cast member, and the awesome experiences he has been having with the hit show. Nathan Scherich auditioned for “Jersey [...]

The national tour production of JERSEY BOYS opens today through July 18 in Raleigh! Entertainment.MYNC.com has a fun interview with the stars of the show–Matt Bailey, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin, and Steve Gouveia! And all four guys say Jersey Boys is such a jam packed show- they sing 34 songs total- and such a [...]

JERSEY BOYS, the Tony Award winning best musical that takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons comes to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium starting Wednesday. Visit News 14 Carolina for Tracey Early’s interview about the production with Matt Bailey, Josh Franklin, Joseph Leo Bwarie and Steve Gouveia.

Joseph Leo Bwarie (Photo by: Joan Marcus) With the JERSEY BOYS national tour heading to Raleigh next week (June 24-July 18), Bob Geary of Indyweek.com has a preview of the show, which includes a fun interview with Joseph Leo Bwarie! When Geary spoke with Bwarie last week, he said his name rhymes with “Sherry.” Actually, [...]

In the Milpitas Post, W. Fred Crow has a story on Courter Simmons, who hit the high notes as Frankie Valli on last Sunday’s Tony Awards telecast. Here’s a preview of the story: Sunday, during the 2009 Tony Awards, you heard him croon a solo from Frankie Valli’s iconic hit, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off [...]

Wendell Brock notes the Broadway ensemble he saw recently has nothing on the national tour that is playing at the Fox Theatre through June 21. Directed by Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, “Jersey Boys” is a virtually seamless musical entertainment that transcends generational appeal to tell a good story. Josh Franklin nicely captures [...]

The cast from “Jersey Boys” join Spiff and Fred in the True Oldies 106.7 studio. (Photo Credit: WYAY.com) Visit WYAY.com to listen to Matt Bailey, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin, and Steve Gouveia on Spiff and Fred’s show on 106.7 in Atlanta!

The National Tour of JERSEY BOYS will play its 1,000th performance tomorrow, Saturday, May 30 at 2pm. The JERSEY BOYS National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, played a record-breaking run in Los Angeles and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. The tour is currently [...]

Visit EncoreAtlanta.com to listen to and read Kristi Casey Sanders’ in-depth interview with Rick Elice! Here’s a preview: Q: How did you get involved in the ‘great fight’? A: When I was three years old, I taken by my parents to see a show on Broadway. I was born here in NY and my parents, [...]