Jersey Boys Blog

Miami Herald Theater Critic Christine Dolen states that JERSEY BOYS is solid gold both musically and theatrically. If you’re a fan of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli, ’60s pop-rock or ingeniously crafted, crazily entertaining Broadway musicals, Jersey Boys is just the ticket. Jersey Boys, with a score that has both nostalgic power and the ability [...]

Jersey Boys National Tour Cast Members: Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin and Erik Bates. (Photo: Joan Marcus) With JERSEY BOYS national tour heading to Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Christine Dolen of the Miami Herald has an in-depth feature on the show, the creative team, and the actors who play the iconic Four Seasons [...]

(J.T. MacMillan photography/Dancap) Rod Stafford Hagwood of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has another terrific piece in today’s edition–a chat with Bob Gaudio about his life in music, the early days, Frankie Valli’s unique voice, his piano teacher as a kid, and more. Below is a sneak peek of the interview: Frankie Valli’s falsetto: His falsetto [...]

Photo by: Joan Marcus JERSEY BOYS national tour is heading to Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts April 8 through May 3. SunSentinel.com’s Rod Stafford has a fun chat with Joseph Leo Bwarie, who stars as Frankie Valli! Bwarie, who’s 30, has been acting for the last 22 years. Below is a preview [...]

From DailyPress.com: Bob Gaudio may be a Jersey boy, but Nashville has earned his respect. Gaudio, a founding member of The Four Seasons and the writer of most of their hits, was honored in a brief ceremony Sunday night after a performance of the musical “Jersey Boys” at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. The musical [...]

Erik Bates, Josh Franklin, Bob Gaudio, Joseph Leo Bwarie and Steve Gouveia Examiner.com’s Jonathan Pinkerton noted that on Tuesday evening, immediately following the JERSEY BOYS’ performance, members of the cast of the Tony Award Winning musical were treated to a fantastic after-party thrown by TPAC. The party was held at The Nashville City Club, on [...]

Stacy Smith Segovia of The Leaf Chronicle states that seeing JERSEY BOYS, the TPAC show about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, makes for a thrilling evening. Because the Four Seasons were popular before she was born, the reporter invited her mother to see the show with her, thinking it would be good to go [...]

Critics all over Nashville are praising JERSEY BOYS. Below are the latest rave reviews! Martin Brady, NashvilleScene.com: As for Jersey Boys, it’s everything it’s cracked up to be—a mega-hit musical that delivers on all fronts. The doppelganger Seasons—Josh Franklin as the gifted Gaudio, Joseph Leo Bwarie as iconic lead singer Frankie Valli, Erik Bates as [...]

Evans Donnell of The Tennessean states, “I like films and TV but Jersey Boys reminds me why I’ll always love theater.” The thrilling energy connecting us to this worldwide smash show’s terrific actors cannot be duplicated on the big or small screens. You’re not in a seat at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall anymore [...]

JB National Tour Cast (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) Amy Stumpfl of NashvilleCityPaper.com has a feature about JERSEY BOYS, which is currently playing at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Hall though April 5. She talks with director Des McAnuff and Joseph Leo Bwarie, who plays the role of Frankie Valli in the national tour production. [...]

Joseph Leo Bwarie, left, Josh Franklin, Erik Bates and Steve Gouveia perform as the Four Seasons in Jersey Boys. (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) Fiona Soltes of The Tennessean notes that The Four Seasons are, of course, best known for their music — but don’t be too quick to categorize their story as a musical revue. [...]

Visit WHAM.com Channel 13 to go behind the scenes in Rochester and meet JERSEY BOYS national tour cast members Graham Fenton (Frankie Valli), Katie Tomlinson (Lorraine and others), and Ryan Strand (Swing)!

Those JERSEY BOYS in Rochester are just too good to be true! Visit WHEC.com to watch a wonderful segment about a Fairport woman who was surprised by JB national tour members Joseph Leo Bwarie and Josh Franklin! It’s not easy pulling off surprises sometimes, but we are a determined bunch. At 1p.m. on Tuesday “Jersey [...]

Marcia Morphy of the Democrat and Chronicle states that it was literally impossible to take our eyes off JERSEY BOYS during the sensational, fever-pitched performance at the Auditorium Theatre! Jersey Boys is a triumph — a streamlined, glossy show with pitch-perfect, seemingly effortless performances by the entire cast. The book by Marshall Brickman and Rick [...]

On the Behind the Curtan blog, Frank Rizzo reports that the final week of the JERSEY BOYS national tour brought in more than $1.4 million to the box office at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford. According to Variety, the entire engagement brought in nearly $4 million in ticket sales to the [...]

Brigit Clancy of the Bryant Archway said she couldn’t take her eyes off JERSEY BOYS in Hartford! Winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical, “Jersey Boys” is the story of four young men from New Jersey who try to make it in the music business. “Jersey Boys” depicts the members of the band [...]

From BroadwayWorld.com: The Hartford engagement of Jersey Boys, which opened to rave reviews on Friday, February 6, broke the box office record – twice in a row – at the Bushnell Center, where it just completed its triumphant run on February 22, 2009. From there, the national tour will play Rochester, NY from February 25 [...]

Photo by: Joan Marcus Two interesting interviews from the multi-talented Joseph Leo Bwarie, who plays Frankie Valli in the JERSEY BOYS national tour! In DemocratandChronicle.com, Stuart Low states that before Joseph Leo Bwarie could play the role of rocker Frankie Valli, he went to Frankie Camp. Bwarie will portray the Four Seasons’ short, high-voiced front [...]

The JERSEY BOYS national tour is soaring at the box offices around the country! Here’s the latest box office news: From Courant.com’s Behind The Curtain Blog: Big shows don’t cry. Variety reports that the Hartford run of the national tour of “Jersey Boys” at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is seeing record crowds. [...]