Jersey Boys Blog

Josh Franklin (Photo by Ronnie Nelson Photography) Along with her interview with Bob Gaudio, Lisa Bornstein in Rocky Mountain News has an insightful interview with the young man who is playing the songwriting member of the Four Seasons, Josh Franklin. This Jersey Boy hails from Colorado Springs. After performing on Broadway in Grease and Legally [...]

Lisa Bornstein of Rocky Mountain News has a great interview with Bob Gaudio and the new young actor who’s playing him in Jersey Boys national tour, Josh Franklin. At the age of 15, Bob Gaudio had his first hit with the future Nair commercial Short Shorts. Now 66, he’s the star of one of the [...]

JERSEY BOYS national tour opens Thursday at the Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex and plays through January 3. Denver Post Theater Critic John Moore has a terrific interview with two real Jerseyites–the legendary Bob Gaudio and Jersey Boys national tour cast member, Renee Marino, the only cast member from New Jersey. Garden Staters Gaudio [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: Dates have been announced for the Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre for six weeks only! The musical will make its Boston premiere on Thursday, July 23 and play through Sunday, August 30. Press night [...]

Jospeh Leo Bwarie will be in concert at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California on Monday, December 8. The concert, titled, “Not Your Average Joe,” will begin at 8PM at the theatre and a reception will follow. The Falcon Theatre’s address is 4252 Riverside Drive and tickets are $25. Call (818) 955-8101 for tickets and [...]

Check out Taylor Sternberg’s Tour This blog for a number of exciting updates. Here’s a preview: Yes, it’s been a long time coming for a new blog post, but that’s because I’ve found someone. Someone who I can love, and who will love me back. She can be cold at times, but usually is full [...]

Check out BlahBlahBlahBlog.com for an interesting Q&A with Joseph Leo Bwarie! Here’s a short preview: Jersey Boys isn’t your typical musical. It’s more of a “a play with a rock concert added in,” says Joseph Leo Bwarie, the 30-year-old actor who plays Frankie Valli in the national touring production of the Tony Winning show. Q: [...]

Star-Telegram.com reports that the Jersey Boys national tour will sing the national anthem tonight at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for the opener of the Texas Rangers-New York Yankees series. The game begins at 7:05 p.m.

In Unfair Park, The Dallas Observer Blog, Elaine Liner goes backstage with Eric Bates, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Steve Gouveia, and Andrew Rannells!

Critics all over Dallas are adoring Jersey Boys! Below are the latest raves! Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer: A great big Broadway smash called Jersey Boys hits the Music Hall at Fair Park and suddenly everything is all right again. Soaring on tunes about love, youth and yearning, this show flies right to the heart of [...]

John Garcia of Pegasus News describes the Dallas Jersey Boys experience as “a hypnotic emotional ride you’ll never want to get off.” Garcia credits everyone for the magic of this show. He states that Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice’s book does a fantastic job of actually making the group’s sensational pop hits weave beautifully into [...]

Following a couple of previews, Jersey Boys opened in Dallas last night at the Fair Park Music Hall and critics are raving about the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award winner! Lawson Taitte in The Dallas Morning News: Talk about a buildup: We are two-thirds of the way through the first act of Jersey Boys before [...]

With Jersey Boys opening in Dallas on Wednesday, Lawson Taitte of Dallas Morning News has an interesting feature on jukebox musicals that includes interviews with Bob Gaudio and Rick Elice. “People don’t realize how hard it is to put a catalog of songs together and make a show work,” says Bob Gaudio, the member of [...]

News from BBB-Blogger: JERSEY BOYS set a worldwide production box office record with the week ending July 21, 2008 at Cleveland ’s PlayhouseSquare Theatre. The Tony and Grammy award winning Best Musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, grossed $1,883,450 last week, shattering all records set by the production in [...]

Jersey Boys national tour begins performances next Wednesday through August 16 at Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas. Mark Lowry of the Star-Telegram.com has an interesting Q&A session with Bob Gaudio. Here’s a sneak peek to the article: Q: Did Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice approach you and Frankie with an idea for the show, [...]

Visit SocialWhirl.com to watch a vodcast interview with Joseph Leo Bwarie, who visited Dallas last month. Joseph talks about originating the role of Chachi in the stage production of Happy Days, what it’s like to play icon Frankie Valli in the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys, meeting and auditioning for Frankie Valli, the audience’s incredible reaction [...]

I told you it was no vision–Cleveland audiences are going nuts over Jersey Boys! According to Cleveland.com, last week, the national tour of Jersey Boys at Playhouse Square’s State Theatre through Sunday, July 20, set a new Cleveland box office record. The gross receipts for the week of July 8-13 were $1,691,763.50, according to the [...]

With Jersey Boys playing at the State Theatre in Cleveland, we thought–What better time to plan a summer visit back to visit family in Ohio? Was I getting overly excited for the mother-in-law and the brother-in-law to see Jersey Boys in Cleveland? Well, yeah…As we were on the plane heading to Ohio, the Tech-Half reminded [...]

The latest critical acclaim for Jersey Boys in Cleveland: Christine Howey of CleveScene.com: If you’re still mourning the loss of Paulie Walnuts, the Bada Bing, and acid-tongued Adriana, you can get a bit of that feeling back — along with a hell of a lot of great music — in Jersey Boys at Playhouse Square [...]