Jersey Boys Blog

Fabulous reviews keep popping up all over for the Cleveland production of Jersey Boys! Here are the latest: David Ritchey of Akron.com: The “Jersey Boys” script, by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, is a masterpiece. In one or two lines, Brickman and Elice tell major elements of the storyline and move the plot forward. The [...]

Keith A. Joseph of the Cleveland Free Times states that Jersey Boys in Cleveland is a “retro smash” and notes that this hit has tapped into a new market: the brand of macho males who are far more at home with a Bud at a sports bar than with a daiquiri on a mezzanine. In [...]

Critics all over Northeastern Ohio continue to rave about the national tour production of Jersey Boys that’s playing through July 20 in the State Theatre in Cleveland! Below are the latest fabulous reviews! Milan Paurich of Vindy.com says that the high energy production of Jersey Boys, currently playing at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square through July 20, [...]

The Plain Dealer’s Tony Brown states: judging with the eyes, ears and heart, there’s much to love about “Jersey Boys,” the hit Broadway musical about the Four Seasons, kings of doo-wop. According to Brown, for the eyes, the Broadway design team returns to create a chain-link set straight out of less-gardenlike sections of the Garden [...]

Kerry Clawson of the Akron Beacon Journal states that the fabulous Jersey Boys is a musical celebration in every sense of the word, chronicling the explosive rise to fame of the Four Seasons on national tour at Playhouse Square’s State Theater.The pace is quick, the story’s absorbing, and we’re emotionally invested in no time. By [...]

Photo #1: ChristopherKaleJones.com, Photos #2-3: by Joan Marcus, Photo #4: JBB. On Sunday, June 15, the incredible Christopher Kale Jones played his final performance as Frankie Valli in the Jersey Boys national tour. Watching Chris’s phenomenal performance that first time at the Curran Theatre back in December 2006 was one of the most amazing and [...]

John Patrick Gatta of The Morning Journal has a preview story about Jersey Boys coming to the Playhouse Square Center’s State Theatre in Cleveland. Gatta spoke with Andrew Rannells, who plays Bob Gaudio in the JB national tour. Here’s a sneak peek of what Andrew has to say about playing the legendary songwriter: Now, that [...]

Plain Dealer Theater Critic Tony Brown fills everyone in on the real story behind The Four Seasons’ arrest in Cleveland. Here’s the real story: On Sept. 6, 1965, a Labor Day Monday, The Four Seasons played a variety show hosted at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus by TV personality Mike Douglas. Columbus cops arrested [...]

Cleveland is getting ready for Jersey Boys, which begins at Playhouse Square on Wednesday! Cleveland.com’s John Soebel has a terrific feature on the distinctive sound of The Four Seasons. Soebel’s introduction to The Four Seasons was a television commercial for a best-of compilation. Against a montage of performance clips, a list of song titles scrolled [...]

Jersey Boys national tour plays the Playhouse Square in Cleveland from Wednesday June 18 through July 20! John Benson of The Gazette recently spoke to JB co-writer Rick Elice about the blockbuster musical. Why is Rick Elice excited about Jersey Boys’ Cleveland debut? According to Elice: In a way, The Four Seasons is like a [...]

Jersey Boys Broadway had another strong week at the box office! For the week ending June 8, 2008, JB grossed $1,158,688 and had the highest attendance rate of all shows at 100.6%! As with the previous week,Jersey Boys was one of only three shows that was in the millionaires’ club! The 34 shows on the [...]

Rick Pender of CityBeat.com notes that The Four Seasons harmonize their way into audience’s hearts at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati! According to Pender, the four lead performances on tour have the moves and re-create the sound impeccably. Christopher Kale Jones, as Valli, can hit all the high notes; Andrew Rannells plays ambitious Bob Gaudio, [...]

TalkinBroadway.com’s Scott Cain says that there’s no doubt that Jersey Boys is a huge hit in New York, where it won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and has been playing to sold out audiences ever since. But, how would the show play outside of the shadow of New Jersey and without the bridge [...]

Jackie Demaline of the Cincinnati Enquirer gives high praise to Jersey Boys, stating that it’s slick, smart, and terrifically tuneful–along with being the right show at the right time! According to Demaline, JB is one of those rare, well-oiled stage machines that can run forever with energy to burn. One of the best things about [...]

Jersey Boys national tour begins performances in Cincinnati’s Procter and Gamble Hall at the Aronoff Center of the Arts beginning Wednesday, May 21! Enquirer.com’s Jackie Demaline has a two-part article on Jersey Boys, that includes some fascinating commentary by JB co-author Rick Elice. In the ‘I didn’t know that!’ article, Rick Elice thinks the Four [...]

John Altieri touched so many people in his short life–family, friends, many Jersey Boys’ fans, and his many colleagues. Along with Erich Bergen’s moving tribute, fellow castmates Eric Gutman and Taylor Sternberg have honored John with very touching words and stories on their blogs.

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 [...]

Visit KTVI to watch a marvelous interview with Christopher Kale Jones, who talks about the challenges and excitement of playing Frankie Valli, the popularity of Jersey Boys, his “connection” to St. Louis, and some other interesting tidbits!

Check out Taylor Sternberg’s Tour THAT blog! He’s giving fans a chance to ask questions about Jersey Boys, The Four Seasons, and anything else you’d like to ask him!