Jersey Boys Blog

Dennis Brown of Riverfronttimes.com adored Jersey Boys at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis! Here’s a sneak peek of this terrific review: The production is as polished as a shiny gold record. Everything is geared to telling the story — or, in this case, four stories. The lighting, the visual effects, the video projections. (Hey, [...]

Amy Burger of Playbackstl.com states that the St. Louis production of Jersey Boys is top-notch – from the acting to the singing, dancing and even the set, costume and lighting design. The story itself and the four fantastic actors in the lead roles are what give this show its heart and soul. For fans of [...]

The University News has an in-depth interview with Christopher Kale Jones, who talks about the demands of singing 27 songs in the Tony Award-winning show and the joys of playing the legendary singer. Christopher Kale Jones gets more sleep in one night than most people. The actor, who plays Frankie Valli in the musical “Jersey [...]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Theater Critic Judith Newmark had a wonderful time at Jersey Boys! She notes that if you ever turned on a car radio, you belong at “Jersey Boys.” The spirited, Tony-winning musical that just opened at the Fox Theatre not only makes baby boomers feel 16 again, it reminds everyone why 16 was [...]

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS reports that on Monday, April 7, the Jersey Boys national tour cast took the stage at Minneapolis’s Shout House for “Rock Like a Man,” a benefit which raised more than $10,000 for BC/EFA. The show featured almost 20 cast members performing rock standards from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, including songs [...]

The national touring company of JERSEY BOYS will be performing in an original music review to benefit STAGES of St. Louis on May 12! Below are the details: Date: Monday, May 12 Place: The Purser Center Logan College of Chiropractic 1851 Schoettler Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017 Time: Cocktails, Elaborate Hors D’Oeuvres Buffet & Silent Auction [...]

JERSEY BOYS national tour begins in St. Louis at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday April 23 through May 18. Post-Dispatch Theater Critic Judith Newmark recently spoke with Bob Gaudio, who spoke about the experience and surprise of seeing his life played on stage in the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys. When he was just 15 years [...]

Corey Stulce of TheTelegraph.com has a fun interview with Christopher Kale Jones, as the Jersey Boys national tour heads to St. Louis, a city that’s been lucky for Jones. Turns out Jones was committed to play Doodie in Stages St. Louis’ production of “Grease” when the auditions for “Boys” were being held. Luckily for Jones, [...]

Taylor Sternberg is profiled by reporter Michael Goodrich on Backstage.com. Goodrich notes that singers and actors are expected to be at peak vocal performance every day, regardless of their punishing eight-show-a-week schedule. It’s hard enough when you’re playing the same theatre in the same city. But what happens when you take the show on the [...]

Check out the incredible video coverage of Jersey Boys national tour’s BC/EFA “Rock Like A Man” benefit concert in Minneapolis! Christopher Kale Jones sings “Show Me The Way”; new cast member Buck Hujabre sings “Long Train Runnin’”; Taylor Sternberg sings “Spirit of Radio,” and Brandon Matthieus sings “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’”! Great entertainment from these talented [...]

Visit Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center podcast to listen to a recent interview with Jersey Boys national tour’s Gyp DeCarlo–Joseph Siravo! Joseph talks about his experiences as both an actor and educator.

By West Coast Correspondent Cathi Aradi The phenomenon that is Jersey Boys has generated incredible fan interest in every aspect of the show. What has been most interesting to me is the accessibility of the Jersey Boys stars. From Broadway to San Francisco—and all “those places you fly over on your way to LA”—people line [...]

Minneapolis critics (and audiences) can’t take their eyes off the Jersey Boys national tour! Check out the latest! MSPMAG.com’s Steve Marsh took his mom to Jersey Boys last week. He wondered how good could a musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons be? “Sherry Baby”? “Big Girls Don’t Cry”? He thought he ws headed [...]

Reviewer Quinton Skinner admits that “the prospect of spending an evening in the presence of Frankie Valli’s caterwauling falsetto (or an actor approximating it) in Jersey Boys did not fill me with unbridled enthusiasm. Yet the show turns out to be nothing short of a blast, finely crafted and passionately performed, and about as soulful [...]

More great reviews for JB in Minneapolis! From TalkinBroadway.com: The story – which is pretty typical showbiz – does a better job than most jukebox musicals of connecting the dots, and the characters remain wonderfully down to earth throughout the fame and heartbreak. While it does play a bit loose with reality (Bob Crewe is [...]

Tatiana Craine of the Mac Weekly can’t quit thinking about Jersey Boys after seeing the national tour in Minneapolis! For the past three days, one word has been forever recurrent in my mind: Sherry. Silly girl, you say. But don’t try to kid yourself. You wouldn’t be able to shield yourself against the angelic, high-toned [...]

Along with rocking the house at the Orpheum, the Jersey Boys national tour will be doing a BC/EFA benefit concert in Minneapolis on Monday, April 7, 2008! Event: Jersey Boys National Tour “Rock Like A Man” BC/EFA Benefit Concert Where: The Shout House at 650 Hennepin Aveue When: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7:30PM (Doors [...]

Playbill.com’s Sheryl Flatow has a marvelous profile on Christopher Kale Jones, who has been wowing! audiences as Frankie Valli in the national tour of Jersey Boys since it began in December 2006. Here is a sample of the kinds of reviews Christopher Kale Jones has received for his portrayal of Frankie Valli in the first [...]

Critics and crowds are loving Jersey Boys in Minneapolis! Below are excerpts from two reviews! Rohan Preston of the Star Tribune had an amazing time watching Jersey Boys. He states, My happiness as I left the Orpheum was due in no small part to an impressive and engaging “Jersey Boys” cast that includes Christopher Kale [...]