Jersey Boys Blog

Several Broadway-related websites have done a great job capturing the magic of Jersey Boys rehearsals, the Opening Night gala, performances at the August Wilson Theater, and TV appearances featuring the cast, the original Four Seasons members, and other people associated with the show. Below are some highlights: This Broadway.com video features rehearsal footage with cast [...]

In the Broadwayworld.com article “Jersey Boys: Welcome to Falsettoland” released today, reporter Michael Dale from Broadwayworld.com reflects on how the “jukebox musical is growing up.” Here’s a preview of what Dale writes: Now we have Jersey Boys; an exceedingly fun and electrifyingly staged tale of the rise and fall of The Four Seasons, which smartly [...]

Celebrities from all over the globe have come out since Opening Night to enjoy the hit musical Jersey Boys! Broadway.com covered the emotional curtain call and a slew of celebrities heading to the Marriott Marquis to celebrate the phenomenal November 6 opening night of Jersey Boys. In addition to original Four Seasons members Frankie Valli, [...]

In a recent review in Entertainment Weekly, correspondent David Browne gives Jersey Boys an “A” rating. In the short review, he states, “their saga and songs finally give the jukebox musical a respectable name.”

Oldies Music at About.com, in partnership with Special Ops Media, is offering five site visitors free copies of the new Jersey Boys CD — the soundtrack to the hit Broadway play about the lives of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons! To enter, you’ll need to answer ten Four Seasons trivia questions via e-mail… the [...]

Bob Gaudio, original member of The Four Seasons, and Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the co-writers of Jersey Boys will appear on WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News” on Monday, December 5th between 5:30pm and 6:00pm. Gaudio, Brickman and Elice will talk process of bringing Jersey Boys to life on the Broadway stage.

The CD of the week on “Radio Playbill” for the week of December 3-11 is the original cast album of Jersey Boys. “Radio Playbill,” a news and entertainment magazine show of theatrical interviews, features and music, is broadcast 7 AM Saturdays and 5 PM Sundays on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Sirius Advice, Channel 117.

Broadwayworld.com reports that John Lloyd Young, starring as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, will appear on WNBC-TV’s “Live At Five” tomorrow, Friday, December 2 between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. He will talk with “Live At Five’s” Sue Simmons about what it’s like to embody living legend Frankie Valli on the Great White Way.

Journalist Richard Corliss’ article provides a fabulously detailed account of Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons’ music (including the stories behind Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man, and Dawn), a Four Seasons chronology (from 1953 to Jersey Boys), and a marvelous review of Jersey Boys! Here’s a sampling of what Corliss said: [...]

Broadwayworld.com reports that Jersey Boys grossed $802,858 for the week ending 11/27/05 with 8,887 tickets sold.

After seeing Jersey Boys on Broadway just a couple of weeks ago, what better way to end the month than to see the real Frankie Valli in concert at the Luxor in Vegas!?!?!! Somehow, we landed Front Row, Center tickets! Yikes! Since we had a bit of time to kill before the show began, my [...]

According to many critics, the four actors playing the original Four Seasons in Jersey Boys on Broadway are “stars in the making”. Here’s a sampling of what they’ve said: Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito) Curtainup.com said Hoff makes his irresponsible DeVito simultaneously charming and irritating… Newsday stated that Christian Hoff plays him with such sweet grandiosity [...]

Reported Paul Calvalconte will talk with original Four Seasons member, Tommy DeVito, and Christian Hoff, the actor playing him in Jersey Boys, on WQCD Radio (101.9fm) on Sunday, November 27 at 7:00am.

Frankie Valli and the stars of Broadway’s newest hit musical, Jersey Boys: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young, will be featured on CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight” on Monday, November 28 at 7:00pm, repeating at 11:00pm EST.

Jersey Boys cast members, along with several other Broadway stars, will be featured in tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC starting at 9:00 a.m. EST. The cast will sing a medley of hits including “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” “Walk Like a Man” and “Who Loves You.” Here are the details from [...]

Superstar Frankie Valli talks about Jersey Boys, his current gig in Vegas, his role in the Sopranos, and so much more in today’s edition of the Las Vegas Sun.

Original Four Seasons member Tommy DeVito is portrayed as the group’s hustling bad-boy founder in Jersey Boys. Although this petty thief got the band on the map with his magnetism and ambition, his gambling debts and tax evasion eventually put the Four Seasons’ success in jeopardy. DeVito tells his side of the story to the [...]

The Jersey Boys cast recording is getting as much praise as the musical itself! It provides the listener with a taste of what they have experienced (or will experience) on Broadway. As I’m playing it right now, it’s like being back at the August Wilson Theater. Critic Michael Portantiere loves it! The authenticity of the [...]

Jersey Boys has broken the house record at the August Wilson Theatre. For the week ending November 20, the musical grossed $689,839.00–up $2,423.00 on the previous house record set by Little Shop of Horrors in December, 2003. Read more.