Jersey Boys Blog

The JERSEY BOYS national tour will be heading to The Memphis Orpheum January 24-February 14. Real life Jersey Boy and original Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio and JERSEY BOYS national tour’s Frankie Valli, Joseph Leo Bwarie talk with “Good Morning Memphis” anchor Valerie Calhoun.

FOX13 in Memphis sat down with Bob Gaudio, who talks about the success of JERSEY BOYS, the music of The Four Seasons, what he hopes the audience takes away from the show, and more!

Photo 9 by Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com; Photo 10 by Ben Strothmann at BroadwayWorld.com; Photos 11-12 by Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com On November 17, 1942, Bob Gaudio, “the kid who plays like a madman–and he writes songs”–was born! We wish musical genius, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and [...]

Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli) showing off his dessert with Window’s Brianna D’Amico, Jersey Girl Denise Payne, Window’s Andrew Gerstel, Jersey Girl Kara Tremel, and Jersey Boys Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) and Courter Simmons (Joe Pesci) (Photo credit: Bisnow.com The Washington Times Green & Glover column has a write-up on “Bobby’s Girl”–who happens to be [...]

By Charles Alexander As Frankie Valli’s official biographer (see http://www.gilgweb.com/Bios/Valli-Alexander_Bio.html), I often get the chance to see him backstage, though I must admit that he never recognizes me until I reintroduce myself. It’s always fun, and you never can tell who’s going to show up. But rarely have I had so many pleasant surprises as [...]

In a special to The Washington Post, Nelson Pressley talks to Frankie Valli and co-writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice about how the JERSEY BOYS musical came about and the international hit it has become. Below is a preview: Frankie Valli doesn’t call “Jersey Boys” a musical; he consistently refers to the Broadway show as [...]

As a preview to Frankie Valli performing this Sunday at TPAC’s Jackson Hall in Nashville, Dave Paulson of Tenessean.com has a feature with two of the men who comprised The Four Seasons nearly fifty years ago–Valli and his partner (and Nashville resident) Bob Gaudio! The partners talk about the success of their group, the hits, [...]

As reported earlier, Bob Gaudio and Rick Elice were in Toronto last week for the first-anniversary gala performance of JERSEY BOYS! Robert Cushman chatted with Gaudio and Elice about creating JERSEY BOYS and the show’s worldwide success. According to Gaudio, the show is to be believed. “I was a more than reluctant performer. Who says [...]

Bob Gaudio is all over the map this week! WNED’s Mike Desmond recently spoke to Bob Gaudio about his music career, including his early success with The Royal Teens, The Four Seasons, the many other major artists he has worked with over the years, and the success of JERSEY BOYS! Visit PublicBroadcasting.net to listen to [...]

In honor of the production’s one-year anniversary at the Toronto Centre of the Arts, Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio was in town Thursday, Aug. 20 to take in a performance of the show he helped bring to Broadway four years ago in New York City. Reporter Fannie Sunshine has a terrific interview with original Jersey [...]

Michael Lomenda (Nick Massi), Quinn VanAntwerp (Bob Gaudio), Bob Gaudio, Jeff Madden (Frankie Valli), Daniel Robert Sullivan (Tommy DeVito) [Photo Credit: Cheol Joon Baek] From BroadwayWorld.com: Dancap Productions Inc., producers of the award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, celebrated the production’s one year anniversary last week at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. In honour of [...]

Toronto Star’s Bruce DeMara notes that even Four Seasons songwriter/keyboardist Bob Gaudio can’t quite believe it. In Toronto, the original Broadway cast recording of Jersey Boys placed third in CD sales for the week of Aug. 3 to 9 and The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons placed fifth. The two albums [...]

In Part Three of Bob Gaudio’s fabulous “Undercover” interview with Paul Cashmere, Bob talks about working with music legends such as Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand and Michael Jackson, in addition to meeting and working with his wife, Judy.

In Part Two of Bob Gaudio’s fantastic “Undercover” interview with Paul Cashmere, Bob talks about the process of writing and releasing songs such as “Rag Doll,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” writing for other artists, and the concept album, “Genuine Imitation Life Gazette.”

This is Part One of Bob Gaudio’s fabulous “Undercover” interview with Paul Cashmere! Bob talks about watching the Jersey Boys story unfold; the accuracy of the stage show; Joe Pesci’s involvement in getting Gaudio into the Four Seasons’ Tommy’s role in the band; his first successful song with The Royal Teens–”Short Shorts”; getting his high [...]

Listen to an amazing interview with Bob Gaudio on Radio Australia! Bob talks about his extraordinary career, including early days as a young musician, songwriter and performer in The Royal Teens; his career as the member of The Four Seasons; his musical projects outside of the group; working with the late Michael Jackson in the [...]

Robin Usher of The Age has the behind the scenes story of JERSEY BOYS–which opens on Saturday at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. According to Usher, the songs were a given, but telling the Jersey Boys’ back story took courage. Director Des McAnuff already had a reputation as a hitmaker when he agreed to take [...]