Jersey Boys Blog

From DailyPress.com: Bob Gaudio may be a Jersey boy, but Nashville has earned his respect. Gaudio, a founding member of The Four Seasons and the writer of most of their hits, was honored in a brief ceremony Sunday night after a performance of the musical “Jersey Boys” at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. The musical [...]

Erik Bates, Josh Franklin, Bob Gaudio, Joseph Leo Bwarie and Steve Gouveia Examiner.com’s Jonathan Pinkerton noted that on Tuesday evening, immediately following the JERSEY BOYS’ performance, members of the cast of the Tony Award Winning musical were treated to a fantastic after-party thrown by TPAC. The party was held at The Nashville City Club, on [...]

Erich Bergen performs two solo showcases at the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas tomorrow night and April 8 at 7PM! Joe Brown of The Las Vegas Sun recently interviewed Erich, who told Brown that playing Bob Gaudio in JERSEY BOYS inspired him to write songs. Below is a preview of Brown’s Q&A with Erich: Q: [...]

On March 22, 1975, “My Eyes Adored You” by Frankie Valli topped the Billboard Top 100 chart! The song, written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan, stayed in the top spot for one week and remained on the chart for 23 weeks. So many memories with “My Eyes Adored You”! I’ll never, ever forget hearing [...]

Visit Broadway.com to see photos of the JERSEY BOYS dream team: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Bob Gaudio showing off their show’s awards backstage at the August Wilson Theatre earlier this week. The awards: Best Musical Tony Award; Best Cast Album Grammy Award; and most recently, Best Musical Olivier Award!

Joseph Leo Bwarie, left, Josh Franklin, Erik Bates and Steve Gouveia perform as the Four Seasons in Jersey Boys. (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) Fiona Soltes of The Tennessean notes that The Four Seasons are, of course, best known for their music — but don’t be too quick to categorize their story as a musical revue. [...]

On March 13, 1976, The Four Seasons had their fifth Number One hit with “December 1963″ (Oh, What a Night),” which was their first hit to top the charts since “Rag Doll” in 1964. “December 1963″ remained in the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and was also their only [...]

On March 2, 1963–forty-six years ago this week, The Four Seasons had their third chart-topper: “Walk Like A Man”! The song remained in the Number One position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three straight weeks.

As reported earlier, JERSEY BOYS won FOUR awards at last night’s WhatsonStage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards! What’s an awards show, without the memorable acceptance speeches from the winners? Check out the wonderful remarks below from Bob Gaudio, Stephen Ashfield, Ryan Molloy, and Klara Zieglerova! Klara Zieglerova, Best Set Designer: “Firstly, thank you to the wonderful Des [...]

The top video features the Bergenfield High School Band playing a medley of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons hits and the bottom video features four young Jersey Boys in their red jackets performing “Sherry”!

Photos courtesy of Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar On February 3, 2009, Bob Gaudio was the guest of honor at Bergenfield High School for his very own high school graduation! Bergenfield Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Michael Kuchar was behind the event honoring Bob Gaudio. The day’s theme and the message for students was to “DREAM BIG”! Highlights of [...]

Frankie Valli with Bobby Fox, the actor who will play him in the Melbourne production of JERSEY BOYS. Ross Brundrett of the Herald Sun reports that the next big musical to hit Melbourne, JERSEY BOYS, may bring with it Frankie Valli, the man whose falsetto voice made the music of the Four Seasons famous. Headlining [...]

You may think Tommy DeVito is sitting back and relaxing these days in Vegas—playing a little golf, hanging out with his pals, and enjoying himself in this fabulous 65 degree winter weather, right? Well, that may be true, but he’s also busy as a record producer and manager! Tommy has been back in the recording [...]

We all already knew that Frankie Valli has the absolute greatest falsetto of all time, right? Well, blogger Mike Brooks has posted his list of Top Ten Falsettos in Pop and Rock History and Frankie tops his list, too! 1. Frankie Valli – Yes, Valli sometimes comes across a bit screechy, but no singer legitimized [...]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Sharon Eberson states that Bob Gaudio, who wrote the Four Seasons songs that Frankie Valli’s soaring voice helped take to the top of the charts, and Joseph Leo Bwarie, who plays Frankie in the touring company of the Tony-winning “Jersey Boys,” made the same point in separate conversations, using different cultural touchstones. The [...]

Happy Holidays! Listening to The 4 Seasons’ Christmas Album is one of our favorite holiday traditions! Now, for some chart trivia: Not just ONE, but TWO songs from this album hit Billboard’s Top Pop Singles Chart. In 1962, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” reached #23 on the chart and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa [...]

Some facts about the legendary Frankie Valli: You’ve had seven Number One hits on the Top Pop Singles chart, 19 Top Ten hits, over 175 million records sold, a Tony Award-winning musical about the story of you and your group, along with a Grammy Award-winning cast recording. All those other ones, the Oscars, the Emmies, [...]

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 [...]