Jersey Boys Blog

Details coming soon on yesterday’s amazing show and audience (Big details! This was one of the best shows–EVER)! But just to give you a preview: Does a visit to Jersey Boys Broadway get much better than this? Picture this: Matinee performance: Saturday, September 27–an usher is escorting the Tech Half and I to our respective [...]

On September 15, 1962, the whole world exploded! Forty-six years ago today, “Sherry” by The Four Seasons hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart and remained in the top spot for five consecutive weeks! Written by Bob Gaudio, the song that started it all for The Four Seasons stayed on the chart [...]

On August 26, 1978, 30 years ago!–Frankie Valli hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with “Grease,” the theme song from the blockbuster movie. This hit, written by Barry Gibb, remained atop the chart for two consecutive weeks.

On November 22nd, 2008 The Royal Teens of “Short Shorts” fame will be one of the featured artists at the “Doo-Wop Hall of Fame of America” show at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. As you know, the Royal Teens began in 1956 by Bob Gaudio and Tom Austin–and this year, the group is [...]

TheStar.com’s Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian notes that Joseph Leo Bwarie has the choirboy good looks and the crystal-clear falsetto voice, but those aren’t the things that make Joseph Leo Bwarie such great casting as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys. The singer-actor embraces his Jersey Boys lead role with the same enthusiasm and energy as the [...]

Post-Tribune Correspondent Terry Loncaric has posted a marvelous interview with Jarrod Spector, who has the difficult task in Jersey Boys of bringing to life the charismatic singer Frankie Valli, who dreamed of being the next Frank Sinatra. After breaking all box office records in New York, a touring production of Jersey Boys will complete its [...]

Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci, Frank Maiorano, and Frank Vincent (Photo courtesy of Frank Maiorano) By Audrey Rockman, JBB Special Correspondent On Sunday, July 27, as fans toured his old neighborhood, Tommy DeVito and about 150 of his closest friends and family were celebrating his 80th birthday in another part of Jersey- not in Belleville or [...]

Nick Massi’s oldest son, Bobby, holding his father’s artwork. By Audrey Rockman, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale without much fuss. That started in the town of Union aboard a mini- bus The mate was a man named Gollender, The skipper quite excited, for sure. [...]

XM/Sirius Radio’s Phlash Phelps posing under the Four Seasons Lane sign!

NY1.com reports that a composer for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is suing EMI Publishing over the use of the tune “C’mon Marianne” in the Broadway musical Jersey Boys. Russell Brown and the daughter of his late partner, Raymond Bloodworth, are seeking $100,000 from EMI for not receiving royalties from the Tony award-winning show [...]

Within the last year, the 1967 Four Seasons’ hit “Beggin’” (written by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and peaking at #16 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart) has been, well, ubiquitous! First, there was the Pilooski re-edit that hit the London charts, then–the Norwegian rap group Madcon’s rap version of “Beggin’” was a chart-topper for five [...]

By Audrey Rockman, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent It is just about time to get the show on the road for the third Old Neighborhood Mini-Bus Tour which explores the homes and haunts of former Four Season members around Jersey. Since there will be a couple of repeat offenders joining the tour for a second [...]

Jersey Boys national tour begins performances next Wednesday through August 16 at Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas. Mark Lowry of the Star-Telegram.com has an interesting Q&A session with Bob Gaudio. Here’s a sneak peek to the article: Q: Did Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice approach you and Frankie with an idea for the show, [...]

On July 18, 1964, The Four Seasons’ “Rag Doll” hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and remained in the top spot for two consecutive weeks. Check out this 1977 television appearance of the Seasons singing the classic!

Broadway.tv Blog reports that the story of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys continues to thrill audiences with its drama, sadness, and brilliant score. Frankie Valli, the subject and source of the great hit musical took the stage at the Mann Center in Philadelphia in a live show, only to be surprised by US Congressman [...]

On his blog, NFL Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton talks about a recent concert he attended at the Chastain Amphitheater in Atlanta: And I got to listen to my favorite artist of all time – Frankie Valli. It wasn’t Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – he had four young guys up there singing with [...]

Visit GILG to listen to the legendary Frankie Valli’s interview on WABC Radio that was recorded on July 5, 2008!

Despite the many millions of records he has sold in his career and as famous as he was in his heyday, Frankie Valli says that he’s finally feeling some real love and respect. Only now, as the story of Valli and the Four Seasons has been immortalized in the Broadway hit “Jersey Boys” and is [...]

Doug, Frank & Terry Delle Donne (whose family owned 4 Seasons Bowling Alley), Audrey Rockman, Annie Egan (4 Seasons cocktail waitress for 30 years), and Joe LaGregor (manager, 4 Seasons Bowling Alley) A week ago, in addition to Walt Gollender, Tom Austin, Charles Alexander and, of course THE guests of the day- the family members [...]