December 15, 2006

Who Loves Jersey Boys? San Francisco!

December 15th, 2006
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    BroadwayWorld’s Eugene Lovendusky states that night after night, the audience in San Francisco’s Curran Theatre doesn’t even ask permission to applaud…they just do! In the middle of songs no less, they’re on their feet, swimming in the ubiquitous sound of The Four Seasons during the first tour engagement of the Tony Award-winning musical, Jersey Boys. [...]

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Crowd Adored Jersey Boys on Opening Night!

December 15th, 2006
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    Marin Independent Journal’s Charles Brousse notes that Sunday was nostalgia night at the Curran Theatre. The aging boomers who packed the house for the long-anticipated opening of a show that celebrates one of America’s best-loved musical eras literally “went ape” (an endearing term borrowed from the historical setting) even before their idols appeared…Whether spurred by [...]

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December 14, 2006

Jersey Boys Cast Recording Remains in the #2 Position on Charts

December 14th, 2006
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    Playbill.com reports that for the sixth consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remains at the Number Two position on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart. Here’s the latest Top 5 Broadway Cast Album list from Billboard: Wicked Jersey Boys Mama Mia! Spamalot The Lion King

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JLY to Sing National Anthem at Nets Game

December 14th, 2006
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    Playbill.com reports that John Lloyd Young — the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s Jersey Boys — will head to the Garden State Dec. 18 to open the NBA’s New Jersey Nets-Golden State Warriors game. Young will perform the national anthem at the Nets-Warriors game, which is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM at the Continental [...]

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Amazing JB Broadway Photo Essay!

December 14th, 2006
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    Along with the year-end summary, check out the amazing Jersey Boys CBS News photo essay featuring the original Four Seasons, the four leads who play the pop icons, and the many celebrities that attended opening night festivities on November 6, 2005.

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Jersey Boys Ruled Broadway in 2006!

December 14th, 2006
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    CBSNews.com’s year-end roundup of the Great White Way noted that it was the lads from the Garden State in Jersey Boys and the guys from Britain in The History Boys who dominated what was new on Broadway in 2006. The shows won Tony Awards for best musical and best play, respectively. Both also were rewarded [...]

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Jersey Boys National Tour Delivers!

December 14th, 2006
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    The critics are giving a unanimous thumbs-up to Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre. Here’s a bit of what Richard Dobbs of the Bay Area reporter had to say: Even while acknowledging that the opening-night audience for Jersey Boys was thick with partisans, the roars that erupted at key moments can’t be chalked up to [...]

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One Critic Can’t Stop Raving About JB in SF!

December 14th, 2006
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    After attending Sunday’s opening night performance, InsideBayArea.com’s critic Chad Jones gave Jersey Boys a four-star review! Well, on his Theater Dogs blog, Jones continues to sing the praises of the national tour production, the four young talented actors playing the pop icons, the Four Seasons, and the audience’s reaction to this phenomenal show. Here’s a [...]

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Jersey Boys–The Story for All Seasons

December 14th, 2006
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    Lisa Millegan of the Modesto Bee notes that the fans leapt to their feet with the amazing story and music in Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre. Millegan states: Its unsanitized account of the group’s rise to fame may surprise fans who remember only the innocent lyrics about breakups and twist parties. A sign in [...]

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December 13, 2006

Rockers on Broadway, Jersey Style: 1/29/07!

December 13th, 2006
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    Theatermania.com reports that comedian Caroline Rhea will host Rockers on Broadway: Jersey Style, a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Wingspan Arts, to be held at 8pm on Monday, January 29 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street). The show, which is being put together by Jersey Boys cast member [...]

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December 12, 2006

JB National Tour Extends SF Run Through 3/25!

December 12th, 2006
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    Playbill.com reports that the national tour of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys has extended its run at the Curran Theatre. Originally scheduled to play the San Francisco venue through Feb. 11, 2007, the musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will run through March 25. The tour of Jersey Boys began at the Curran [...]

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Jersey Boys National Tour Dazzles Audience!

December 12th, 2006
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    TheaterMania.com’s Tiffany Maleshefski’s review notes: The moment actor Deven May steps onto the stage of the Curran Theater in the national tour of Jersey Boys — expertly cast as Tommy DeVito, founder and guitarist of doo-wop darlings The Four Seasons — sparks start to fly. “I don’t want to be ubiquitous, but we put New [...]

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Taylor Sternberg’s Opening Night Slide Show!

December 12th, 2006
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    Taylor Sternberg has posted a great slide show of Jersey Boys national tour’s opening night celebration on his website. Check it out!

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New Video Interview Featuring Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio

December 12th, 2006
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    The View From the Bay, a television program in San Francisco, has an incredible video interview with rock ‘n roll legends and original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio. In addition to talking about what it’s like to be immortalized in a Tony-award winning play, the men reveal how Jersey Boys came to life [...]

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Jersey Boys Are Big Men in Town at Curran Theatre!

December 12th, 2006
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    Examiner.com’s Leslie Katz remarks that toward the end of the Tony Award-winning musical “Jersey Boys,” as Frankie Valli sums up his life with the Four Seasons, the good times and the bad, he says, “All there was, was the music — that was the best.” The quote nicely applies to the actual show, an enjoyable [...]

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Eric Gutman on Opening Night!

December 12th, 2006
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    Jersey Boys national tour cast member Eric Gutman’s blog continues to give everyone an inside look at his experiences in the JB national tour. Check out his amazing thoughts and slide show of opening night!

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JB National Tour Cast WOWS SF!

December 12th, 2006
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    Richard Connema of TalkinBroadway.com notes that the much anticipated touring production of the Tony winning musical Jersey Boys has come roaring into the Curran Theatre with four amazing singers who knock the socks off the audience and cast a spell over the audience with their precise movements and thematic resonance. About the actors playing the [...]

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December 11, 2006

JB Blog Review Page Has Been Updated

December 11th, 2006
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    The Jersey Boys Reviews page has been updated and includes links to reviews from the La Jolla Playhouse production where it all began, the Tony Award-winning Broadway production, and the national tour at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco.

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Jersey Boys Shatters Another House Record!

December 11th, 2006
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    Jersey Boys had its best week ever and set a new house record at the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,197,233 for the week ending December 10, 2006! The show also had the highest seating capacity of any show on Broadway–100.8%. For the week ending 12/10/06, Broadway box office grosses totaled $21,218,737 for the 32 shows [...]

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