Jersey Boys Blog

Check out photo coverage of John Lloyd Young and Alison Franck, along with several other stars at Spring Awakening’s opening night festivities on BroadwayWorld.com.

BroadwayWorld.com’s photo coverage of Jersey Boys National Tour opening in San Francisco is nothing short of amazing!

InsideBayArea.com’s Chad Jones notes that the national tour kick off of the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre consisted of one great high note after another! Here’s a bit of what Jones had to say: Seriously, who knew the story of how four goombahs from New Jersey became Frankie Valli and the Four [...]

Pat Craig of the Contra Costa Times describes Jersey Boys opening night as a heartwarming triumph: The standing ovation that followed the San Francisco opening night of the groundbreaking musical, “Jersey Boys” Sunday was spontaneous, heartfelt and well-deserved. It was immediately apparent this ovation was worlds different from the usual obligatory standing O’s that follow [...]

Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle’s theatre critic states that nostalgia carries Jersey Boys, at the Curran Theatre for a while, but show has more than just memories: “Sher-ree-ee-ee — ee-ya, bay-a-bee!” The faultless doo-wop harmonies of the Four Seasons and the soaring falsetto of Frankie Valli burst upon the house with an impact no less [...]

Pat Craig of ContraCostaTimes.com provides some interesting factoids about the Four Seasons. Did you know these facts about the four blue-collar guys from New Jersey? THE SEASONS, in a much different configuration, and called the Four Lovers, had their first taste of fame in 1956, when they appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to sing [...]

The tech half of JBB has discovered a way to embed a Flash music player within the pages of Jersey Boys Blog. Click on the Tommy DeVito CD Samples link to hear 30-second previews of Tommy’s new CD entitled, “A Man for All Seasons: First Season Summer.”

Jersey Boys Blog has created the More Four Seasons Videos page, thanks to all of the great videos available on YouTube.com. The page includes clips of Frankie Valli getting “pied” on the “Soupy Sales Show” in 1980, and Valli singing “Swearin’ to God” and “My Eyes Adored You” on “Cher” in 1975.

The Star-Telegram’s Malcolm Mayhew’s review of Thursday night’s Frankie Valli concert at the Nokia Theater shows that Valli is still the extraordinary showman after more than five decades in the business. On Thursday night at Nokia Theatre Valli, the New Jersey-born singer and one-time “Sopranos” star, performed with a full band, 10 players strong — [...]

Take a look at BroadwayWorld.com’s opening night photo coverage arrivals at High Fidelity, including some photos of John Lloyd Young! For more photos of JLY and other stars, check out BroadwayWorld.com’s opening night party photo coverage, too!

Jennifer Naimo reports that she will be on vacation from Jersey Boys beginning Sunday, December 10 and will return on December 19. Also, she has posted a fabulous slide show from the “Tisch on Broadway” red carpet party at the W Hotel on her blog. In addition to pics of Jennifer and her husband Tim, [...]

Modesto Bee arts writer Lisa Millegan talks to Christopher Kale Jones, who plays Frankie Valli in the national tour of Jersey Boys. Jones shares his insight on the music of the Four Seasons, the JB story written by Brickman and Elice, and his recent meeting with Frankie Valli. Regarding this year’s winner of the Tony [...]

Pat Craig, of InsideBayArea.com provides a detailed look at of Jersey Boys, one of the most remarkably successful musicals to come along in years. The show, about the on- and offstage lives of The Four Seasons, has been running on Broadway for more than a year, and it opens its San Francisco run on Sunday [...]

On her most recent blog post, Jennifer Naimo shares her amazing experience as a participant in the “Tisch on Broadway” gala that took place on Sunday, December 4 at the St. James Theatre.

MAJOR NEWSFLASH!! The 49th Annual Grammy Awards were announced today and Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording has been nominated for the Best Musical Show Album! Below are the details and the other nominees: Best Musical Show Album Nominations (Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a [...]

Check out photos of Jennifer Naimo and Michael Longoria at the “Tisch on Broadway” gala event on Broadway.com and BroadwayWorld.com. The event was held December 4 at the St. James Theatre and was mc’d by NYU Tisch School of the Arts grad Billy Crystal.

Karen D’Souza of the Mercury News has a great interview piece with Jersey Boys’ director Des McAnuff and book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Ellis. Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, kicks off its national tour Sunday at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. The director and the writers talk about how the [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted. This edition includes the following content: Jersey Boys singing the National Anthem at the New York City Marathon; Christy’s interview with Jennifer Naimo; and Part 1 of 2 of a radio interview with Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio on Ron Owens’ KGO 810 radio show which is [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that the theater community raised $2,992,800 during the six-week fall fundraising period for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The figure was announced during the finale of the 18th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition, the yearly variety show for various Broadway and off-Broadway casts, which was held on December 4 and 5 at the [...]