Jersey Boys Blog

On the TODAY Show’s blog, producer Tammy Fine reflects on the happy memories of her childhood listening to the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in the backseat of the family station wagon, squished between my sisters, listening to the local AM station in Wilmington, [...]

Playbill.com reports that for the THIRD consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording holds on to the Number One position on the Billboard Cast Album Chart! Below are the Top 5 Cast Albums from Billboard: Jersey Boys Wicked Mama Mia! Grease The Lion King

Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event is right around the corner! On Sunday evening October 21, 2007 fans of the award winning musical smash JERSEY BOYS will have the rare opportunity to meet Broadway’s “Four Seasons” at an exclusive cocktail party benefiting Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). In addition to meeting [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast includes a fabulous interview with the one and only Frankie Valli! Frankie talks about his recent release “Romancing the ’60s” and answers fans’ questions about the early days, his years with The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, and many other surprises. Check it out!

Pam Kragen from NCTimes.com has a terrific story Jersey Boys national tour cast members Deven May and Steve Gouveia. When the touring musical Jersey Boys makes its much-anticipated return to San Diego next week (Oct. 17-Nov. 11), half of the “Joisey” boys will be back on home turf. That’s because two of the four actors [...]

Playbill.com reports that Daniel Reichard will end his two-year run in the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys to star in the upcoming New York City Opera production of Candide. Reichard, according to a press statement, will depart the award-winning musical at the August Wilson Theatre following the Jan. 6, 2008 performance. The singing actor is then [...]

Fall temperatures in NYC were HOT last week and so was Jersey Boys! For the week ending October 7, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $1,271,529; marking the 25th time the show has topped itself since it opened in November, 2005! As with the previous two weeks, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last [...]

Broadwayworld.com reports that the Tempe engagement of Jersey Boys broke the weekly gross house record at the Gammage Auditorium for the week ending October 7. The box office took in a total of $1,300,683.51 for the 9 performance week. Jersey Boys began performances in Tempe on September 27 and will continue to play through October [...]

Colin Donnell photo courtesy of Indiana University. Jersey Boys Blog sends Happy Birthday wishes to Colin Donnell, who plays Hank Majewski (and many other characters) on Broadway! Jersey Boys is Colin’s Broadway debut! Prior to JB, he played Young Ben in Follies at City Center Encores! and John Truitt in Meet Me in St. Louis [...]

By Howard Tucker, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent Christopher Kale Jones (“Frankie” in the JB National Tour) and Jennifer Marie Coker-Jones, now married six short days, have generously elected to share their wedding site with the Jersey Boys Blog. Chris and Jenna welcome any comments from fans, friends, and fellow cast members to their guest [...]

Jersey Boys’ vacation swing Rebecca Kupka will appear in “The Lovely Ladies of Cabaret” benefit on TONIGHT at 7PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre! This exciting Cabaret Cares event, presented by Joseph John Productions, will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Help Is On The Way Today, which supports children with HIV/AIDS! There is a [...]

Tribune arts critic Sid Smith notes that actor-singer Jarrod Spector not only plays Frankie Valli in “Jersey Boys” — he likes him. That may be inevitable, given the opportunity offered by such a role and such a successful show, now in previews and set to open Oct. 14 at the LaSalle Bank Theatre. “I’m under [...]

On Friday night, Daniel Reichard hosted his Kegger 2007 concert at Ars Nova! Guests at this incredible party included Jersey Boys’ Christian Hoff, Dominic Nolfi, and Donnie Kehr, along with Amy Wren, Wendy Ho, and Jen Colella. Band members for this amazing show were Eric Svejcar, Robert DePietro, Ken Dow and Steve Gibb and additional [...]

Hedy Wiess, Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic talked to Bruce (“Cousin Brucie”) Morrow and Craig Inciardi, associate curator for Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame about what set Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons apart and gave them such long-lasting appeal. According to veteran New York disc jockey Bruce Morrow, Of course they came out [...]

Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that next year will be the 50th anniversary of Bob Gaudio meeting Frankie Valli and his group the Four Lovers when they were appearing on a New Jersey television show. Gaudio went on to play with the Four Seasons before becoming their songwriter, often collaborating on lyrics with [...]

Michael Ingersoll admits that back in 2006 he’d never heard of Jersey Boys. But that all changed for the young actor after a star turn in Pegasus Players’ production of Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick … BOOM! In her review of the Pegasus show, Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss wrote that she was ready to slip [...]

Misha Davenport of the Chicago Sun-Times states that behind every good Jersey Boy stand a lot of good Jersey girls. In fact, there are three talented, busy actresses that take on the show’s 60 female roles. Jenny Lee Ramos plays Frankie Valli’s first wife, Mary Delgado. And others. Lauren Marshall plays Valli’s second-act girlfriend Lorraine [...]

The Chicago Sun-Times Entertainment section has an amazing array of features today on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Jersey Boys–the Tony Award-winning musical that will have its official opening at the LaSalle Bank Theatre next Sunday. Chicago Sun-Times Sunday Show Editor Miriam Di Nunzio’s interviews with Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Rick Elice, and [...]

The postman delivers! Yes, after waiting somewhat impatiently over the last few days for Frankie Valli’s new album “Romancing the ’60s”–it finally arrived in my mailbox TODAY! “Romancing the ’60s” is Frankie Valli’s first studio recording since 1992′s “Hope and Glory.” In his new CD, Valli interprets many of the romantic ballads of his peers [...]