February 29, 2008

Rick Elice Off to London to Oversee JB in London

February 29th, 2008
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    New York Post reports that Rick Elice, co-writer with Marshall Brickman of the smash hit Jersey Boys, is off to oversee the show in London, where it opens next month. “I have to make sure the jokes work,” he said the other night at the opening of an exhibit about Broadway musicals at the Library [...]

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Jersey Boys National Tour Dallas Interview!

February 29th, 2008
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    Visit the DFW Theatre Scene Podcast to listen to a fabulous Dallas interview with Jersey Boys national tour cast members Holly Ann Butler, Jonathan Hadley, and Christopher Kale Jones! Jersey Boys will be playing in Dallas beginning in July of this year.

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Christopher Kale Jones and Ron Melrose Receive Garland Awards!

February 29th, 2008
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    Backstage.com reports on the Garland Awards and there’s big news for Jersey Boys! Christopher Kale Jones received an award for Performance in a (Primarily) Musical Production and Ron Melrose received an award for Musical Direction! This year marks the tenth anniversary of Garland Awards, the 10th year the critics of Back Stage West have voted [...]

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February 28, 2008

Jersey Boys in London: Stephen Ashfield as Bob Gaudio

February 28th, 2008
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    Sarah Swain of the Evening Times has a terrific profile of Stephen Ashfield, a Glasgow actor who will take the stage tonight as Bob Gaudio in the London production of Jersey Boys! Ashfield, 28, says it is all thanks to his school music teacher. The actor, who studied at Glasgow’s RSAMD, said he was “ecstatic” [...]

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More Praise for JLY’s Allen Room Performance!

February 28th, 2008
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    David Finkle of Backstage.com provides a wonderful review of John Lloyd Young’s Allen Room debut solo concert. Here’s a preview: It was at these moments in the hourlong program that who Young is and could be even more of began to crystallize. Heretofore an actor as devoted to Chekhov as to showbiz glitter, Young has [...]

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February 27, 2008

Jersey Boys Breaks House Records in Tampa Bay!

February 27th, 2008
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    News from Jersey Boys: JB continues as the most successful engagement in the history of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center’s Morsani Hall, passing the previous weekly record set by Wicked. JERSEY BOYS set a new box office record for the week ending February 17, grossing $1,576,137, and this past week (ending February 24), the [...]

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BBC Radio: Jersey Beat: The Four Seasons Story!

February 27th, 2008
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    Visit GILG to listen to Part 1 of BBC Radio’s “Jersey Beat: The Four Seasons Story!” Part 1 includes interviews with Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio,Tommy DeVito, songwriter Denny Randell (co-writer of “Opus 17,” “Let’s Hang On,” and “Working My Way Back to You”), and former 4 Seasons member and arranger Charles Callello. For an extra [...]

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Newsflash: Open-Ended Run for Jersey Boys in Chicago!

February 27th, 2008
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    BroadwayWorld.com reports that Broadway In Chicago and the producers of Jersey Boys are thrilled to announce that in response to overwhelming demand and critical acclaim, the record-breaking Jersey Boys will be taking-up residence in the Downtown Theatre District for a sit-down company of Jersey Boys to continue performances for as long as the public demands [...]

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Jersey Boys Opens in London TOMORROW!

February 27th, 2008
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    Jersey Boys begins previews in London TOMORROW at the Prince Edward Theatre! The Tony-winning Broadway show will have its official opening on March 18!

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February 26, 2008

Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio UK Interview!

February 26th, 2008
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    As the story of ’60s pop sensations The Four Seasons heads for the West End, David Gritten of Telegraph.co.uk has a marvelous interview with Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio. Here’s a preview: For those too young to recall, it is hard to convey how huge the Four Seasons were when they first emerged from New [...]

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What Happens On Broadway Will Stay in Vegas!

February 26th, 2008
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    In Norm Clarke’s “Vegas Confidential” column today, he reports that Las Vegas will get a two-hour version of the Jersey Boys with not a single song cut from the Broadway version. The Tony Award-winning musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons opens for previews on April 4 at the Palazzo.

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Jersey Boys Rocks at Broadway Box Office!

February 26th, 2008
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    Jersey Boys had a terrific week on Broadway! For the week ending February 24, 2008, the show grossed $1,134,688 and had a 100.7% attendance rate–up 4.1% from the previous week! Grosses totaled $17,910,138 for the 33 shows on the boards for the week ending 2/24/08. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the [...]

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Photo Coverage of John Lloyd Young’s Evening at Lincoln Center!

February 26th, 2008
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    Photos courtesy of Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com.

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February 25, 2008

Travis Cloer Stars In His Own Cabaret ‘The Power of Music’ TONIGHT at 7 PM at the Laurie Beechman!

February 25th, 2008
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    By Howard Tucker, JBB Special Correspondent The multi-talented Travis Cloer will be starring in his own cabaret! The cabaret will begin at 7:00 PM TONIGHT at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in the West Bank Cafe on 407 W. 42nd Street at 9th Avenue. Fans are encouraged to make reservations at 212.695.6909. (The Laurie Beechman does [...]

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JLY Shines at Lincoln Center!

February 25th, 2008
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    From Jay Lustig, The Star Ledger: No wasted notes. No pointless gestures. No throwaway song selections. In his concert debut, Saturday night at the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, John Lloyd Young approached his material with the precision of an actor, and a falsetto that few performers of any kind can match. Young [...]

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An Open Fan Letter to John Lloyd Young

February 25th, 2008
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    By Charles Alexander Thanks for a wonderful Lincoln Center show, John. I expected to enjoy it. I didn’t expect to be totally blown away. Frankly, I figured it would be the mellow ’60s, Bacharach-type stuff like the Barry Manilow album. I mean nobody even attempts the most challenging ’60s singing anymore except for the casts [...]

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February 24, 2008

Update on the First-Ever Four Seasons/Jersey Boys Tour!

February 24th, 2008
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    NJ.com’s Julie O’Connor has a follow-up on today’s Four Seasons/Jersey Boys tour. O’Connor states that it was nostalgia, the spirit of adventure and love of doo-wop music that drew together the unlikely group of devotees who trekked through the Newark area on the first-ever Jersey Boys tour. From New Jersey and places as far away [...]

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Four Seasons Old Neighborhood Tour Today!

February 24th, 2008
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    NJ.com’s Julie O’Connor reports on today’s mini-bus tour of about 20 Frankie Valli enthusiasts from New Jersey and other states that will highlight the “original Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons neighborhoods,” located in and around Newark. The event is the first in a series of city-related tours, inspired by the 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway [...]

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Kelly Kinsella LIVE! Under Broadway TONIGHT!

February 24th, 2008
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    Come out to the Metropolitan Room to watch Kelly Kinsella -who The New York Times calls “a terrific and zany performer”–perform her highly-praised, Lily Tomlinesque, one woman tour de force about her life as a dresser on the Great White Way. Kelly will be performing TONIGHT at 7:00 PM The Metropolitan Room is located at [...]

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