Jersey Boys Blog

Bexley Times reviewer Marina Soteriou raves about Jersey Boys; however, she needs a refresher course in The Four Seasons vs. The Four Tops! She begins by telling readers that Jersey Boys tells the story of one of pop’s most successful bands, Frankie Valli and the Four Tops. Then, she ends the review by stating “but [...]

Theatermania.com reports that Jeremy Kushnier has spent many months touring the country as Tommy DeVito in the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys, which tells the true story behind the legendary musical group The Four Seasons. But even he admits that the audiences in Las Vegas, where a somewhat revised version of the show is playing [...]

BroadwayWorld.com reports that the Chicago Jersey Boys will be performing in the BROADWAY IN CHICAGO CONCERT IN THE PARK, a fantastic, free event featuring Broadway’s hottest shows during the city’s legendary Taste of Chicago festival. The BROADWAY IN CHICAGO CONCERT IN THE PARK will be held at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park Monday, [...]

Jersey Boys Broadway had another strong week at the box office! For the week ending June 8, 2008, JB grossed $1,158,688 and had the highest attendance rate of all shows at 100.6%! As with the previous week,Jersey Boys was one of only three shows that was in the millionaires’ club! The 34 shows on the [...]

By Lauren Avila, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent She captured our hearts as Frankie’s girlfriend, Lorraine, along with many other characters. Unfortunately, now the time’s come for Lauren Marshall “to get off the merry-go-round.” As a powerful singer, Lauren thrilled audiences with exciting numbers such as “Ces Soirees-La,” “My Boyfriend’s Back,” and “Who Loves You.” [...]

Playbill.com reports that a host of Broadway actors–including Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard–will be part of the 2008 summer season at the St. Louis Muny, the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor theatre. Daniel will portray Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the classic Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady, running July 7-13. His co-stars will include Catherine [...]

Theatermania.com reports that Michael Longoria, along with Danny Calvert, Maurice Murphy, Jesse Nager, and Peter Matthew Smith will star in Prince Music Theater’s 2008 Gala, “Oh, What A Night!”, Monday, June 30. The show will be directed by Billy Porter, and choreographed by Jesse Nager with musical direction by Justin Paul. The gala will feature [...]

After eight straight weeks at the top of the chart, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording has slipped to the No. 2 position on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart. This marks the 125th week that the RIAA Certified Gold recording has remained on the chart.

It’s a season of first graduations. Jersey Boys fan and Belleville resident, Marlene worked quite a while preparing her preschoolers in Fairfield (or is it Bloomfield?) for a Jersey Boys graduation. It looks like the class really gave 100% while performing songs from the show for family and friends. We trust these kids will be [...]

In Norm Clarke’s Vegas Confidential column, he reports that Hollywood icon Garry Marshall attended the 10 p.m. performance of “Jersey Boys” at the Palazzo to take in Joseph Leo Bwarie’s last Vegas performance as Frankie Valli. As you all know, Joseph is taking over the same role on the Jersey Boys national tour. Also from [...]

Check out Tony winner John Lloyd Young helping Xanadu star Tony nominee, Kerry Butler, through a pre-Tony meltdown.

Jersey Boys starts performances in Toronto on August 21 in a Dancap production at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian of the Toronto Star notes that both JB choreographer Sergio Trujillo and director Des McAnuff started their careers in Toronto but have become worldclass theatre artists. According to the critic, Toronto [...]

The Barking and Dangenham Post notes that the expression that first springs to mind when attempting to describe the atmosphere emanating from the stage of the Prince Edward Theatre during Jersey Boys is ‘a rip-roaring good time’. According to the reviewer, Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli is amazing, there’s no other word for it. He [...]

As the school year ends, aspiring Jersey Boys are ubiquitous on YouTube! Check out the guys from StarQuest!

Peter Gregus thanks everyone for their generous contributions to the BC/EFA online fundraising drive! He is trying to reach a new goal and is asking for everyone’s support. Here’s a message from Peter and a link to his fundraising page! Hi all you Jersey Fans, I was wondering if you could help me out. I [...]

Jersey Boys Broadway had another solid box office week! For the week ending June 1, 2008, JB grossed $1,103,648 and had the highest attendance rate of all shows at 100.7%! Along with the highest attendance rate, Jersey Boys was one of only three shows that was in the millionaires’ club! The 34 shows on the [...]

Stars of the hit West End musical Jersey Boys Ryan Molloy, Stephen Ashfield, Philip Bulcock and Glenn Carter, celebrated 100 performances of the show, with fellow cast members on Wednesday May 38. The boys were happy to mark the event, following its opening earlier this year, with a toast of champagne. All the cast, creative [...]

Phil Gallo of Variety.com adored Jersey Boys in Vegas! According to Gallo, the Vegas edition of Jersey Boys displays a pure and propulsive rock ‘n’ roll spirit that has been less apparent in other incarnations. The production, especially the briskly paced first act, is big, loud and contagious thanks to snappy direction and a potent [...]