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Another rave review for the JERSEY BOYS first national tour in Columbus! Check out the preview from BroadwayWorld.com: Joseph Leo Bwarie as Frankie Valli is clearly the stand-out as his charisma and soaring falsetto make up For his small stature compared to his partners. As Tommy DeVito put it, “a kid from the neighborhood with [...]

Rick Faugno chats with “MORE Access” host Rachel Smith about his journey playing Frankie Valli and his final show in JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas on October 9; starring in the award-winning independent film “Virgin Alexander”; and his new one-man show, “Body & Soul” every Monday night in the Shimmer Cabaret at the Las Vegas Hilton. [...]

The Ohio Theatre hosted a “press night” for its three-week run of JERSEY BOYS, as the national tour sets up shop in Columbus through September 4. Below are sneak peeks of the first two rave reviews: Michael Grossberg, The Columbus Dispatch: The singing and acting is superb while the staging, orchestrations and design are top-notch [...]

Last year, Rick Faugno hit a home run with audiences, with packed houses and rave reviews, as he told his story in his one-man show, “Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced),” where he also paid homage to great entertainers from Gene Kelly to Tony Bennett to Sammy Davis, Jr., and of course, Frank Sinatra! In [...]

“Swing The Jingle” was an ambitious mid ’60s Coca Cola advertising project. The idea was to have the pop and soul artists of the day sing the “Things Go Better with Coca-Cola” jingle. The song was always written and performed in the style of the particular performing artist so that young people would identify and [...]

JERSEY BOYS Broadway’s Nick Massi, Matt Bogart, shares some favorite personal items from his dressing room. Visit Broadway.com for video details.

From Playbill.com: Cast members from the Tony-winning Jersey Boys will perform the songs of Hall & Oates Aug. 21 at The Living Room in Manhattan. The 9 PM concert, featuring the greatest hits of the 1980s rock duo, will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The evening will include performances by John Edwards, Miles Aubrey, Taylor [...]

For the second week in August, JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $958,824 and had a 94.2% attendance rate. The 24 shows on the boards grossed $20,858,831, virtually unchanged from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 14, 2011. Wicked $1,886,230 The Lion King $1,842,424 Spider-Man Turn [...]

Rick Faugno & Frankie Valli (Photo Credit: Erik Kabik) Rick Faugno chats with Las Vegas Sun journalist John Katsilometes on his decision to end his run as Frankie Valli in JERSEY BOYS Vegas and his plans for the future. Here’s a sneak peek: Unless you are in fact Frankie Valli, you can’t be Frankie Valli [...]

With the JERSEY BOYS first national tour beginning its three-week tomorrow at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Michael Grossberg has a terrific preview with reflections from JB co-author Rick Elice & Quinn VanAntwerp, who plays Bob Gaudio in the tour. They wrote their own songs in an era when pop groups didn’t commonly do so. [...]

JERSEY BOYS RETURNS TO THE WINDY CITY! From BroadwayWorld.com: Dates have been announced for Chicago’s return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The musical will make its much-anticipated return to Chicago to play the Bank of America Theatre (18 W. [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast includes an interview from the archives (recorded August 2010) with Peter Saide, who plays Bob Gaudio in the JB Vegas Company, along with news about the JERSEY BOYS national tour, the Midtown Men’s upcoming show in San Diego, and Australian & New Zealand show updates. Click HERE to listen.

Body & Soul, starring Rick Faugno, returns to the Shimmer Cabaret every Monday beginning tomorrow night, Monday, August 15. The show by song and dance man, Rick Faugno, the original Las Vegas Frankie Valli for “Jersey Boys,” is a tour de force of pop, rock, soul, funk, blues, jazz, Latin and just about every musical [...]

The JERSEY BOYS first national tour Four Seasons: Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Quinn VanAntwerp, and Matt Bailey (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) With the JERSEY BOYS first national tour production opening on Wednesday, August 17 at the Ohio Theatre, Columbus journalists are posting some highly interesting previews today! Check out what Quinn VanAntwerp said about [...]

According to Greg Adams’ entry in the All Music Guide, Pepsi used the slogan “Come Alive! You’re in the Pepsi Generation” and a melody titled “Music to Watch Girls By” in their mid-’60s advertisements. Legendary producer Bob Crewe took his cue from the T-Bones, who had enjoyed a hit the previous year with an Alka-Seltzer [...]

Richard Ades of The Other Paper has a fantastic preview to the JERSEY BOYS national tour production that is headed to Columbus at the Ohio Theatre beginning next Wednesday with some reflections from Matt Bailey, who plays the role of Tommy DeVito. Here’s a sneak peek: Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & the [...]

For the first week in August, JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $959,486 and had a 95.2% attendance rate. The 24 shows on the boards grossed $20,564,180, virtually unchanged from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 7, 2011. Wicked $1,887,489 The Lion King $1,851,542 Spider-Man Turn [...]

As JERSEY BOYS fans, we are sad to report that Rick Faugno, who originated the “Frankie Valli” role in JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas, will be ending his run on Sunday, October 9, 2011. In his upcoming JBB EXCLUSIVE Interview, I asked Rick about his decision to leave JERSEY BOYS after five years. “Being in a [...]

We’re having so much fun finding out who your “dream cast” would be in JERSEY BOYS, the movie! This month, we would love to see who you would like to cast in the “Norm Waxman” role!