Jersey Boys Blog

Rita Rudner with Jersey Boys stars Peter Saide and Jeff Leibow and Phantom star Kristi Holden (Photo credit: ImagesofVegas.com/ISPhotography) Comedian Rita Rudner will begin performing at the Venetian on January 15 and was welcomed to her new home by many stars including JB cast members Jeff Leibow and Peter Saide. Visit VegasNews.com for all the [...]

The Boston Herald notes that the cast of “Jersey Boys,’’ the musical that’s shattering Boston box office records, took to the parquet at the TD Garden last night to belt out the national anthem before the Celtics game. The touring company, which has never returned to a city except for Boston, has been embraced by [...]

On Broadway, JERSEY BOYS remained in the millionaire’s club, grossing $1,068,423 and had a 97.9% attendance rate for the week ending January 9, 2011. The 27 shows on the boards grossed $20,750,910, dropping 30% from the big holiday week (*36 shows were still playing during the week ending 1/2/11*). Below are the Top 10 Grosses [...]

Joseph Leo Bwarie (Photo by: Joan Marcus) Last night, Joseph Leo Bwarie visited the East Saugus United Methodist Church to speak about his theatre career, starring as Frankie Valli in the JERSEY BOYS national tour company, and to provide advice about life in show business. Karen Chretien has a terrific recap of the event. Here’s [...]

For the SIXTH straight week, the Grammy-winning, RIAA Certified Platinum JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording is holding the Number One position on the Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart! Visit Playbill.com’s PLAYBLOG for full details on the best-selling theatre recordings, as reported by billboard.biz, issue date Jan. 8, 2011.

The JERSEY BOYS national tour & Joseph Leo Bwarie have been nominated for BroadwayWorld.com’s Best of Theatre in Philadelphia Awards! Best Actor in a Touring Production Best Touring Production Voting ends 1/16/11. Click HERE to vote!

Miss New Jersey USA Julianna White met backstage with original Jersey Boy Frankie Valli following his gig with The Four Seasons at Borgata’s Music Box Theatre in Atlantic City on January 1st! (Source: Critical Mass Blog; Photo Credit: Scott Weiner)

JBB is excited to report that former JERSEY BOYS Chicago cast member John Michael Coppola has 3 DATES at 3 DIFFERENT VENUES for his NEW solo concert venture in the Chicago area! Check out the details: A Fundraiser for the Challenge Day Program: Sunday, February 13, 2011 – 7:00 PM, Glenbard North High School, 990 [...]

Jarrod Spector, who currently stars as Frankie Valli in the Tony, Olivier & Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, JERSEY BOYS, will take his own concert entitled MINOR FALL, MAJOR LIFT to Feinstein’s at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street) on Monday, January 10, Monday, January 31 & Monday, February 7 with all performances at [...]

Rick Elice at his caricature unveiling at Sardi’s The Boston Globe’s Culture Desk blog has a great interview with Rick Elice, who chats about his love for the Colonial Theatre! Here’s a preview: When ”Jersey Boys” coauthor Rick Elice read in the Globe yesterday that his show had broken a weekly box-office record at the [...]

Toronto Star’s Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian has some news about JERSEY BOYS former “Frankie” alternate Adrian Marchuk! Who says Las Vegas doesn’t have a heart? My recent stay here over New Year’s proved that this is a great place to reinvent yourself, because the crowds keep changing and everybody’s reputation is only as good as [...]

News from Jersey Boys: The Boston engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Colonial Theatre, grossing $1,127,032 for the week ending January 2, 2011. This tops the previous record of $1,115,241 set by The Producers in 2003. On Broadway, JERSEY BOYS was RED HOT [...]

Five Years on Broadway, Five Years on the Billboard Chart, and Five Straight Weeks at #1! For the FIFTH consecutive week, the Grammy-winning, RIAA Certified Platinum JERSEY BOYS Original Cast Recording held the Number One position on the Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart! Visit Playbill.com’s PLAYBLOG for full details on the best-selling theatre recordings, as [...]

In the words of Nick Massi in JERSEY BOYS, “Sometimes it just clicks with people.” That’s probably the best way to describe last Sunday night’s full house holiday crowd at JB Vegas at The Palazzo! Insane cheers for the big hits, belly laughing moments, some tears, and more than a few showstoppers! So many high [...]

Amanda Finnegan from LasVegasWeekly.com asked some notable Nevadans to share New Year’s resolutions for 2011. Check out what three of the Jersey Boys had to say: Travis Cloer, Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys: Cloer plans to head back to yoga class to work off all of the holiday goodies and stay in touch with his [...]