Jersey Boys Blog

(Source: Paley Center for Media Screening Room)

From BroadwayWorld.com: BBC London 94.9FM’s special gala performance of hit musical JERSEY BOYS at the Prince Edward Theatre in London on Wednesday 17 November 2010 raised a staggering £60,150 for BBC Children in Need. This beats the total raised at last year’s MAMMA MIA! gala performance, which was already a record for the most ever [...]

(Photo Credit #3-16: BroadwayWorld.com) This is the second in a three-part segment on the amazing Q&A event at the Paley Center for Media on November 8, The Crowd Goes Wild: Five Years of Jersey Boys, which featured original Four Seasons members Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli and JERSEY BOYS writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. [...]

Here’s your chance to nominate JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas!! BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater site on the web, is announcing that it is launching a new set of theater awards for the Las Vegas theater community, to be presented in January 2011. The awards will recognize excellence, as voted by the fans of Las Vegas theater, [...]

After two consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, the Grammy-winning, RIAA Certified JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording has slipped to Number Two on the Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart during the last two weeks. Visit Playbill.com’s PLAYBLOG for chart details.

(Photo Credit #3-16: BroadwayWorld.com) The JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary celebration culminated with a once in a lifetime experience for Four Seasons/JERSEY BOYS fans: A Q&A session at the Paley Center for Media on Monday evening, November 8 with original Four Seasons members Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli and JB writers Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice. [...]

Although the JERSEY BOYS Vegas Four Seasons are on the cover of the current “What’s On” magazine, reporter Megan Riggs has a fabulous feature on the guys’ castmates–the Jersey Girls–Nikka Wahl, Mackenzie Bell, and Jamie Karen, who play nearly 50 roles at each show. Here’s a preview: Nikka Wahl: With the Vegas cast since December [...]

On November 17, 1942, Bob Gaudio, “the kid who plays like a madman–and he writes songs”–was born! We wish musical genius, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and Grammy Award-winner Bob Gaudio a very Happy 68th Birthday today!! Happy Birthday and thank you to Bob Gaudio for creating and [...]

The stars are definitely in alignment today–as not one–but two JERSEY BOYS geniuses are celebrating their birthdays!! We wish JERSEY BOYS co-writer Rick Elice a very Happy Birthday today! Rick, we hope your birthday celebration and your upcoming year is as fabulous as the amazing joy you have brought us with your immense creativity on [...]

On November 17, 1962, 48 years ago today–”Big Girls Don’t Cry” by the Four Seasons hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and remained in the top position for FIVE consecutive weeks from November 17, 1962-December 21, 1962. The song, written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, became a certified gold single by [...]

The JERSEY BOYS national tour production will be doing some time in Old Ohio next year–not just once but twice! First, the Company will be making a triumphant return to Cleveland’s State Theatre (the JBB Tech Half’s hometown!) from June 22-July 17, 2011. Then, the JB national tour will be heading to my hometown, Columbus [...]

News from JERSEY BOYS: The Philadelphia engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Forrest Theatre for the fourth time, grossing $1,379,479 for the week ending November 14. This tops the previous record of $1,290,854, that they set the week ending November 8. On Broadway, [...]

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. (Photo Credit: JBB Tech Half, Nancy Dela Cruz, BroadwayWorld.com) The JBB Tech Half had a blast putting this video compilation of the JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary Celebration together, but of course, just like JERSEY BOYS states on their new poster, “The Hits Keep Coming”–and so will Jersey Boys [...]

On Monday afternoon, November 8, 2010, during the JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary Celebration, legendary superstars and original Four Seasons’ members Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, along with JERSEY BOYS co-authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice were presented with iconic Sardi’s wall caricatures! Oh, what a caricature and congratulations to Bob, Frankie, Marshall and Rick!

The JERSEY BOYS 5th Anniversary Fan Party, November 6, 2010: They ask us, what was the high point? Catching up with and celebrating with fellow fantastic fans from all over the country? Congratulating the always gracious, multi-talented cast members on their milestone? The food, the wine, the memorabilia, the ambiance at Gallagher’s? It was all [...]

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By Howard Tucker and Audrey Rockman, JBB Special Correspondents On Sunday, November 7, we were awed by the production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at the 99-year-old Ivoryton Playhouse in Ivoryton, CT on the beautiful Connecticut shoreline. The Playhouse consistently contracts talented stage veterans, and this season was no exception as its management [...]

(Frankie Valli at Shea’s Performing Arts Center Photo Credit: BuffaloNews.com) Last night, Frankie Valli performed at Shea’s Performing Arts Center and reviewer Garaud MacTaggart notes that it seemed like a reunion of a singer and his audience, with both sides drifting on the waves of remembrance. Here’s a preview of this great review: Valli has [...]

Fantastic news for everyone who is celebrating JERSEY BOYS Broadway’s Fifth Anniversary: For the second straight week, the Grammy-winning, RIAA Certified JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording remains a chart-topper on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart as reported by billboard.biz, issue date November 6, 2010! Visit Playbill.com’s PLAYBLOG for details.