Jersey Boys Blog

Attention music lovers! Travis Cloer, who plays “Frankie Valli” in the Las Vegas company, will be holding a concert of his best selling album “SETTING THE STANDARD.” The show will feature songs from not only this album, but also from his upcoming release “SETTING THE STANDARD VOL. II,” as well as some other classic jazz [...]

Erica Ehm of PostCity.com has a marvelous interview with JERSEY BOYS Toronto’s “Mary Delgado”–Jennifer Copping, who talks about her balancing act as a mom and an actress in a hit musical. Here’s a preview: Having kids has had an effect on Copping’s social life with the cast. Jeff Madden, who plays Frankie Valli, has two [...]

From BroadwayWorld.com: The Fort Myers, Florida engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record for the week ending February 28 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall with a gross of $1,304,292, breaking the previous record of $1,194,476.80 set by Wicked. JERSEY BOYS opened to rave [...]

Thanks to the release of The Four Seasons’ “Motown Years” CD, I’ve become reacquainted with some amazing 1970s recordings by the group. “Hickory” is definitely one of my favorites from this collection. The song, written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan, was released as a single in 1974.

The Toronto Four Seasons and their castmates are celebrating their 500th performance today at the Toronto Centre for the Arts: Quinn VanAntwerp (Bob Gaudio), Daniel Robert Sullivan (Tommy DeVito), Michael Lomenda (Nick Massi), and Jeff Madden (Frankie Valli). (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) News from JERSEY BOYS Toronto: The Toronto company of the Tony, Grammy and [...]

Almost two years after its Las Vegas debut, JERSEY BOYS continues to ROCK on “top show” lists! The latest Number One ranking comes from VegasHotSpots.com! Check out this phenomenal review! #1. Jersey Boys @ The Palazzo: This is the musical story of how four guys went from the mean streets of Newark, N.J., to the [...]

Sara Fitzpatrick Comito of NaplesNews.com has a fabulous feature on hard-working women of the JERSEY BOYS national tour: Sarah Darling, Denise Payne and Kara Tremel. Here’s a preview: Don’t expect a huge ensemble cast with that number at Barbara B. Mann Performing Art Hall’s presentation of the rock and roll-charged biography, however. The Four Seasons’ [...]

From BroadwayWorld.com: Shinan Govani recently announced his list of the “Worthy 30 Men” currently in Toronto. In a piece for the National Post, Shinan unveiled his carefully chosen list of men, and JERSEY BOYS Toronto’s Quinn VanAntwerp (who plays Bob Gaudio) was one of the 30. The “Worthy 30″ is a list of men who [...]

South Park co-creator Trey Parker takes in a performance Broadway’s JERSEY BOYS, then greets the cast backstage at the August Wilson Theatre. (Photo Credit: Bruce Gilkas at Broadway.com).

On Wednesday evening, March 3, 2010, Travis Cloer will be performing “Setting the Standard” at the Cabaret Showroom at the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas! It was marvelous to catch up with Travis to find out more about his upcoming performances and exciting news about his forthcoming recording! JBB: Travis, your two upcoming “Setting The [...]

Charles Rummells raves about JERSEY BOYS in Ft. Myers, summing it up by stating, “Moments like that elevate JERSEY BOYS from a mere jukebox musical. This is great theater — period.” True, the hit Broadway show delivers one Four Seasons hit after another — all amazing, and all pretty much the way you remembered them [...]

B.B. King Blues Club & The Path Fund Present ROCKERS ON BROADWAY Rocks to Rebuild! An All-Star Benefit Concert for the Children of Haiti JERSEY BOYS original cast members Christian Hoff, J. Robert Spencer, Tituss Burgess, Donnie Kehr and Sara Schmidt will be among the talented performers at the star-studded Rockers on Broadway-Rocks to Rebuild [...]

For the week ending February 21, 2010, JERSEY BOYS Broadway returned to the millionaire’s club, grossing $1,145,386 with a 100.4% attendance rate. The show’s grosses jumped almost 12% from last week’s totals The 26 shows on the boards grossed $17,755,740, an increase of 11% over the previous week. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from [...]

JERSEY BOYS national tour is going strong in Ft. Myers! Here’s an excerpt of Chris Silk’s review: I’ve never seen the staid crowds in Southwest Florida react this way. “Jersey Boys” knows exactly which emotional buttons to push with the ticket-buying public – and it mashes them, repeatedly, all night long. Even the usual stampede [...]

From BroadwayWorld.com: “JERSEY BOYS”, the award-winning musical which opened in London’s West End at the Prince Edward Theatre two years ago, will celebrate its second London birthday on March 18, 2010. Joining the cast for the third year of its run will be Jon Boydon playing Tommy DeVito and Eugene McCoy playing Nick Massi. “JERSEY [...]

Jersey Boys Broadway cast members Michelle Aravena, Bridget Berger, Heather Ferguson, and Katie O’Toole sing the National Anthem at the Westminster Dog Show Madison Square Garden on February 15th, 2010! (Conducted by Adam Ben-David/Arrangement by Ron Melrose)

Kristofer McNeeley We were in for a marvelous surprise at JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas last month–seeing Kristofer McNeeley stepping in as “Tommy DeVito,” who was fantastic in the role! Kristofer was our very first Vegas JBB EXCLUSIVE Interview back in the fall of 2008 and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to catch up [...]

Here’s Frankie Valli’s mid-70′s appearance on “The Midnight Special” with The Four Seasons. “Swearin’ to God,” co-written by Bob Crewe and Denny Randell, peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1975.