Photo Credit: Maranda Ettawageshik By Ally Hemauer On November 30, I attended the Jersey Boys TPAN/Sidetrack benefit and let me say it was a blast! The show started around 6:30 P.M., and was hosted by our Bob Crewe, Kevin Crewell. Rather than perform showtunes for the benefit, they decided to perform rock songs since they [...]
(more...)Andrea Blum of The News Herald has a preview of JERSEY BOYS, the touring production will call Detroit’s Fisher Theatre home beginning Thursday through January 23. The blue-collar lives of Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi and their meteoric rise to fame are explored throughout the show. Michigan native Eric Gutman has [...]
(more...)Withjosh.com’s Josh Skinner sits down with Taylor Sternberg from the hit Broadway musical JERSEY BOYS. Sternberg discuses his journey from growing up in Southern California to joining the first national tour of JERSEY BOYS and eventually the Broadway cast. Visit Withjosh.com to read his accompanying blog post about Taylor!
(more...)As a special to The Jewish News, Suzanne Chessler notes that JERSEY BOYS cast member Eric Gutman has been a member of the national tour, the Broadway, and the Chicago companies over the last three years, but his upcoming run in Detroit is anticipated as the most dramatic experience on a very personal level. Gutman, [...]
(more...)Daniel Reichard, one of the original stars of Broadway’s megahit JERSEY BOYS, returns to the New York City concert stage in his new show Daniel Reichard’s Gettin’ on the Good List at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre (405 West 55th Street). Guest stars that will perform on various nights of the weekend will include JERSEY [...]
(more...)Update from BroadwayWorld.com: The 21st Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION announced an all time record total of $4,630,695 had been raised by the 60 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year’s total breaks the previous record when $3,927,000 was raised for the 2007 GYPSY OF THE [...]
(more...)For the THIRD time, the Washington, DC engagement of JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the National Theatre! For the week ending Sunday, December 6, 2009, the musical grossed $1,289,023.00, breaking its own record set in November 2009. For the first week in December, JERSEY BOYS Broadway continued to ROCK! The Tony winner [...]
(more...)By Audrey Rockman Having voted for various luminaries like so many JB Blog readers, in this third ‘class’ of the New Jersey Hall of Fame, I received my emailed invitation to the press conference last Thursday- which would unveil the final 15 out of hundreds of original names – a process begun many, many months [...]
(more...)The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted! JB Podcast #70 includes a fabulous in-depth interview with JERSEY BOYS co-author Rick Elice!
(more...)How many of you remember Lee Shapiro, who was a member of The Four Seasons back in the 1970s? Check out this great story on the former Seasons’ keyboardist and musical director! ***************************************************************** As “Jersey Boys†comes to Detroit’s Fisher Theatre, a Jewish member of the 1970s Four Seasons picks up where the play leaves [...]
(more...)Attention JERSEY BOYS fans and music lovers! Travis Cloer here, “Frankie Valli” in Las Vegas. To say thanks for a great year I’m offering a special on my albums for the holidays to all the fans. For a limited time, if you buy a copy of my Christmas CD “Christmas from the City” at the [...]
(more...)News from BroadwayWorld.com: JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording topped Billboard’s Top Cast Album chart for the week ending December 5, 2009. This marks the 203rd straight week that the Grammy Award-winning recording has remained on the chart. In addition to the Number One ranking on the Top Cast Album chart, the JERSEY BOYS OBCR [...]
(more...)THIS JUST IN: PhillyBurbs.com reports the legendary Frankie Valli is one of the newest members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame! In addition to Valli, the class of 2010 includes actors Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, musicians Les Paul and Count Basie, authors Philip Roth and Judy Blume. The class also includes former President [...]
(more...)It’s been a while since we’ve done a poll! We’d love to see which JB scene is your favorite!
(more...)This vinyl record, signed by Frankie Valli, will be auctioned off on December 4, 2009 for Rock For Kids. Proceeds will help provide music lessons for children who wouldn’t be able to afford it otherwise. Click HERE to bid on this album or to buy tickets to the auction in Chicago! Rock For Kids is [...]
(more...)MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I hope this shamelessly jolly self-promotion finds you happy and healthy. Below you can find details on my upcoming Christmas concert! Broadway Stars, New York City Celebs, A Band of Eight, Four Perky Carolers, Yours Truly, Santa Claus, and hopefully YOU will all be benefiting the incredible human relief organization, International Partners in [...]
(more...)Two big JERSEY BOYS box office updates! The Washington, DC engagement of JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the National Theatre for the second time. For the week ending Sunday, November 29, grossing $1,287,573, the musical broke its own record set in October 2009. During Thanksgiving week on Broadway, JERSEY BOYS was RED [...]
(more...)TONIGHT–November 30 from 6PM to 8PM, join the Chicago JERSEY BOYS cast at Sidetrack (3349 N. Halstead) for an evening of harmony at their benefit concert for the Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA)! After more than two years, 951 performances, and thrilling more than a million theatergoers, JERSEY BOYS [...]
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