In an exclusive South Florida appearance, meet the co-writer of Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award–winning Best Musical about Rock-and- Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli in Behind the Scenes: Rick Elice on Saturday, April 18 at noon in the Abdo New River Room. For an insider’s look at the show, [...]
(more...)Travis Cloer will be among the performers at the “Dancing With the Las Vegas Stars – A Battle Against Cancer†charity event on Sunday, April 19 at 2:00PM at the RAIN Nightclub. Presented by Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada and hosted by The Caring Place, the event will bring together six different cancer-fighting charities. Each [...]
(more...)(Photo credit: Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com) Next to Normal, starring Bobby Spencer, Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, and Aaron Tveit opened on Broadway last night to stellar reviews! The production is an incredibly poignant and heartfelt rock musical about the impact of mental illness on one contemporary family. Bobby plays the father of the family, Dan [...]
(more...)Michael Martin describes the Ft. Lauderdale production of JERSEY BOYS as an energetic production with a nostalgic look at a time in music history where the dreams of four young men really did come true. The result is electrifying! On stage, an amazingly diverse cast brings the rags-to-riches story of Frankie Valli & The Four [...]
(more...)Edward Seckerson interviews Ryan Molloy, Frankie Valli of the Broadway and West End smash Jersey Boys, in this live and uncut podcast from his dressing room at the Prince Edward theatre. Visit The Independent website to listen.
(more...)Sheridan musical theatre grads and Jersey Boys stars, from left: Bryan Hindle, Aaron MacKenzie, Matt Cassidy and Michael Lomenda. (Photo Credit: Tim Fraser for Metro Toronto) Brian Towie of Metro News has a feature on four Sheridan musical theatre grads who are currently working together in the Toronto JERSEY BOYS company: Matt Cassidy, Bryan Hindle, [...]
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(more...)Exciting News on Jeff Madden’s Taking the Wheel Blog: I’M MEETING THE REAL-LIFE FRANKIE VALLI THIS WEEK! As you may know, he and his band (The Four Seasons) are still touring the world, performing many shows a year. Well this week, that tour brings him to Casino Rama in Orillia, ON, about 90-minutes north of [...]
(more...)JERSEY BOYS Broadway had a terrific holiday week–grossing $1,043,780 with a 101.2% attendance rate for the week ending April 12, 2009. The 33 shows on the boards grossed $21,432,403, a nearly 21% climb from the previous week. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending April 12, 2009. Wicked $1,524,141 The [...]
(more...)JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording returned to the Number One position for the week of 4-18-09 after slipping to Number Two during the previous week on the Broadway Top Cast Albums chart. This marks the 169th straight week that the Grammy winner has remained on the chart.
(more...)South Florida theatre critics continue to sing the praises of JERSEY BOYS in Fort Lauderdale! Check out the latest from South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Palm Beach Arts Paper: Rod Hagwood, SunSentinel.com: The Tony-winning musical is a handsome package of hip-swerving choreography, sharkskin suits and an amorphous set that is a bowling alley one moment and [...]
(more...)Chicago Tribune’s Sid Smith has a feature on today’s Broadway choreographers and asks, “Do we live in the age of the incredibly shrinking Broadway choreographer?” One of the choreographers Smith speaks with is JERSEY BOYS choreographer Sergio Trujillo: “We don’t seem to get the chance to create our own pieces of theater, we do seem [...]
(more...)Beau Higgins of BroadwayWorld.com stated that JERSEY BOYS is one of those shows that he feared he might not like, but this notion was dispelled about sixty seconds into the show! This musical is a champion from the top to the final curtain call. Jersey Boys packs wallops on many levels and it keeps ‘letting [...]
(more...)On his Theater Loop blog, Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones reports that three-quarters of the Four Seasons are changing in the JERSEY BOYS Chicago production! As reported on JB Blog earlier, the new Chicago Frankie is Dominic Scaglione, Jr., who comes to Chicago after playing the main man in both Las Vegas and Broadway. The new [...]
(more...)Miami Herald Theater Critic Christine Dolen states that JERSEY BOYS is solid gold both musically and theatrically. If you’re a fan of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli, ’60s pop-rock or ingeniously crafted, crazily entertaining Broadway musicals, Jersey Boys is just the ticket. Jersey Boys, with a score that has both nostalgic power and the ability [...]
(more...)The Blog Half is stuck out of town…The Tech Half calls me–So, here I am, thinking he’s going to say, “I miss you” –but–turns out, it’s to tell me, ‘Hey, listen! “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ by Lauren Hill is on the radio!” as he was driving home. Check it out! Cant Take My [...]
(more...)Playbill.com reports that Peter Gregus, who created the role of Bob Crewe in the Tony-winning Jersey Boys, will direct this year’s Broadway Bares fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Entitled Broadway Bares 19.0 “Click It!”, the June 21 fundraiser will be held at the Roseland Ballroom. Two Broadway Bares shows will be presented that Sunday: [...]
(more...)Allison Schiff of TwinBoroNews.com has a terrific story and interview with Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar, executive producer of Jersey Babys! Jersey Boys” is a big hit on Broadway. And almost everyone has heard of Jersey girls. But now there are “Jersey Babys.” “Jersey Babys” is the result of the hard work and dedication of Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar, daughter [...]
(more...)Erich Bergen Live @ The Liberace Museum TONIGHT–at 7:30PM & 9:30PM! For tickets, call 702-798-5595 ext. 14. Here’s a pre-show treat! Erich singing “Ok, It’s Alright With Me” from last month’s performance!
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