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JERSEY BOYS Melbourne’s Four Seasons: Stephen Mahy (Bob Gaudio), Scott Johnson (Tommy DeVito), Glaston Toft (Nick Massi), and Bobby Fox (Frankie Valli) Ladies and Gentleman: The Melbourne JERSEY BOYS! Bobby Fox is Frankie Valli: Four times world Irish Dance Champion, Bobby Fox traveled the world in Riverdance, Dancing on Dangerous Ground, and was the star [...]

Yesterday, Jersey Boys Blog had the phenomenal privilege to attend the press launch of the JERSEY BOYS Melbourne production in the fabulous Jersey Boys Theatre at the Palazzo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. JERSEY BOYS Melbourne opens at the Princess Theatre on July 4, 2009! The day’s headliners included 94.7 The Wave’s Pat Prescott [...]

Playbill.com reports that JERSEY BOYS London has been nominated for FIVE Laurence Olivier Awards! Below are the details: Best New Musical: Jersey Boys –The Story Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons, book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe (Prince Edward) Best Actor in a Musical: Ryan [...]

Dateline: JERSEY BOYS VEGAS–LAST NIGHT! Picture this: Fleeing from the library after a 6:30 class to the Tech Half’s getaway car! The normally “Mr. Cautious” Tech Half put the pedal to the metal and fled to the Palazzo for the amazing 7PM show, making it to the lobby with ten minutes to spare! A Monday [...]

Photo by: Joan Marcus Mike Chaiken has an in-depth interview with JERSEY BOYS’ national tour’s Frankie Valli–Joseph Leo Bwarie! Joseph tells Chaiken that the Tony Award-winning show is not only remarkable, but “magic in a bottle.” “Beyond features in ‘Teen Beat’ magazine,” said Joseph, “their lives were their lives.” And besides the great moments of [...]

Mary Alderson of GrandBendStrip.com notes that back in August 2008, Aubrey Dan of Dancap Productions proudly brought the Broadway tour of the Tony-award-winning Jersey Boys to Toronto. He talked about the Canadian connection – the director was Des McAnuff (now artistic director of the Stratford Festival) and the choreographer was Sergio Trujillo, both of Toronto. [...]

Kristofer McNeeley, Rick Faugno, Tyler Christopher, Jeff Leibow and Erich Bergen (Photo from BroadwayWorld.com) On Saturday, January 31, daytime television star Tyler Christopher, who currently portrays Nikolas Cassadine on the ABC drama “General Hospital,” attended Jersey Boys at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino. Christopher stopped backstage after the show to meet the talented cast and congratulate them [...]

JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $941,089 at the box office and had a 91.1% attendance rate for the week ending February 1, 2009. The 22 shows on the boards grossed $11,924,371, down over 6% from the previous week. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending February 1, 2009. Wicked $1,212,812 Billy [...]

You may think Tommy DeVito is sitting back and relaxing these days in Vegas—playing a little golf, hanging out with his pals, and enjoying himself in this fabulous 65 degree winter weather, right? Well, that may be true, but he’s also busy as a record producer and manager! Tommy has been back in the recording [...]

We knew it would happen! Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording has returned to the Number One spot on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart. This marks the 159th consecutive week that the Grammy winner has remained on this chart!

Michael Riedel reports that good buzz is coming out of this week’s invitation-only reading of “The Addams Family” musical, with lots of cheers for what one spy calls a “brilliantly funny” cast – Nathan Lane (Gomez), Bebe Neuwirth (Morticia), Kevin Chamberlain (Uncle Fester), Marylouise Burke (Grandmama) and Terence Mann and Jan Maxwell as a “normal” [...]

In the recent JERSEY BOYS feature in The Hartford Courant, the reporter mentions that Marshall Brickman was a member of the early ’60s folk group, The Tarriers. Here’s a clip of The Tarriers’ performance of TV’s “Hootenanny.”

JB cast members Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Josh Franklin and Erik Bates (Photo by Joan Marcus) Frank Rizzo of The Hartford Courant asks: Is it hip to be from New Jersey? After years of being the punch line for comedians, the state is getting, well, if not respect, at least some cultural cachet. Giving [...]

The actors starring as The Four Seasons in Jersey Boys London: Philip Bulcock, Ryan Molloy, Stephen Ashfield and Glenn Carter. (Photo by Hugo Glendinning at Playbill.com) TODAY is the last day to cast your ballot! Please vote for JERSEY BOYS London for the 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards in the following categories: The SEE TICKETS [...]

The latest Jersey Boys Podcast includes an interview with Vegas JB cast members Erich Bergen and Jeff Leibow!

JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $990,622 at the box office and had a 93.3% attendance rate for the week ending January 25, 2009. The 22 shows on the boards grossed $12,684,919, down over 6% from the previous week. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 25, 2009. Wicked $1,236,816 Billy [...]

After two weeks in the #3 position, Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording jumped up to the #2 position on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart. This marks the 158th consecutive week that the Grammy-winning and RIAA Certified Gold recording has remained on the chart.

It could happen. It did happen. Another student in the library raved to me about JERSEY BOYS! Picture this: Today at the library, following my presentation about library resources to a pretty cordial audience of undergrads, a smiling student came up to me. I was expecting a question about one of the mildly exciting resources, [...]

Holidays are long over, and you might be having a touch of the winter blues today. Trust me, this video will cheer you up!! The cast of JERSEY BOYS (Miles Aubrey, Dominic Nolfi, John Hickman, and Jarrod Spector) perform a fantastic rendition of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” at Broadway Sings for Toys, an [...]