Jersey Boys Blog

You will no longer be seeing the Chicago Jersey Boys lighting up on stage. According to Chicago Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman, when they weren’t breaking the law or going in and out of jail, the Jersey Boys who went on to become the Four Seasons were hanging out on street corners singing with [...]

For the first week in July, Jersey Boys continued their hot streak at the Broadway box office, grossing $1,114,856 and a 100.8% attendance rate! The 30 shows on the boards grossed $18,880,521 for the week ending 7/6/08. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending July 6, 2008. Wicked $1,518,261 The [...]

With Jersey Boys playing at the State Theatre in Cleveland, we thought–What better time to plan a summer visit back to visit family in Ohio? Was I getting overly excited for the mother-in-law and the brother-in-law to see Jersey Boys in Cleveland? Well, yeah…As we were on the plane heading to Ohio, the Tech-Half reminded [...]

BroadwayBroadcast.com reports that Marshall Brickman and Rick Elicewill be guests on Theater Talk Friday, July 11 at 1:30 AM on WNET Thirteen. The interview will then repeat on CUNY TV: Saturday, July 19 at 8:30 PM; Sunday July 20 at 12:30 PM; Monday, July 21 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM.

Visit GILG to listen to the legendary Frankie Valli’s interview on WABC Radio that was recorded on July 5, 2008!

For the third straight week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remains in the Number One position on the Billboard Cast Album Chart. This marks 129th consecutive week that the Grammy-winning and RIAA Certified Gold Recording has been on this chart.

Despite the many millions of records he has sold in his career and as famous as he was in his heyday, Frankie Valli says that he’s finally feeling some real love and respect. Only now, as the story of Valli and the Four Seasons has been immortalized in the Broadway hit “Jersey Boys” and is [...]

By Lauren Avila, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent This week the Chicago cast of Jersey Boys were all over the map like a cockroach. Starting on Saturday, June 28th at the Taste of Chicago in Grant Park, many gathered to see the World’s Biggest Cheesecake. A few prizes were given away to those who knew [...]

We wish John Lloyd Young a very Happy Birthday today!!

Chicago Jersey Boys cast members were on hand at Grant Park to ceremonially cut the first piece of the larger-than-life Eli’s Cheesecake and commemorate the start of this year’s Taste of Chicago. Photos courtesy of Larry Baker at BroadwayWorld.com.

Doug, Frank & Terry Delle Donne (whose family owned 4 Seasons Bowling Alley), Audrey Rockman, Annie Egan (4 Seasons cocktail waitress for 30 years), and Joe LaGregor (manager, 4 Seasons Bowling Alley) A week ago, in addition to Walt Gollender, Tom Austin, Charles Alexander and, of course THE guests of the day- the family members [...]

Visit JerseyBabys.com to listen to Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar’s interview with Phlash Phelps about the incredible Four Seasons street renaming event from last week!

The latest critical acclaim for Jersey Boys in Cleveland: Christine Howey of CleveScene.com: If you’re still mourning the loss of Paulie Walnuts, the Bada Bing, and acid-tongued Adriana, you can get a bit of that feeling back — along with a hell of a lot of great music — in Jersey Boys at Playhouse Square [...]

For the last week in June, Jersey Boys was red HOT at the Broadway box office, grossing $1,151,550! The show also had the highest attendance rate of all shows at 100.8%! The 33 shows on the boards grossed $20,412,791 for the week ending 6/29/08, up over 2.7% from the previous week. Below are the Top [...]

For the second consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remained in the top position on the Billboard Top Cast Album Chart! This marks the 128th consecutive week that the Grammy Award winner and RIAA Certified Gold recording has remained on the chart.

Fabulous reviews keep popping up all over for the Cleveland production of Jersey Boys! Here are the latest: David Ritchey of Akron.com: The “Jersey Boys” script, by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, is a masterpiece. In one or two lines, Brickman and Elice tell major elements of the storyline and move the plot forward. The [...]

Photos courtesy of Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar. By Charles Alexander, Jersey Boys Blog Correspondent In the Township of Union, New Jersey, once stood a bowling alley that will live forever in the history of the Four Seasons and the memories of their fans. On Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the Costco that stands on the site now, [...]

Hi all, – I just wanted to send a quick thank you to all who made such generous donations on my behalf in the Strip-a-Thon for Broadway Bares. It was a hugely successful event. My final total was $2380.00 which added to the $127,630 total for the Strip-a-Thon alone. The entire event raised a total [...]