Playbill.com reports that a host of Broadway actors–including Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard–will be part of the 2008 summer season at the St. Louis Muny, the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor theatre. Daniel will portray Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the classic Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady, running July 7-13. His co-stars will include Catherine [...]
(more...)Theatermania.com reports that Michael Longoria, along with Danny Calvert, Maurice Murphy, Jesse Nager, and Peter Matthew Smith will star in Prince Music Theater’s 2008 Gala, “Oh, What A Night!”, Monday, June 30. The show will be directed by Billy Porter, and choreographed by Jesse Nager with musical direction by Justin Paul. The gala will feature [...]
(more...)After eight straight weeks at the top of the chart, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording has slipped to the No. 2 position on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart. This marks the 125th week that the RIAA Certified Gold recording has remained on the chart.
(more...)It’s a season of first graduations. Jersey Boys fan and Belleville resident, Marlene worked quite a while preparing her preschoolers in Fairfield (or is it Bloomfield?) for a Jersey Boys graduation. It looks like the class really gave 100% while performing songs from the show for family and friends. We trust these kids will be [...]
(more...)In Norm Clarke’s Vegas Confidential column, he reports that Hollywood icon Garry Marshall attended the 10 p.m. performance of “Jersey Boys” at the Palazzo to take in Joseph Leo Bwarie’s last Vegas performance as Frankie Valli. As you all know, Joseph is taking over the same role on the Jersey Boys national tour. Also from [...]
(more...)Check out Tony winner John Lloyd Young helping Xanadu star Tony nominee, Kerry Butler, through a pre-Tony meltdown.
(more...)Jersey Boys starts performances in Toronto on August 21 in a Dancap production at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian of the Toronto Star notes that both JB choreographer Sergio Trujillo and director Des McAnuff started their careers in Toronto but have become worldclass theatre artists. According to the critic, Toronto [...]
(more...)The Barking and Dangenham Post notes that the expression that first springs to mind when attempting to describe the atmosphere emanating from the stage of the Prince Edward Theatre during Jersey Boys is ‘a rip-roaring good time’. According to the reviewer, Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli is amazing, there’s no other word for it. He [...]
(more...)As the school year ends, aspiring Jersey Boys are ubiquitous on YouTube! Check out the guys from StarQuest!
(more...)Peter Gregus thanks everyone for their generous contributions to the BC/EFA online fundraising drive! He is trying to reach a new goal and is asking for everyone’s support. Here’s a message from Peter and a link to his fundraising page! Hi all you Jersey Fans, I was wondering if you could help me out. I [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Broadway had another solid box office week! For the week ending June 1, 2008, JB grossed $1,103,648 and had the highest attendance rate of all shows at 100.7%! Along with the highest attendance rate, Jersey Boys was one of only three shows that was in the millionaires’ club! The 34 shows on the [...]
(more...)Stars of the hit West End musical Jersey Boys Ryan Molloy, Stephen Ashfield, Philip Bulcock and Glenn Carter, celebrated 100 performances of the show, with fellow cast members on Wednesday May 38. The boys were happy to mark the event, following its opening earlier this year, with a toast of champagne. All the cast, creative [...]
(more...)Phil Gallo of Variety.com adored Jersey Boys in Vegas! According to Gallo, the Vegas edition of Jersey Boys displays a pure and propulsive rock ‘n’ roll spirit that has been less apparent in other incarnations. The production, especially the briskly paced first act, is big, loud and contagious thanks to snappy direction and a potent [...]
(more...)For the eighth consecutive week, the 2007 Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording remained in the Number One position on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart! The RIAA Certified Gold album has been on this chart for 124 straight weeks!
(more...)Photo courtesy of Genevieve Rafter Keddy at BroadwayWorld.com. In this week’s USA Weekend, they rounded up some of today’s biggest Broadway names to talk about their high school musical experiences, One of the Broadway stars they checked in with was Michael Longoria! According to blogger Lorrie Lynch, Michael was a bit of an outsider before [...]
(more...)Anthony Del Valle of the Las Vegas Review-Journal states that Jersey Boys proves the show-biz bio still may have a few surprises in it. The expert production that recently opened at the Palazzo — about, as if anyone still didn’t know, the ups and downs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons — is, as [...]
(more...)From MORE, KVVU-TV, Las Vegas.
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the Broadway production of Jersey Boys will offer a special performance on August 24th at 8PM that will benefit the Actors Fund of America! The Actors Fund, which was founded in 1882, is a non-profit organization that provides for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals. Some of the many programs The [...]
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