Visit Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center podcast to listen to a recent interview with Jersey Boys national tour’s Gyp DeCarlo–Joseph Siravo! Joseph talks about his experiences as both an actor and educator.
(more...)Visit CraftCast.com to listen to Erich Bergen’s interview with his mom, Alison Lee! Erich joins his mom to celebrate the beginning of the third year of CraftCast and to talk about his life as an actor!
(more...)Playbill.com’s Leading Men column features Daniel Reichard! What did the former Jersey Boy have to say as he prepares for the starring role in Candide on April 8? Here’s a preview! Q: Was it weird stepping away from a successful commodity, from the known into the unknown? Reichard: I have to say it is surprisingly [...]
(more...)Exciting news from Sebastian Arcelus! “I”–also referred to as “iChannel,” is an ongoing interactive web series in which a man’s life is taken over by an online audience –YOU! Sebastian Arcelus not only plays Bob Gaudio in the Broadway company of Jersey Boys, but he has also been both an actor and associate producer on [...]
(more...)By West Coast Correspondent Cathi Aradi The phenomenon that is Jersey Boys has generated incredible fan interest in every aspect of the show. What has been most interesting to me is the accessibility of the Jersey Boys stars. From Broadway to San Francisco—and all “those places you fly over on your way to LAâ€â€”people line [...]
(more...)Tony Allcock of the Islington Gazette notes that his musical tastes lean towards many things Italian-American, and he’s a sucker for anything with a New York connection – is there any city with more excitement per square mile? So a musical about the lives of four blue-collar boys from gritty New Jersey – the territory [...]
(more...)Minneapolis critics (and audiences) can’t take their eyes off the Jersey Boys national tour! Check out the latest! MSPMAG.com’s Steve Marsh took his mom to Jersey Boys last week. He wondered how good could a musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons be? “Sherry Babyâ€? “Big Girls Don’t Cryâ€? He thought he ws headed [...]
(more...)In today’s Las Vegas Sun, Jerry Fink has an in-depth interview with Four Seasons’ founder Tommy DeVito, who has called Las Vegas his home since 1970. DeVito talks to Fink about his tough upbringing in Belleville, NJ, his chart-topping success as an original member of The Four Seasons, his post-Four Seasons life in Vegas, and [...]
(more...)Today’s Las Vegas Sun has a fascinating interview with actor Jeremy Kushnier has been playing the role of Tommy DeVito in the musical Jersey Boys. He portrayed the Four Seasons founder in the San Francisco company and in Chicago before joining the Las Vegas cast. “This show can be very Vegas-specific,†Kushnier says. “So I [...]
(more...)Visit Broadway.com for video coverage of the West End opening of Jersey Boys! Along with stars Stephen Ashfield, Philip Bulcock, Glenn Carter, and Ryan Molloy, you’ll see Bob Gaudio, Des McAnuff, Sergio Trujillo, and Frankie Valli!
(more...)A reviewer at KnightErrantOnlince, a student newspaper, found Jersey Boys to be a “memorable musical”! The storyline gains the audience’s attention through its clever presentation. The four band members alternate narrating throughout the course of the musical….The characters’ added commentary reinforces their unique personalities, displaying the selfish and controlling character of Tommy DiVito, and naïve [...]
(more...)Bobby Spencer’s Farm Girl In New York will be shown TODAY, April 1st at 4PM at the Sacramento Film Festival! Visit Sacramentofilmfestival.com for details!
(more...)Reviewer Quinton Skinner admits that “the prospect of spending an evening in the presence of Frankie Valli’s caterwauling falsetto (or an actor approximating it) in Jersey Boys did not fill me with unbridled enthusiasm. Yet the show turns out to be nothing short of a blast, finely crafted and passionately performed, and about as soulful [...]
(more...)Just like the previous week, Jersey Boys had another sensational “spring break” week at the Broadway box office! For the week ending March 30, 2008, the show grossed $1,160,319 and had a 100.8% attendance rate. The 32 shows on the boards grossed $21,156,392 for the week ending 3/30/08. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from [...]
(more...)We are thrilled to present Part Two of the JBB Exclusive Interview with Tom Austin! In Part Two, Tom reflects on his post-Royal Teens life, his career and passion as an artist, his inspiration for his incredible “Short Shorts Season†painting, and his thoughts on the Jersey Boys experience! JBB: What career path did you [...]
(more...)For our eighth “JB Funniest Lines” poll, we would like to know: What’s Frankie Valli’s funniest line in Jersey Boys? You can vote for the funniest line in the current poll on the sidebar to the right, or from the JB Blog Polls page.
(more...)Thank you to everyone who responded to the latest Jersey Boys Blog Poll: What’s Nick Massi’s funniest line in Jersey Boys? Out of the 197 respondents, 67 (34%) voted for “All right, I’ll be honest with you, it coulda been an ego thing. Everybody wants to be up front. But if there’s four guys, and [...]
(more...)In Jersey Boys, we get just a glimpse into Bob Gaudio’s first group–The Royal Teens–but there’s a lot more to the story! For years, I’ve been wondering about the story behind how the group got started, and who were the other young musical geniuses that were playing with Gaudio! It is an honor to present [...]
(more...)For the third consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording holds on to the Number Two position on the Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart. This marks the 121st week that the 2007 Grammy winner and RIAA Certified Gold recording has remained on the chart.
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