Chad Jones of InsideBayArea.com notes that it’s not often that a performer goes from gigs at the Willows Theatre Company in Concord, TheatreWorks in Mountain View and Pleasanton Playhouse in Pleasanton to one of the hottest Broadway musicals in recent memory. That’s exactly what has happened to Jeff Leibow, a former Pleasanton resident who now [...]
(more...)“What was the high point?,” asks Frankie Valli at the conclusion of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys. For Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, who made his Broadway debut in the role of singer Valli, it’s tough to find anything but highs. Playbill.com’s Ernio Hernandez has an in-depth interview with JLY from earlier this month. [...]
(more...)BroadwayWorld.com reports that for the second time, the Chicago engagement of Jersey Boys broke the weekly gross house record at the LaSalle Bank Theatre. The box office took in a total of $1,143,780.04 for the 8-performance week ending November 18, 2007. The show broke their previous record of $1,120,920.90 for the 9-performance week ending October [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys Chicago has 17 one of a kind items to auction off! Because of the strike, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS needs everyone’s help! Visit ebay to bid on these unique items! There are also amazing items up for auction on the Broadway In Chicago site, including a walk-on role in Jersey Boys!
(more...)John Lloyd Young was among dozens of Broadway, TV and film stars tended the bar at the annual “Celebrity Bartending Night” at Frank’s (410 West 16th Street, between 9 the and 10th Avenues) on Monday, November 19. All bartenders’ tips go to Stockings With Care and be used to buy holiday gifts for children whose [...]
(more...)Jersey Boys national tour cast member Taylor Sternberg is asking JB fans to help him raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS! Below is Taylor’s proposal: This year has been hard for BC/EFA with the Union Strike, so, I will do my part by asking you, the fans, to help me donate to Broadway Cares [...]
(more...)Joe Long For Jersey Boys and Four Seasons’ fans, last month’s Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event was an evening like no other. The entire Jersey Boys cast, JB writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and the legendary Four Seasons (Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Joe Long, and Frankie Valli) all in one room [...]
(more...)By Charles Alexander WHO KNEW that Jersey Boys Blog had a Brooklyn correspondent? Well, at least a part-timer. On Monday night my wife Cathy and I walked an immense distance–half a block actually–from our house in “lovely Park Slope, Brooklyn” (thanks for that description, Susie; I can feel the value of our house rising) over [...]
(more...)Photos courtesy of John Howard. By Audrey Rockman, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent Many of us have anxiously awaited the release of “Farm Girl in New York” (http://www.farmgirlny.com/), since first learning about the project last summer, but probably no one more so than Bobby Spencer, himself. The film, which was selected for screening at the [...]
(more...)On John Lloyd Young’s blog today, he has posted a very touching thank you to the fans for our support, enthusiasm and affection throughout his entire Jersey Boys experience. Regarding his final evening on Wednesday, November 21st, JLY states: What I am encouraged to hear is that many of you who would have otherwise been [...]
(more...)According to the New York Times, the latest round of talks between the producers’ league and the stagehands’ union broke down Sunday evening, leaving no end in sight for the strike that has darkened most of Broadway for nine days. Soon after the breakdown, the League of American Theaters and Producers announced that it was [...]
(more...)Visit ABC7 (click on Part 1) to see the amazing Chicago Jersey Boys cast singing holiday carols at the 2007 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival!
(more...)Philip Potempo of NWI.com provides coverage of Star Plaza CEO and Talent Buyer Charlie Blum’s idea to host a”special meeting” this fall for Frankie Valli during his sold-out return concert at the Chicago Theater, booked by Blum and performed on Nov. 9. Blum arranged to get the cast of Broadway in Chicago’s Jersey Boys, the [...]
(more...)Peter Filichia of the Star-Ledger chatted with several actors, house managers, composers and producers who live in New Jersey, but work on Broadway–or they did, until the stagehands’ union went on strike last week. Here’s what John Lloyd Young had to say: John Lloyd Young of Jersey City, a Tony Award winner for his portrayal [...]
(more...)Thanks to Kathy Bartsche, we have YouTube coverage of Bobby Spencer’s hilarious responses to Howard Tucker’s questions at the Farm Girl in New York premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival!
(more...)Thank you to Kathy Bartsche for her terrific photo coverage of Bobby Spencer’s “Farm Girl in New York” premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival on Thursday, November 15!
(more...)Have you checked out John Lloyd Young’s blog today? He notes that in light of this strike, which could mean he won’t have his “final performance,” of JERSEY BOYS on November 21st, he wanted to make it clear that, if that’s the case, he had a final performance, on November 9th, and it was wonderful. [...]
(more...)By Howard Tucker, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent The wonderfully talented Travis Cloer from the OBC has just released his new CD “Christmas from the City.†He says he’s had a wonderful time making it, with some new arrangements of some songs we may not have heard for a while, including: Blue Christmas Mary Did [...]
(more...)The stars are in alignment on November 17th! Along with Bob Gaudio, Jersey Boys’ co-author Rick Elice celebrates his 52nd birthday today! Rick Elice saw his first Broadway show at the age of three. From that day on, he dreamed of working in the theater. From the age of 19, he has. He has a [...]
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