Jersey Boys Blog

After debuting three years ago at the La Jolla Playhouse, Jersey Boys has come back to San Diego! It’s also a homecoming celebration for two of its stars, who were both raised in San Diego County. The Tony Award-winning musical will play at the San Diego Civic Theatre from October 17-November 11. The musical features [...]

Michael J. Roberts of BroadwayWorld.com says that Jersey Boys is a hit, pure and simple! With thirty songs in the production, including the Four Seasons five Number One hits as well as one of the best lit shows ever produced, Jersey Boys delivers on every emotional level, including quite the tear jerker when Mr. Valli [...]

Check this out–the latest auction item that you’ll be able to bid on in person during the upcoming Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event on Sunday, October 21! Best “Seat” in the House: Sit in your own theatre seat anytime while listening to the JERSEY BOYS cast album. The seat has been autographed [...]

Like that bunny on TV with the battery, JBB Fantastic Fans just keep going and going back to see Jersey Boys! They also become JBB Fantastic Fans! We’re delighted to present the 27th JBB Fantastic Fan interview with Wanda Librardi, who tells us how she became interested in seeing JB way back in La Jolla, [...]

As reported earlier today, the leads of the London production of Jersey Boys have been announced! The Tony Award-winning musical will star Ryan Molloy, Stephen Ashfield, Glenn Carter and Philip Bulcock. The show will open at the West End’s Prince Edward Theatre on March 18, 2008, following previews from February 28. Broadway.com provides some interesting [...]

Playbill.com reports that principal casting has been announced for the London production of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, which will begin previews Feb. 28, 2008, at the Prince Edward Theatre. Directed by Des McAnuff with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, the musical will officially open in the West End March 18. The cast will be headed [...]

Photos courtesy of Danielle Lalehzar.

Photo courtesy of Linda Lenzi at BroadwayWorld.com. By Audrey Rockman, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent An Industry Icon What happens when you combine decades of experience, medical and musical techniques based on years of research, a gentle and supportive skill for teaching voice, the gift of uncanny instincts with a warm personality in the heart [...]

It’s time for another one! Here’s the latest auction item that you’ll be able to bid on in person during the upcoming Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event on Sunday, October 21! Costume Bracelet: “Frankie’s” Costume Bracelet, worn by Tony Award Winner John Lloyd Young during the show. Includes autographed wardrobe tag. Stay [...]

As you all may know already, Christian Hoff and Bobby Spencer, along with other performers, will be appearing at the Young People’s Chorus benefit on Monday, October 22nd at 7PM at Carnegie Hall. Visit Carnegie Hall for the details on this amazing event! An anonymous donor has front row seats (A101 & 102) available. He [...]

Here’s the latest auction item that you’ll be able to bid on in person during the upcoming Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event on Sunday, October 21! 45 rpm Clock: This 45 rpm clock is created from vintage 7” records. The numbers are laser-cut into the vinyl and aluminum hands keep time in [...]

Broadway Books releases a companion book to the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys TODAY! Written by David Cote, the 176-page hardcover is titled “Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons.” “Like the show itself, this gorgeous, full-color companion book captures the magic and the original excitement of the band’s life and [...]

DailySouthtown.com notes that it would be a terrific show if only for showcasing the greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. But Jersey Boys, in its opening at the LaSalle Bank Theatre in Chicago, has even more than memorable music going for it. The rags-to-riches tale of this dazzling musical is irresistible. Yet [...]

It happened again! For the week ending October 14, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $1,272,077; marking the 26th time the show has topped itself since it opened nearly two years ago at the August Wilson Theatre! As with the previous three weeks, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last week, with a 100.8% [...]

Barbara Vitello of the Daily Herald states that there is no Sherry, no Dawn, no Marianne in Jersey Boys. There are no big girls crying. Jersey Boys doesn’t entirely conform to the jukebox formula, namely a score cobbled together from hit tunes, around which a contrived narrative is shoehorned. Instead, this exuberant bio-musical about the [...]

Chicago Tribune Theater Critic Chris Jones says Jersey Boys is a show that walks like a hit, acts like the big man in town and deserves to stay. This one gets the big things right. It doesn’t mess with the sound—such Gaudio-penned hits as “Sherry,” “Walk Like a Man,” and “Rag Doll” are delivered with [...]

Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic Hedy Weiss says Jersey Boys is “pure platinum”! The 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, has arrived in Chicago in a supercharged knockout of a national touring company production. At Sunday’s opening, Valli and Gaudio came up on stage to take bows and hug their remarkable doppelgangers, giving the audience a chance [...]

Pauline Dubkin Yearwood of Chicago Jewish News has a terrific piece on Jersey Boys, including interviews with cast members Jarrod Spector, John Michael Coppola, and Steven M. Goldsmith. Jarrod Spector is playing the role of a lifetime when he appears as Frankie Valli, the lead in the highly anticipated touring company production of Jersey Boys, [...]

Photo courtesy of Genevieve Rafter Keddy. We wish Michael Longoria a Happy Birthday! In addition to playing Joe Pesci since Jersey Boys opened on Broadway almost two years ago, the multi-talented Michael plays the role of Frankie Valli on Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances. Prior to Jersey Boys, Michael performed in the Broadway production of [...]