October 14, 2007

What a Night for Original Four Seasons!

October 14th, 2007
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    Chicago Tribune entertainment reporter Terry Armour covered Jersey Boys’ opening night at LaSalle Bank Theatre in Chicago tonight. He states that there are two things Frankie Valli could never have dreamed. First, that a bunch of New Jersey kids would gain worldwide fame as The Four Seasons. And second, that some years later that group [...]

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How Many Times Have You Seen Jersey Boys? Part Two

October 14th, 2007
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    With Jersey Boys’ performances in so many cities (Broadway, SF, LA, Sacramento, Tempe, and now Chicago)–we’re betting that the numbers have EXPLODED! So, we’d like to ask the ever-popular question once again–How many times have you seen Jersey Boys? Poll Survey – Take Our Poll

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Latest BC/EFA Auction Item: Signed Jersey Boys Script!

October 14th, 2007
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    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! Signed JERSEY BOYS Script: Don’t miss this opportunity for this signed script from the 2006 Tony Award Winning cast of JERSEY BOYS! Over the next several [...]

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Jersey Boys–From Pipe Dream to Reality

October 14th, 2007
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    Barbara Vitello of the Daily Herald says it took more than three years from the time Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio realized The Four Seasons story might make a better musical than TV film for Jersey Boys to become a reality. “It was a pipe dream then,” Gaudio says, one of the original Four Seasons [...]

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October 13, 2007

Today’s BC/EFA Auction Update: Framed “Sherry” Sheet Music Prop

October 13th, 2007
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    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 October 21! Framed “Sherry” Sheet Music Prop: Your very own JERSEY BOYS prop. This is the actual sheet music used onstage and signed by Tony Award winners John Lloyd [...]

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New JB Blog Poll: Funniest Male Supporting Character Line in Act One of Jersey Boys?

October 13th, 2007
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    The funny lines in Jersey Boys are….ubiquitous! In fact, there were so many hilarious male supporting character lines throughout the show, that we’ll be doing two polls! For our fifth “JB Funniest Lines” poll, we would like to know: What’s the funniest male supporting character line in Act One of Jersey Boys?? You can vote [...]

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JB Blog Poll Results: Joe Pesci’s Funniest Line

October 13th, 2007
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    Thank you to everyone who responded to the latest Jersey Boys Blog Poll: What’s Joe Pesci’s funnies line? It was a very close race! Out of the 187 respondents, 51 (27%) said that Joe Pesci’s funniest line in JB was: “For the group! The Lovers or the Romans or whatever the fu*k it is this [...]

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October 12, 2007

Today’s BC/EFA Auction Item: Framed “Cry For Me” Sheet Music Prop

October 12th, 2007
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    Here is today’s auction item that you’ll be able to bid on during the upcoming Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event on October 21! Framed Cry For Me Sheet Music Prop: Your very own JERSEY BOYS prop. This is the actual sheet music used onstage and signed by Tony Award winners John Lloyd [...]

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Marshall Brickman Reflects on Jersey Boys

October 12th, 2007
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    Philip Potempo of NWI.com states that it’s been nearly two years since its smash Broadway debut, but Academy Award-winning writer Marshall Brickman says he’s still amazed at how popular Jersey Boys remains. The musical story of singer Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons premieres in Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theatre, 18 W. Monroe Ave., [...]

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Why Jersey Boys and The Four Seasons Matter

October 12th, 2007
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    Louis R. Carlozo of the Chicago Tribune states that The Four Seasons were the originals! He notes that it’s easy — too easy — to write off The Four Seasons as a passing whiff of the celebratory ’60s, a band with an impossibly high-pitched singer that got left in the dust of Beatlemania, now reduced [...]

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Frankie Valli Will Appear on “ET” Tonight!

October 12th, 2007
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    Get your TIVOs, DVRs, and VCRs ready! Frankie Valli will be making an appearance on “Entertainment Tonight” this evening! Check your local listings for times.

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Latest BC/EFA Auction Item: Set of 4 LP Coasters!

October 12th, 2007
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    Here’s the latest auction item that you’ll be able to bid on during the upcoming Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event on October 21! Set of 4 LP Coasters: These rare LP coasters are each created from an original record, which has been trimmed to frame the label with a thin ring of [...]

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October 11, 2007

Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio Video from TODAY Show Appearance

October 11th, 2007
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    On the TODAY Show’s blog, producer Tammy Fine reflects on the happy memories of her childhood listening to the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in the backseat of the family station wagon, squished between my sisters, listening to the local AM station in Wilmington, [...]

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Jersey Boys Cast Recording Hangs On to Top Spot on Chart!

October 11th, 2007
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    Playbill.com reports that for the THIRD consecutive week, Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording holds on to the Number One position on the Billboard Cast Album Chart! Below are the Top 5 Cast Albums from Billboard: Jersey Boys Wicked Mama Mia! Grease The Lion King

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October 10, 2007

BC/EFA Auction Items at Upcoming October 21 Event!

October 10th, 2007
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    Jersey Boys Fans Unite to Support BC/EFA event is right around the corner! On Sunday evening October 21, 2007 fans of the award winning musical smash JERSEY BOYS will have the rare opportunity to meet Broadway’s “Four Seasons” at an exclusive cocktail party benefiting Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). In addition to meeting [...]

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Check Out the Frankie Valli Interview on Jersey Boys Podcast!

October 10th, 2007
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    The latest Jersey Boys Podcast includes a fabulous interview with the one and only Frankie Valli! Frankie talks about his recent release “Romancing the ’60s” and answers fans’ questions about the early days, his years with The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, and many other surprises. Check it out!

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Two Jersey Boys Soon To Come Home to San Diego

October 10th, 2007
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    Pam Kragen from NCTimes.com has a terrific story Jersey Boys national tour cast members Deven May and Steve Gouveia. When the touring musical Jersey Boys makes its much-anticipated return to San Diego next week (Oct. 17-Nov. 11), half of the “Joisey” boys will be back on home turf. That’s because two of the four actors [...]

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Daniel Reichard Leaving Jersey Boys to Star in NYC Opera’s Candide

October 10th, 2007
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    Playbill.com reports that Daniel Reichard will end his two-year run in the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys to star in the upcoming New York City Opera production of Candide. Reichard, according to a press statement, will depart the award-winning musical at the August Wilson Theatre following the Jan. 6, 2008 performance. The singing actor is then [...]

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October 9, 2007

Jersey Boys Breaks August Wilson House Record for 25th Time!

October 9th, 2007
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    Fall temperatures in NYC were HOT last week and so was Jersey Boys! For the week ending October 7, 2007, Jersey Boys grossed $1,271,529; marking the 25th time the show has topped itself since it opened in November, 2005! As with the previous two weeks, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last [...]

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