According to Chris Jones of Variety.com, the right kind of legit is still thriving in Sin City after some very lean seasons. “Shows in Vegas mostly have moved back to a Broadway kind of schedule,” says Scott Zeiger, whose partnership with the entertainment-heavy Venetian Hotel and the Las Vegas Sands Corp. has made the former [...]
(more...)Nellie Andreeva of The Hollywood Reporter reports that Tony winner Christian Hoff has come aboard Fox’s comedy pilot “Hackett.” This show, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, centers on a bad-boy literary luminary (Donal Logue) who escapes his disgraced career teaching at Yale only to find himself among the ultra-PC ranks of teachers at an Ohio public [...]
(more...)On Sunday, September 16th, thousands upon thousands of Broadway fans assembled in Times Square for the 16th Annual Broadway on Broadway Concert! Tune into BWW TV to watch highlights from 2007′s Broadway on Broadway–including a short clip of the amazing Michael Longoria singing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”!
(more...)Photos #1-2 courtesy of Genevieve Rafter Keddy at BroadwayWorld.com. Photos #3-4 courtesy of Walter McBride at BroadwayWorld.com.
(more...)We are thrilled to introduce our newest JBB Special Correspondent–Angel Bessey to Jersey Boys Blog! It is with great pleasure that we present Angel’s interview with Rick Faugno, the incredibly multi-talented Frankie Valli Alternate in the national tour of Jersey Boys! My first interview – with Rick Faugno (Fawn-yo), the Frankie Valli Alternate of the [...]
(more...)It’s Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market and Grand Auction time again! The date of this year’s flea market is this coming Sunday, September 23 from 10am-7pm in Shubert Alley, with Jersey Boys’ appearances at the Celebrity Table and loads of memorabilia for sale at the JB booth, in addition to auction items at the [...]
(more...)Mid-September temperatures may be dropping, but Jersey Boys at the box office is still as hot as ever on Broadway! For the week ending September 16, 2007, the show grossed $1,208,017. Additionally, JB was the ONLY sold out show on Broadway last week, with a 100.8% attendance rate! For the week ending 9/16/07, grosses climbed [...]
(more...)Check out the new Jersey Boys Podcast that was recorded on 9/14/07. This edition includes an interview with Steve Gouveia, who is currently playing Nick Massi on the National Tour of JB, along with a Jersey Boys review by podcasting legend Adam Curry at Podshow.
(more...)You can also see video coverage of last night’s Emmy Awards appearance, in addition to every other Jersey Boys’ television appearance on the GILG website!
(more...)Catching up with Travis Cloer was among the highlights of last month’s trip for us in New York! Before his Friday evening performance on August 3rd, Travis filled us in on what’s been happening to him over the summer; the excitement and challenges of playing the Frankie Valli role while John Lloyd Young was on [...]
(more...)On his NJ Voices blog, Senator Raymond Lesniak says that has seen Jersey Boys three times and he intends to see it again. Lesniak states that there are two lines in the show that brought tears of joy and pride to be from New Jersey to his eyes. The lines are based on a value [...]
(more...)The San Francisco/Chicago Company of the Tony-winning Jersey Boys will pay tribute to “The Sopranos” on tonight’s Emmy Awards telecast! The Emmys will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles TONIGHT (8:00-11:00 PM ET live/PT) tape-delayed) on FOX.
(more...)Jersey Boys cast members will be appearing at “Broadway on Broadway” today! The big event will begin at 11:30 am today in Times Square! The JB cast will be singing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”! For more details on “Broadway on Broadway,” including concert’s full song list, visit Playbill.com.
(more...)With time to kill after work Wednesday, The Tech Half set out on a photo shoot at the direction of the feisty Blog Half. The result? Some spectacular photos of the nearly completed Palazzo Casino Resort. This is not going to be the Sea Breeze Lounge, my friends. No, this is going to be a [...]
(more...)In a Special to the Roseville Press-Tribune, Jean Cress notes that Jersey Boys, season opener for California Musical Theatre’s Broadway Sacramento is a show-stopping, foot stomping musical that has Sacramento audiences dancing in the aisles. Who would have thought that a musical about four guys from New Jersey would make for such a phenomenal evening [...]
(more...)On September 15, 1962, the whole world exploded! Forty-five years ago today, “Sherry” by The Four Seasons hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart and remained in the top spot for five consecutive weeks! Written by Bob Gaudio, the song that started it all for The Four Seasons stayed on the chart [...]
(more...)Bob Verini of Variety.com has a terrific feature about Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young’s connection with the Actors Fund Home. When JLY visited the Actors Fund Home last year he discovered not just a nursing home but a repository of showbiz lore, a place where old can mingle with young. Back in April 2006, Young [...]
(more...)The musical numbers have been revealed for the upcoming “Broadway on Broadway” concert, which will be presented Sunday, September 16 in Times Square. The Jersey Boys cast will be singing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”! For more details on “Broadway on Broadway,” including concert’s full song list, visit Playbill.com.
(more...)Playbill.com reports that the ninth volume of “Carols for a Cure,” the annual holiday recording benefiting Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids and featuring Broadway cast members performing new and classic holiday tunes will be released next month. Jersey Boys cast members will be singing “Dominick the Donkey” on this year’s two-disc set! The release date [...]
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