May 3, 2007

NEWSFLASH: JB 2nd National Tour Cast Announced!

May 3rd, 2007
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    According to BroadwayWorld.com, the 2nd National Tour company of Jersey Boys, the winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical, begins performances at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre Friday, May 4. Meanwhile, the 1st National Tour moves on to Los Angeles, beginning performances at the Ahmanson Theatre Friday, May 25. The new touring cast of [...]

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Happy Birthday to Frankie Valli!

May 3rd, 2007
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    Jersey Boys Blog would like to wish the legendary Frankie Valli a Happy 73rd Birthday today! In celebration of the day, the Tech Half of JBB has created a video scrap book of some of Frankie Valli’s most memorable performances. Do not press play, but use the forward and back arrows to flip through the [...]

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May 2, 2007

More Scoop on Jersey Boys in Vegas!

May 2nd, 2007
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    You know your morning is not going to be half-bad when you go open your front door to get the morning paper and you see the headline: “Musical Jersey Boys Coming To The Strip.” Yes, that’s what greeted me this morning! Mike Weatherford, Las Vegas Review-Journal’s entertainment reporter announced the news that we heard about [...]

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Photo Coverage Of JLY At New York Pops Gala!

May 2nd, 2007
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    Photos by Mark Rupp at BroadwayWorld.com.

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May 1, 2007

Jersey Boys Heads To Vegas In Early 2008!

May 1st, 2007
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    PR Newswire reports that the much-anticipated opening of The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas just got bigger with the addition of the Tony-Award winning smash hit musical, Jersey Boys. The perennially sold-out show based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons has taken Broadway by storm and now has [...]

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April 30, 2007

JLY and Sergio Trujillo at Legally Blonde Opener

April 30th, 2007
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    Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd. at BroadwayWorld.com.

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JB Sizzles At Box Office!

April 30th, 2007
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    Jersey Boys’ box office week was terrific again this week, grossing $1,165,939 (and a 100.7% attendance rate) for the week ending April 29, 2007. For the week of April 29, 2007, Broadway grosses totaled $20,538,553 for the 37 shows on the boards. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending April [...]

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Sara Schmidt To Co-Host ‘New Voices’

April 30th, 2007
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    BroadwayWorld.com notes that “New Voices’” Monday Night series, created by composer Scott Alan, continues May 14th at 7PM at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre. The show will be hosted by New Voices alumni Sara Schmidt and Nikki Renee Daniels, both of whom took part in the very first New Voices concert. Barbara Anselmi returns as musical [...]

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JLY Performs At NY Pops Gala TONIGHT!

April 30th, 2007
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    Tonight, Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young, along with other stars from Broadway, popular music, film, and television, will perform on the Carnegie Hall stage with The New York Pops in support of the orchestra and its education programs and free Summermusic concerts. The 24th Birthday Gala, entitled “Musical Fireworks,” will honor Macy’s and orchestra patrons [...]

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Daniel Reichard Featured in Bar Mitzvah Sting Reading Tonight!

April 30th, 2007
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    Playbill.com reports that Daniel Reichard will be one of the cast members featured TONIGHT in a reading of David Neiman’s The Jordan Goldman Bar Mitzvah Sting at the Abingdon Theatre! Besides Daniel, the cast for the one-night-only performance features Les Misérables’ Becca Ayers, The Wedding Singer’s David Josefsberg, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’s [...]

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April 29, 2007

Jarrod Spector Reflects On Playing Frankie Valli

April 29th, 2007
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    Philly.com reports that Huntingdon Valley’s Jarrod Spector is channeling Frankie Valli, as he’s just landed a primo role in the national tour of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys, the story of the Four Seasons. Spector, 26, is a Germantown Academy grad who went on to Princeton, but realized after two years, a degree in economics [...]

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April 28, 2007

JBB Fantastic Fan Interview With Samantha Roberts!

April 28th, 2007
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    As with the music of the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, the megahit Broadway show that tells the story of the group’s rise to fame appeals to all generations! Over the past several months, JBB Fantastic Fan Interviews have featured Baby Boomers and Generation X’ers, in addition to high school and college students who can’t get [...]

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April 27, 2007

Steve Orich Is Orchestrating Paint Your Wagon

April 27th, 2007
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    Playbill.com reports that Jersey Boys’ Tony Award-nominated orchestrator Steve Orich is orchestrating the world-premier, pre-Broadway tryout of the Lerner and Loewe Old West musical, Paint Your Wagon, which has been in the works for several years. The musical will emerge in a staging by Utah’s Pioneer Theatre Company this fall. PTC’s 2007-08 season in Salt [...]

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April 26, 2007

Steve Gouveia To Play Nick Massi in Natl Tour

April 26th, 2007
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    Sunday evening, April 15th marked the last Broadway performance for Steve Gouveia, who is off to play Nick Massi on the national tour of Jersey Boys. Steve has been with JB since the beginning at La Jolla Playhouse. John Lloyd Young mentioned on his blog that along with Steve, Jessica Worsnop from the wardrobe department, [...]

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April 25, 2007

New JB National Tour Videos Page

April 25th, 2007
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    Check out the new Jersey Boys National Tour Videos page, with video clips from the “Tonight Show,” the SF Giants’ home opener, a montage, and some added surprises. There are also some updates to the Jersey Boys Broadway Videos and the More Four Seasons Videos pages.

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Valli Promises Fall Concert In Chicago!

April 25th, 2007
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    NWITimes.com columnist Phil Potempo reports that Star Plaza Theatre CEO and talent buyer Charlie Blum had good reason to be all smiles last Saturday night backstage with singer Frankie Valli at The Chicago Theatre. Valli had just finished a two-hour dynamite concert produced by Blum, which sold out the historic 3,800-seat venue. After enjoying the [...]

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April 24, 2007

JB National Tour Wins Top Prize in BC/EFA Easter Bonnet Competition!

April 24th, 2007
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    Showing that theatergoers’ generosity knows no geographical bounds, the national touring company of Jersey Boys staged an upset April 24, winning the grand prize at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ 21st annual Easter Bonnet Competition by raising $236,844 in support of people facing HIV/AIDS. It’s the first time a show other than a musical on [...]

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April 23, 2007

Your Chance To Ask JB National Tour Some Questions!

April 23rd, 2007
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    Since there has not been a formal Q&A session with the Jersey Boys national tour cast, Erich Bergen is giving fans the opportunity for fans to ask questions right on his blog! Visit Erich’s blog for all of the details!

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Eric Gutman’s Wild Week–From Tommy DeVito to Bob Gaudio

April 23rd, 2007
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    Not only did Eric Gutman play Tommy DeVito for the first time on April 19, but on Saturday evening, due to Erich Bergen being sick, Eric made his debut performance as Bob Gaudio! Then, on Sunday, he played the Gaudio role once again! Check out his Tour This blog for Eric’s details of the experience. [...]

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