Exciting news for JERSEY BOYS co-author Rick Elice! His fantastic play, Peter and the Starcatcher won FIVE Tony Awards last night! Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Scenic Design of a Play: Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Costume Design of [...]
(more...)It’s hard to believe that it has been over SIX years since we were all celebrating Jersey Boys’ EIGHT Tony Award nominations! Jersey Boys’ Tony Award Nominations Best Musical Best Book of a Musical–Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical–John Lloyd Young Best Performance by a Featured Actor [...]
(more...)In honor of tonight’s Tony Awards celebration, let’s go back to the 2009 telecast featuring five fabulous Frankie Valli’s: Joseph Leo Bwarie, Rick Faugno, Courter Simmons, Dominic Scaglione, Jr., and Jarrod Spector–along with the fantastic Broadway JB cast!
(more...)In honor of today’s Tony Awards–let’s go back to the JERSEY BOYS appearances over the last six years! One year after winning four fabulous Tony Awards, the JERSEY BOYS OBC Four Seasons (Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd Young) performed on the 2007 telecast!
(more...)By Howard Tucker, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent So many of the JERSEY BOYS alumni have gone on to successful careers post JERSEY BOYS: J. Robert Spencer and Andrew Rannells with Tony-nominated turns on Broadway in “Next to Normal†and the “Book of Mormon†respectively, Colin Donnell and Shonn Wiley with Drama Desk nominations for [...]
(more...)James D. Watts Jr. has posted a fantastic review of the JERSEY BOYS first national tour production in Tulsa! Here’s a preview: The four guys telling those stories in this production are top-notch. I’ve heard other actors in the role of Frankie Valli who do a more exact job of recreating Valli’s distinctive falsetto, but [...]
(more...)Peter Gregus A message from JERSEY BOYS Broadway’s “Bob Crewe”–Peter Gregus: I’m participating in this year’s Strip-a-thon which is part of Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings. The money we raise will help men, women and children across the country who are struggling with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. And it will help provide funding for [...]
(more...)Who knew there was a JERSEY BOYS’ connection to the 1968 science fiction film starring Jane Fonda, “Barbarella”? In a 1968 New York Times feature on Bob Crewe’s gorgeous triplex on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park, the reporter noted that Mr. Crewe had collaborated with Charles Fox on the soundtrack of the Roger Vadim film [...]
(more...)Click HERE to watch the fun interview with JB first national tour cast members Preston Truman Boyd, Joseph Leo Bwarie, and Michael Lomenda on News on 6 in Tulsa!
(more...)JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $865,602 and had a 86% attendance rate for the week ending 6/3/12. The 36 shows on the boards grossed $24,157,235, slipping 10.6% from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending June 3, 2012. Wicked $1,802,133 The Lion King $1,781,682 The Book Of [...]
(more...)Rachel Abrams of Variety reports that “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau has emerged as the frontrunner to helm GK Films’ JERSEY BOYS, Graham King’s bigscreen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.” GK acquired rights to the project two years ago and set “Hugo” scribe [...]
(more...)Nick Cosgrove, who stars as Frankie Valli for the national tour of “Jersey Boys,” met the real deal, legendary Frankie Valli (right), during the singer’s June 2 concert appearance in Chicago thanks to an backstage introduction by producer Charlie Blum (center). (Photo Credit: Philip Potempa, The Times) From NWI.com’s OFFBEAT column: Actor and singer Nick [...]
(more...)Joseph Leo Bwarie (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus) The JERSEY BOYS first national tour company heads to Tulsa to play Chapman Music Hall beginning June 6 through June 24! James D. Watts has a marvelous interview with Joseph Leo Bwarie, along with a behind the scenes look at what really goes into JB (Did you know [...]
(more...)Exciting News from Jersey Boys: JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, surpasses My Fair Lady with 2,718 performances, becoming the 19th longest-running show in Broadway history, following the performance TODAY, Sunday, June 3. Congratulations to JERSEY BOYS on their latest milestone!! JERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November [...]
(more...)For the last week in May, JERSEY BOYS Broadway grossed $977,394 and had a 95.2% attendance rate. The 36 shows on the boards grossed $26,588,408, virtually unchanged from the previous week’s totals. Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending May 27, 2012. Wicked $1,896,633 The Lion King $1,809,051 The Book [...]
(more...)Your browser doesn’t support iFrames Vote for this poll here. Thank you to everyone who voted in our last JBB Poll: What actor (who has not played in JB) would you like to see play Frankie Valli in the film adaptation of Jersey Boys? The results are in–and 38% voted for Darren Criss. For full [...]
(more...)Windy City Times has a fun interview with the JERSEY BOYS first national tour Four Seasons: Preston Truman Boyd, Joseph Leo Bwarie, John Gardiner, and Michael Lomenda. Here’s a quick preview: Windy City Times: Hey, guys. Is any one here actually from Jersey? All: No. Michael Lomenda: I lived there on and off for three [...]
(more...)Rave reviews for the JERSEY BOYS second national tour production in Atlanta! Check out these excerpts: Wendell Brock, AccessAtlanta.com: And I’m happy to report that the touring production at the Fox Theatre through June 10 is the slickest, best-looking and most dramatically resonant telling of the expletive-spewing 2006 Tony Award winner for best new musical [...]
(more...)Last month, we had an absolutely wonderful time chatting backstage with Jarrod Spector, who shared some amazing insights about playing the role of Frankie Valli for so many years, the unique challenges of this role, what motivates him to keep his performance so fresh and top-notch, his musical projects outside of JERSEY BOYS, and live [...]
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