Jersey Boys Podcast

JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #071 - Interviews with Quinn Van Antwerp & Matt Bailey

Today's podcast Jersey Boys Podcast #071 (recorded Tuesday, December 23, 2009) includes two cast interviews.  The first interview is with Quinn Van Antwerp who plays Bob Gaudio with the Jersey Boys Toronto Company.  And then Matt Bailey who plays Tommy Devito is interviewed from the Jersey Boys National Tour. 

Listen! (Size: 27.6-MBs, Time: 39m42s)

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Additional links mentioned in this podcast of potential interest:

• Vee Jay Records
• Philips Records
• Rhino Records
• Jersey Boys Podcast #031
• Jersey Boys Info 
• Jersey Boys Blog
• The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (GILG)

Song samples included in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records):

• "Jungle Bells" [Four Seasons' Christmas Album]
• "Joy To The World [Four Seasons' Christmas Album]
• "The Little Drummer Boy" [Four Seasons' Christmas Album]
• "What Child Is This" [Four Seasons' Christmas Album]

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #070 - Interview with Rick Elice

The Jersey Boys Podcast #070 (recorded Friday, December 4, 2009) includes our much anticipated and long over due interview with Rick Elice who co-wrote the Jersey Boys Book with Marshall Brickman.

Listen! (Size: 31.6-MBs, Time: 45m36s)

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Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Jersey Boys Coffee Table Book
• Jersey Boys Info
• Jersey Boys Blog
• The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
• Peter Schneider
• Sister Act in London
• Peter and The Starcatchers
• Walt Disney Theatrical
• La Jolla Playhouse "Page To Stage"
• The Adams Family

Song samples included in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records):

• "Bye-Bye-Baby" [Cast CD]
• "Rag Doll" [Anthology CD]

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #069 - Jersey Boys National Tour Update

Today's Jersey Boys Podcast show is a quick run down of the latest news and pointers related to the Jersey Boys National Tour.  Currently the National Tour cast is in Atlanta, GA.  We start off the podcast with music from the Broadway show highlighting the song "You're The Apple Of My Eye" written by Otis Blackwell, and give you a sample from the 1950s recording from The Four Lovers.

Listen! (Size: 11.5-MBs, Time: 16m40s)

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Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Jersey Boys Blog
• The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
• Broadway World on "1000th Performance" 
• Jersey Boys interview on Atlanta Oldies Station
• Broadway World on "Record Breaking in Florida"
• Interview with Jonathan Hadley
• Jersey Boys Sing At Atlanta Braves Game
• AJC on "Frankie Valli Camp"
• Rick Elice on "Why Jersey Boys Matters"
• Jersey Boys coming to Washington DC [about.com, broadwayworld.com]
• Detroit is getting ready for Jersey Boys

Song samples included in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records):

• "You're The Apple Of My Eye" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "You're The Apple Of My Eye" [The Four Lovers CD]

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #068 - Full 2007 Interview With Tommy DeVito

Today's Jersey Boys Podcast show reaches back into our archives and puts together in a single podcast the Tommy DeVito interview we conducted back in Fall 2007.  The audio recording for the MP3 has been upgraded from previous releases at 64-kbps to 96-kbps.  Also, if you enjoyed this audio interview with Tommy you should check out these other interviews: Las Vegas Review Journal (Doug Elfman) and Jersey Boys Blog Interview (Dec06).

Listen! (Size: 56.6-MBs, Time: 1h22m15s)

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The only song segment sampled in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records) was:

• "Big Man In Town" [CAST CD]

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Jersey Boys HQ
• The Four Seasons' Anthology CD
• Jersey Boys Blog

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Charlie Calello Podcast Interview - Some Great Four Seasons History

Jersey Boys and Four Seasons' fans should enjoy this interview with Charlie Calello on the The Frank Truth Show #117.

While this podcast is dedicated to Frank Sinatra, the Four Seasons, the Four Lovers, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, and Jersey Boys are mentioned in the very early part of the interview.

Charlie Calello was a member of the Four Lovers and for a short time officially part of the Four Seasons.  He was also the primary arranger for huge percentage of Four Seasons and Frankie Valli songs and albums. 

There is also some great commentary from Charlie Calello in the Jersey Boys coffee table book.

JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #067 - Interview with Rick Faugno and Joyce Chittick from Jersey Boys Las Vegas

The 67th Jersey Boys Podcast brings you another Jersey Boys Las Vegas Cast Members interview with Rick Faugno who stars in the role of Frankie Valli and Joyce Chittick who at the time of the recording was staring in the primary track known as Mary Delgado.  You can check out the Jersey Boys in Las Vegas (both the musical and the store) at the Palazzo Resort and Casino.

Listen! (Size: 25.9-MBs, Time: 37:34)

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Additional links mentioned in this podcast:

• Peggy Farina referenced in Beggin Wikipedia page
• Beggin used in an Adidas commercial
• Jersey Boys Info
• JerseyBoysBlog.com
• The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
• Audacity (free open source audio editing software)
• New Media Expo 2008
• Erich Bergen
• Daniel Reichard
• Jeff Leibow
• Tommy DeVito
• Joe Long

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Beggin" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "Save It For Me" [Jersey Baby CD]

Picture with Steve and Vivian enjoying Jersey Baby CD via Flickr!

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NPR Interview With George Clinton Mentions Frankie Valli

George Clinton, who could be categorized as the Master of Funk, was originally part of the doo op band The Parliaments.  During this period, he lived close to both the The Monotones who wrote the song "(Who Wrote) The Book Of Love," and the The Four Seasons - who incidentally released a cover of "Book Of Love" on the Big Girls Don't Cry CD distributed by Rhino Records in 1995. 

These doo op memories of George Clinton come compliments of an interviewed on NPR. According to the interview, his band The Monotones, and members of the Four Seasons (probably before they were called Four Seasons) competed against each other in local New Jersey battle of the band contests. 

Jersey Boys News Review - Sunday, February 1, 2009

Here are some top Jersey Boys news items we are tracking:

• Variety has updates on box office numbers for the Chicago and Tour (currently in Pittsburgh, PA until 01Feb09) companies.  They are very strong.
• The Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons tribute group Let's Hang On is coming to the Pasco-Hernando Community College Performing Arts Center in Florida on Feb. 7, 2009. [Tampa Bay Times]
• The UK based Chameleon blog has posted a perspective piece entitled "Looking Back to the future."
• Jersey Boys Toronto recently got some great press coverage from: Broadway World, Toronto Sun, and The Star.
• Michelle Alexandria recently reviewed Jersey Boys Las Vegas for Eclipse Magazine.  And according to The Las Vegas News Feed Blog the Las Vegas Review-Journal has named Jersey Boys Las Vegas at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino the the number one show of 2008.
• The 1st National Tour of Jersey Boys is finishing up in Pittsburgh, PA and getting ready to head to Hartford, CN.  While in Pittsburgh they garnered several great reviews from Pittsburgh Live, Observer-Recorder, and Post-Gazette.
• The History Mike Blog named Frankie Valli the #1 falsettos in Rock and Pop history.
• The Chicago Examiner has an 'update' story about the success of Jersey Boys Chicago and details on recent cast member changes.  In addition, the Worcester Telegram & Gazzette has a focus piece on Chicago cast member Merissa Haddad.

WLIT Radio Interview Of Jersey Boys Chicago Cast Posted To YouTube

Mike over at the Jersey Boys Forum notes that Chicago WLIT's Melissa Forman recently had the "Chicago company of JERSEY BOYS in the studio to discuss the new block of tickets that went on-sale to the public Friday, January 23 at 10 a.m. for performances April 14 through July 12, 2009.

Here is Part 1 via You Tube:

Here is Part 2 via You Tube:

JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #066 - Interview with Jersey Boys Las Vegas Cast Members Eric Bergen and Jeff Leibow

The Jersey Boys Podcast #66 (recorded for Thursday, January 29, 2009) is an interview show with Jersey Boys Las Vegas cast members with Eric Bergen who plays Bob Gauido and Jeff Leibow who plays Nick Massi.  This interview was recorded at the Palazzo Resort and Casino in August 2008.

Listen! (Size: 15.1-MBs, Time: 32:51)

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Additional links mentioned in the podcast:

• Jersey Boys Info
• Jersey Boys Blog
• The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette Frankie Valli and the Four Season's fan site
• Steve @ Twitter & Friendfeed

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Sherry" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "In My Eyes" [Frankie Valli Close Up/Valli CD]

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #065 - Interview with J. Robert Spencer

Today's Jersey Boys Podcast #065 (produced on Wednesday, September 3, 2008) has a single focus - a great phone interview with Jersey Boys Broadway's J. Robert Spencer who plays the role of original Four Season Nick Massi. This interview was recorded on Friday, August 29, 2008.

Listen! (Size: 18.9-MBs, Time: 41:26)

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After listening to this interview you will get all the details on Bobby's current plans with Jersey Boys, and an in-depth update on all the projects he has been working on in conjunction with Jersey Boys plus a run down on his plans for the next couple of months.  Links mentioned with regards to the interview:

• US Open You Tube Link
• "Farm Girl In New York" (2007) movie
• Anywhere Road
• "Handel's Messiah Rocks" (Boston, September 21, 2008)
• "Next To Normal" (Washington DC)
• Shenandoah Conservatory
• "Heterosexuals" (2008) movie
• J. Robert Spencer on MySpace

In addition, the following links mentioned during this podcast:

• Technorama's Star Trek Experience Tour Podcast
• Tee Morris
• Nobilis

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Don't Let Go" [Dawn (Go Away) CD]
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #064 - Interview with Steve Gouveia & Major News Update

The Jersey Boys Podcast #064 was recorded on Saturday, August 9th, 2008.  Today's show contains an interview with Jersey Boys 1st National Tour Member Steve Gouveia who stars in the role of Nick Massi, and then we have a big news recap covering all things Jersey Boys.

Listen! (Size: 20.9-MBs, Time: 45:42)

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Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Let's Hang On" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "Girl Come Running" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "The Night" [The Motown Years]
• "Sunday Kind of Love" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "C'Marianne" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]

Links mentioned in this podcast includes (yes ... there are a lot!):

• Jersey Boys Broadway:
  • Gazette.com, TheStar, ChicagoBusiness, NY1,  WSJ, Blog-NJ,  Playbill,  Barnes&Noble, NYPost, BroadwayWorld, JerseyBoysBlog
• Jersey Boys London:
  
  • PodFinderUK, British-Towns.net, BexleyTimes, London Broadway
• Jersey Boys Chicago:
  
  • Gapersblock, HeadCandy, Chicago Tribune, Post Chronicle, Journals@AOL
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour:
  • BBB Blog, Star Telegram, Dallas Observer, Telegram, TalkinBroadway, DallasVoice, Clevescne, Variety,  CityBeat
• Jersey Boys Las Vegas:
  • Palazzo, BroadwayWorld, LVRJ, RawVegas, LasVegasAdvisor, YouTube, KNPR, NY Daily News, Variety
• Jersey Boys Australia:
  • SMH
• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons:
  • Boston.com#1, About.com, Walmart.com, Mog.com, Variety#1, Variety#2, AllAboutJazz, Broadway.TV, YouTube, LocalSource, LeaderNewspapers, Roo.com, AmericanProfile, TheStar, VanillaCarmel, ThisWeekInPhilly, AFP@Google, WABC, NashvilleCityPaper, NYTimes, Gossip@About.com, ChicagoTribune, Boston.com#2, Bloomberg, Gulfnews
• Bob Gaudio:
  • Star-Telegram, Playbill
• John Lloyd Young:
• PlayBill#1, TheaterMania, PlayBill#2
• Michael James Scott:
• Liberace Museum, BroadwayVegas
• Travis Clover
• Joseph Leo Bwarie:
• Blah Blah Blah Blog, SocialWhirl
• Christopher Kale Jones
• J. Robert Spencer:
• Playbill
• Christan Hoff:
• Playbill
• Daniel Reichard:
• Playbill
• Rick Faugno:
• YouTube
• Miscellaneous:
• Jersey Babys CD
• Wikipedia on "A Sunday Kind Of Love"
• ValliSeasons Group on Yahoo
• Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (GILG)

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #063 - Tribute To John Altieri, Review of Jersey Boys Las Vegas, & Interview with Eric Gutman

The 63rd edition (recorded on 5/11/08 - Happy Mother's Day!) of the Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted.   This podcast includes: a tribute to the late John Altieri; a review of Jersey Boys Las Vegas with highlights of the Opening Night Party on May 3, 2008 at the Palazzo Resort and Casino; and an interview with Jersey Boys 1st National Tour & Broadway member Eric Gutman.

Listen! (Size: 23.9-MBs, Time: 52:19)

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We also bring you the new announcement for Jersey Boys Radio, a 24/7 streaming music station on the Internet for Jersey Boys and Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons fans.  Other topics discussed include:

• Jersey Boys Store
• JerseyBoys @ Flickr [RSS]
• Audrey @ Four Seasons Neighborhood Bus Tour
• 1st Four Seasons Neighborhood Bus Tour Review
• American Theatre Wing
• Taylor Sternberg's Tour That Blog

Additional links with coverage related to Jersey Boys Las Vegas: TheStripPodcast (206.424.4737); USA Today; Newsblaze; Las Vegas Weekly; Erich Bergen on KVVU TV; Broadway World; Daily Mail; Las Vegas Sun; Vegas Stripping; Celebrity News 24/7; LA Times; The Star; Theater Dogs; The Star; Las Vegas Review Journal; BrightCove; Las Vegas Weekly; and Kathy Johnstone's pictures from Jersey Boys Las Vegas Open Night.

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Who Loves You" [Jersey Baby CD]
• "Rag Doll" [Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons Reunited LIVE CD]
• "Working My Way Back To You" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]

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