Jersey Boys Podcast

JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #060 - The Latest Jersey Boys Related News & Fan Thank You!

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Today's Jersey Boys Podcast (recorded on 1/27/08) is a much needed Jersey Boys news catch-up  and  listener appreciation show.  We have news about Jersey Boys Broadway and all the current Tour locations including breaking news on Australia.  We also have updates on Four Seasons members Joe Long, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, and Tommy Devito.

Music segments (thanks to Rhino Records & Collector's Choice Music) played in this podcast includes:

• "Rag Doll" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "New York Lottery Commercial" [Jersey Boys Broadway Cast]
• "Streetfighter" [Streetfighter CD]
• "Medley of Beggin, My Eyes Adore You, and Who Loves You" [Jersey Boys SF Cast]
• "Hope & Glory" [Hope & Glory CD]

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• The movie "Grease"
• Jersey Boys Blog interview with Joe Long: Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3
• The Yahoo Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons mailing list
• Newark Star-Ledger's Top New Jersey Musicians
  
• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons sing the National Anthem at the Fiesta Bowl
  [Jersey Boys Blog#1 & #2, Sunday Gazette]
• UK's Tribute Band called "Let’s Hang On"
  
• Frankie Valli on National Public Radio (NPR)
  
• "The Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay Records" on NPR
  
• Tommy DeVito's legal problems [Law.com, Texas Record] 
• Variety on Jersey Boys Broadway Ticket Sales
• Playbill covers Michael Longoria (Frankie Valli on Broadway)
• Sebastian Arcelus new role as Bob Gaudio on Broadway [Broadway World, Jersey Boys Blog, Tuggar @ Blogspot, Playbill]
• Daniel Reichard's Christmas in Black & White show at the Metropolitan Room [Playbill, Jersey Boys Blog]
• Eric Gutman is now part of the Jersey Boys Broadway cast [Jersey Boys Blog]
• J. Robert Spencer new movie deal with Angel Light Pictures [PlayBill]
• Jennifer Naimo's "Many the Miles (a Cabaret)" [Broadway World, Playbill]
• Christian Hoff's solo concert "Exiled" [PlayBill, Broadway World, Jersey Boys Blog #1 & #2]
• Jersey Boys San Francisco coverage in the Mercury News, Variety, and the San Francisco Chronicle (plus YouTube video)
• Jersey Boys Las Vegas will be at the Palazzo Hotel and Casino [Broadway World, BBB-Blogger, Mochila, Jeremy Womack, Curious Minds Media]
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour in Seattle [BroadwayWorld, SeattleTimes, About.com, Jersey Boys Blog, BBB-Blogger]
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour in Houston, TX [Jersey Boys Blog, Houston Chronicle #1 & #2, and Blog]
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour in Toronto [Playbill, BroadwayWorld]
• Jersey Boys London has cast news [Jersey Boys Blog, Show & Stay UK, PlayBill]
• Jersey Boys Chicago continues to do very well [IBJ, Broadway World]
• Klezmer Podcast

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JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #041 - Major Tour News Update

The 41st Jersey Boys Podcast (recorded for May 8, 2007) has been released.  This podcast has details about the Jersey Boys Tour, Jersey Boys Broadway, Jersey Boys Las Vegas, happy birthday wishes to Frankie Valli, and condolences for the passing of Mary Delgado Valli.

In addition there are also mentions of Tour Cast locations: Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Tempe, AZ; Canada; and London.

The sources for today's podcast comes from: Broadway World, Jersey Boys Blog, CBC.ca, Sign On San Diego, Playbill, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, PR Newswire, Eric Gutman Blog, and Jennifer Namo Blog.

Song samples played in this podcast include: 'New Town' and 'Born To Wander' [both from the Born To Wander album via CCMusic].  There is also a short audio segment of Frankie Valli on the Mike Douglas show singing 'Happy Birthday' mixed into today's podcast.

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Jersey Beat - New Box Set Of Four Seasons Music & Video

The Jersey Beat (a new box set with the music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons) can be ordered online now from Amazon.  It includes 3 CDs of music, and 1 DVD of videos.  It is suppose to ship on June 5, 2007.

Jersey Boys Tour Expansion Announced

The Jersey Boys Tour has announced their new expansion locations and dates:

• Tempe, AZ - September 2007
• San Diego, CA - October 2007
• Costa Mesa, CA - November 2007
• Seattle, WA - December 2007
• Houston, TX - January 2008
• Tampa, FL - February 2008
• Minneapolis, MN - March 2008
• Cleveland, OH - June 2008

Tommy DeVito's Website

Tommy DeVito's website for purchasing his new CD "A Man Of All Seasons: 1st Season, Summer" is now online at: tommydevito.com.

Costco Gets Into The Jersey Boys Spirit

Costco Online Entertainment Tickets is selling a New York Broadway Weekend for Two that includes tickets to the Jersey Boys.

John Lloyd Young Extension Announced

John Lloyd Young has announced via his blog a 7-month extension to his current contract to continue playing Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys.  Congrats!!

He is however going to take an immediate two-week vacation, and my wife Chirsty is going to miss the opportunity to see his performance on October 11th.

Other sources: Jersey Boys Blog, PlayBill, BroadwayWorld

Summary Of Latest Jersey Boys News

Here is some news that we have been following with regards to Jersey Boys:

• Cast Members:
  • Pictures: theatermania, broadway.com
  • Tituss Burgess: theatermania, broadwayworld
  • Matthew Scott: jerseyboysblog
  • Jennifer Naimo: jerseyboysblog
  • Bobby Spencer: jerseyboysblog, app, broadwayworld
  • John Lloyd Young: browndailyherald, usaweekend
  • Mary Delgado: jerseyboysblog
  • Daniel Reichard: broadwayworld
  • Chrisitan Hoff: broadwayworld (video)
• Production:
  • London Calling?!?
  • Cast CD [playbill]
  • Box Office Totals
  • 300th Show
  • Balloon Photo Contest [balloonfestival.com]
  • San Francisco Update
  • Marshall Brickman on A&E's Breakfast With The Arts
  • On Sirus Radio - Seth Rudetsky
  • Des McAnuff [broadwayworld]
• Original Four Seasons:
  • Bob Gaudio: Cigar Aficionado [article]
  • Frankie Valli: broadwayworld, biz.yahoo.com (for Grease), app, uca.edu

Jersey Boys Balloon Contest

The Jersey Boys Broadway team reports that they will have a balloon at the Quick Check New Jersey Balloon Festival from July 28-30, 2006. If you take a photo of the balloon, and send it to them you can have a chance to win a limited edition signed opening night poster!

Snap your photo and send it to:

Jersey Boys Balloon
c/o Dodger Theatricals Marketing
311 W. 43rd Street, Suite 603
New York, New York 10036

Or you can e-mail to:

info@JerseyBoysBroadway.com with “Balloon” as the subject.
Be sure to include your name, address and contact number. 

"One grand prize winning photograph, chosen by the Jersey Boys Company, will be featured on the website.  The photographer will receive a signed limited edition opening night poster.  Five (5) additional photos will be chosen to be posted on the Jersey Boys website.  Entries must be received by August 7, 2006. Prizes are subject to change at the discretion of the production."

Des McAnuff Trades La Jolla for Ontario

Over the last week of or so there has been a lot of coverage of Des McAnuff leaving the La Jolla Playhouse as the Artistic Director: Mercury News,  San Diego Union-Tribune, Playbill, Broadway, and BroadwayWorld.

According to the New York Times (confirmed by BroadwayWorld) he is going to be one of three Artistic Directors of the Stratford Festival - a classical repertory theater in Ontario, Canada.

Some Jersey Boys Related News

SeattlePI - "Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be performing July 15, 2006 at the 2,500-seat Tulalip Amphitheatre. The venue north of Marysville features indoor food concessions (including traditional salmon-bake dinner) as well as beer and wine garden."

Broadway World - "Des MacAnuff (director of Jersey Boys) has a new endeavor starting in San Diego called Zhivago, the new musical based the epic Boris Pasternak novel, which will run from May 9th through June 24th at the La Jolla Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.  The musical will open on May 25th. Part of the cast for Zhivago includes Melissa Hoff who is married to Christian Hoff (who plays Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys)."

And FoxNews.com Roger Friedman writes:

Broadway is about to have a very weird couple of weeks leading up to the Tony deadline. Some shows, like "The Drowsy Chaperone" and "The Threepenny Opera," are warmly anticipated. Others are not. So far, “Jersey Boys” looks like far and away the winner of the year — and deservedly so. And it does seem that "Grey Gardens," which opened off-Broadway, is the big story of the spring, even if it’s not eligible for the Tony awards.

Susie at Jersey Boys Blog recently noted on the Yahoo! Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons mailing list that on YouTube.com you can see a B&W version of Big Girls Don't Cry.

Also ... it looks like the Beattles are planning to be part of a Las Vegas production that will use "new" music?

End Of The Year Jersey Boys Link Fest

I thought the two weeks between Christmas and New Year were going to be slow news weeks for Jersey Boys and Frankie Vali and The 4 Seasons.  Boy was I wrong ...

Jersey Boys has been highlighted in several best of lists or reviews for 2005 (must see in 2006): Playbill#1, HearldNet, UPI, NY1, Playbill#2, Broadway.com, Yahoo.com, NY Daily News, NewsDay, NY Times (registration required), USA Today, and Epoch Times.

Several cast and staff members have had articles focused on them: Sergio Trujillo, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young (audio), Michael Longoria, Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice,   There were also Jersey Boys segments that recent aired with Cathie Lee Gifford on the "The Insider" via Entertainment Tonight and Theater Talk.

In addition,, Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons will be playing Atlantic City Caesars on Feb. 24 & 25, 2006. [bergen.com]  Frankie was also recently on XM Broadway Channel 28 for an interview, and with Phlash Phelps on XM Channel 6 or DirecTV Channel 803.

Whew .... Happy 2006!

Ton of Jersey Boys News

Here is a quick summary of new items we have been following:

• Business: More Tickets On Sale,  Tickets Selling Extremely Well (compare with other shows)
• New reviews: Gay City News, New York Daily News, WABC
   
• Frankie Valli will be performing at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey on May 4, 2006 at 8:00PM EDT. Tickets: (201) 227-1030. [SOURCE: FrankieValliandTheFourSeasons Yahoo Mailing List]

Also ... the cast has been getting some good interviews/coverage:

• 'Home town paper' does a piece on J. Robert "Bobby" Spencer [thanks Jersey Boys Blog!]
• Corine Cohen has a great interview with John Lloyd Young
• Playbill's Wayman Wong has a Q&A with Daniel Reichard.

Business of Broadway Shines for Jersey Boys

Variety reports (15Nov05) that Jersey Boys box office gross sales was "[the] biggest winner with $667,407, rising $244,669 in the wake of strong reviews" from the previous week.

But probably more importantly, Broadway.com is reporting (21Nov05) that:

Jersey Boys has broken the house record at the August Wilson Theatre, formerly the Virginia Theatre (245 West 52nd Street).   For the week ending November 20, the musical grossed $689,839.00--up $2,423.00 on the previous house record set by Little Shop of Horrors in December, 2003.

Great Sales Numbers For Jersey Boys

BroadwayWorld.com is reporting that Jersey Boys Broadway sold $529,100 in single tickets the following day after the premiere on Sunday night.  In addition as of the morning of Nov. 9th (Wed), the August Wilson Theatre reported box office sales over $1 million.