Jersey Boys Podcast

Today’s Jersey Boys Podcast examines the new Jersey Boys Movie trailer & poster (IMDB), news, and an interview from our vault with Jersey Boys cast member John Gardiner.  The podcast starts off with a "fan thank you" intro from Daniel Reichard.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• John Lloyd Young
• Erich Bergen
• Miles Aubrey
• Donnie Kehr
• Erica Piccininni
• Clint Eastwood
• Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Q&A with Frankie Valli at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Monday June 2, 2014
• Midtown Men
• Under The Street Lamp
• The Four Lovers CD @ Amazon
• The Motown Years @ Amazon
• Billy Dixon via YouTube
• Jersey Boys Blog & Podcast on Facebook

You can get all the latest news about Jersey Boys at the Jersey Boys Blog. If you want to see Jersey Boys the musical then check out Jersey Boys Info (Broadway, Tour, London, etc).

The music samples played in this podcast come from: Off Seasons: Criminally Ignored Sides from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (with  “Big Man's World”); John’s CD “The Way We Weren’t”; and Jersey Boys Musical CD (with “Backup Sessions”).

 Listen! (Size: 19.8-MBs, Time: 21m16s)

This podcast includes: a quick review of the current news related to the Jersey Boys Musical (see show notes prep for links); Christy's review of Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young (JLY) return to Jersey Boys Broadway playing the role Frankie Valli; and an interview from our archive with Jersey Boys Las Vegas cast member Nikka Wahl.

Song segments played in this podcast:

• "Candy Girl" by THE MIDTOWN MEN
• "Stay" by The Four Seasons [Anthology CD]
• "Stay" by Jersey Boys Broadway
• "Sherry" by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons [Reunited Live]
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" by John Lloyd Young  [My Turn ...]
• "Since I Fell For You" by John Lloyd Young  [My Turn ...]
• "Hey There, Lonely Girl" by John Lloyd Young  [My Turn ...]

 Listen! (Size: 32.2-MBs, Time: 34m47s)

Currently making preparations for putting out a new podcast. As we work on the production, we will update this blog post with the latest info.

The main focus: review of John Lloyd Young's (JLY) return to Broadway; updates on news (remember the best place is the Jersey Boys Blog); a cast member "vault" interview from a Jersey Boys Las Vegas visit; and a bunch of music samples (including a medley from JLY new album & "Stay").

Current Jersey Boys news:

• Tour: Denver review (also CBS), Joseph Leo Bwarie leaving, Frankie Camp, Michael Lomenda interview
• Broadway: Jeremy Kushnier to return, Six Flags, Boston.com
• Movie: Seattle Times, FirstShowing, Empire, Mercury News, Examiner
• Australia: Opening in Brisbane, Return to Melbourne, MovieHole
• Las Vegas: Aaron MacKenzie
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Christmas Album

Current Four Seasons news:

• Bob Gaudio interview in Australia
• Frankie Valli touring UK: theguardian, EADT
• Frankie Valli NYC Concerts
• That Four Seasons' Sound Blog

Midtown Men news:

• Latest news from The Midtown Men on Facebook
• Midtwon Men PR from MarketWatch

JLY Medley @ end of the podcast (suggestions):

• From Linda: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me; Since I Fell for You; & Hey There, Lonely Girl
• From Carolyn: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me; Since I Fell for You; & Hey There, Lonely Girl
• Buy the new album on iTunes

Today's Jersey Boys Podcast is an interview from the archives (recorded August 2010) with Peter Saide who was at the time of the recording and also when we are publishing this podcast playing the lead role of Bob Guadio with the Jersey Boys Las Vegas company.  This podcast also includes news about: Jersey Boys Tour News (Ohio);  The MidTown Men's upcoming show in San Diego, CA (Sycuan) ; and Austrailia and New Zealand News from BroadWayWorld.

 Listen! (Size: 17.8-MBs, Time: 18m55s)

Song samples included in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records): "Sunday Kinda Love" [Cast CD], The Sun Ain't Going To Shine (Anymore) [Anthology]; and Working My Way Back To You [Cast CD].

P.S. Thanks to John Lloyd Young for the podcast introduction! 

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)

Support the podcast via the Jersey Boys Podcast Amazon Store!

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]

Feedback options:

• Post a comment on: Jersey Boys World
• Jersey Boys Podcast Email Notification Service
• Send email to: [email protected]
• Twitter, Facebook

  Support the podcast via the Jersey Boys Podcast Amazon Store!

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)

Support the podcast via the Jersey Boys Podcast Amazon Store!

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]

Feedback options:

• Post a comment on: Jersey Boys World
• Jersey Boys Podcast Email Notification Service
• Send email to: [email protected]
• Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook
• Call the listener line with audio comments: 714-855-1946

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.

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)

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, [email protected], 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)

Feedback options:

• Send email to: [email protected]
• Follow me on sholden @ twitter or sholden @ friendfeed

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)

Support the podcast via the Jersey Boys Podcast Amazon Store!

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]

Feedback options:

• Post a comment on: Jersey Boys World
• Jersey Boys Podcast Email Notification Service
• Put yourself on the map: Jersey Boys Podcast Frappr Map
• Send email to: [email protected]
• Call the listener line with audio comments: 714-855-1946
• Follow me on sholden @ twitter

It is with significant sadness that the Jersey Boys Podcast has to share the news with our listeners that John Altieri, one of the most caring cast members of Jersey Boys 1st National Tour & Las Vegas, has passed away.  We just interviewed him on Thanksgiving Day 2007 in Orange County, and we were planning to see him at the opening night of Jersey Boys Las Vegas this past weekend.  Our hearts and prayers go out to his family, cast members, fans, and all those that knew him.  He will be missed.

Here are some additional memorials:

• From Erich Bergen
• Jersey Boys Blog
• Fan Photo Tribute
• From Taylor Sternberg
• From Eric Gutman

*NOTE: The picture attached to this blog post is with John with Christy taken in Dec. 2006 in San Francisco's Jersey Boys opening night party.

UPDATE (5/9/08): BroadwayWorld has more details on John's death and how you can contact his family. Backstage and TheaterMania also have coverage.