Summary Of Recent Jersey Boys Related News

Here is a pretty comprehensive summary of some recent news related to the Jersey Boys musical and the cast members:

Additional members of the Jersey Boys production have also gotten some good individual press recently:

Lastly, two members of the original Four Seasons continue to get the recognition they deserve:

Sources: Jersey Boys Blog, Google Alerts, and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Yahoo! mailing list.


What Is The Bother About Doubling?!?

NY Post has an article by Michael Riedel on some reported "doubling" of some songs in Jersey BoysJohn Lloyd Young has posted a response detailing the "doubling" endeavors underway with Jersey Boys on his blog.  There is also some interesting analysis from The Stage Online (out of the UK).

The official response is:

"The authors of JERSEY BOYS require any actor playing Frankie Valli (not specifically John Lloyd Young) and other featured actors in the show to have a second voice accompany them at certain moments during the show to recreate the authentic sound of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
The multiple voice technique was pioneered on the original Four Seasons records, and is talked about and explained in the show as part of the story of JERSEY BOYS!
Everything in JERSEY BOYS is sung live. Everyone who appears to be singing on-stage is singing live. There are no tapes or click tracks. Accompanying vocals are performed by members of the cast singing on or off stage."

My own personal opinion is that if it was good enough for Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons, then it is good enough for Jersey Boys.   And I don't think it takes away at all from anyone's personal performance.  Everyone is doing a fabulous job and giving 100% effort show after show.


Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons "Radio" Station

Here is a pointer to a relatively new site called Pandora that through their Music Genome Project offers up a pretty good stream of related music to match your listening taste and mood. 

Here is my "Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons" station to check out.  Let me know what you think!

Thanks to Amber & Leo at the Inside The Net podcast for the pointer.


Jersey Boys Podcast #005 - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade & WKCR Interview with J. Robert Spencer

The Jersey Boys Podcast #5 for November 30, 2005 includes content from:

Call the listener line at 206-337-0948 to leave your comments before Dec. 14, 2005 about Jersey Boys broadway production or this podcast you could win a Jersey Boys Cast CD free from JerseyBoysPodcast.com.

Rhino Records authorized song segments played in this podcast:

Thanks to Jersey Boys Broadway, Rhino Records, WKCR, Mihal Gartenberg, and Macy/NBC for the wonderful content in this fan production.