January 25, 2011
The votes have all been counted and audited and BIG news for Jersey Boys Las Vegas in the BroadwayWorld.com 2010 Las Vegas Awards! The show and many of its talented cast members, as well as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, are WINNERS!
The below are the Top awards for Jersey Boys:
* Best Book Musical: JERSEY BOYS
* Best Choreography in a Strip Show: Sergio Trujillo, JERSEY BOYS
* Best Concert (Short Run): Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
* Best performance by a featured actress in a musical: Lauren Tartaglia, JERSEY BOYS
* Best performance by a lead actor in a musical: Rick Faugno, JERSEY BOYS
* Best Local Show: Rick Faugno’s “Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)”
* Best Off-Strip Performance in a Play: Rick Faugno, “Songs My Idols Sang and (Danced)”
Congratulations to all the Jersey Boys Las Vegas winners, Runners & nominees!
{Via BWW 2010 Awards by BroadwayWorld.com}
On Broadway, Jersey Boys grossed $933,386 and had a 84.3% attendance rate for the week ending January 23, 2011. The 19 shows on the boards grossed $12,343,580, dropping nearly 11% from the previous week.
Below are the Top 10 Grosses for the week ending January 23, 2011.
1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,401,082
2. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,338,162
3. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $993,169
4. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $933,386
5. American Idiot – (ST. JAMES) $901,450
6. Billy Elliot: The Musical – (IMPERIAL) $739,234
7. The Addams Family – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $709,646
8. Memphis – (SHUBERT) $698,848
9. Mary Poppins – (NEW AMSTERDAM) $571,885
10. The Phantom of the Opera – (MAJESTIC) $557,476
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
Jersey Boys Musical sets Box Office Records For 2nd Time In Boston, grossing $1,147,250 for the week ending January 23, 2011. This tops the previous record of $1,127,032 for the week ending January 2, 2011.
Jersey Boys began performances in Boston on Thursday, December 16 and will play through Sunday, January 30.
The cast of Jersey Boys is lead by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), original Broadway cast member Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi), Quinn VanAntwerp (Bob Gaudio), with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.
Jersey Boys is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).
Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. It’s a journey of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were thirty.
Jersey Boys will be performing at the Colonial Theatre until January 30, 2011. Jersey Boys will next play Baltimore, Hippodrome Theatre from February 2 through February 27.
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January 13, 2011
The lights of Broadway are shining on former Chandler-Gilbert Community College student and Gilbert native Ryan Jesse. Jesse, 25, recently made his Broadway debut in the role of Bob Gaudio in “Jersey Boys,” the award-winning musical.
Ryan Jesse says he feels blessed to be performing on Broadway only three years after completing his musical theater degree from the University of Northern Colorado. “It’s great and it’s amazing to be where I never thought possible,” Jesse said. “To be at a place in my life where my childhood dreams are realized is incredible, and it’s an honor to get to do this every night.”
Jesse’s love for the stage was further ignited when he first set foot in the local junior high school’s drama classroom, which was filled with props and set pieces.
“I thought to myself, ‘There can’t be anything in the world more exciting and fun than this. If there’s any possible way people would pay you to do this, why would anybody want to do anything else?’ ”
Jesse’s parents, CGCC dance Professor Sally Jesse and theater Professor Gordon Jesse, are thrilled with their son’s success but say they keep him grounded by reminding him of the capriciousness of the business and encouraging him to continue working on his craft.
Jesse is taking the advice of his parents and cast mates to heart.
“Many of my fellow cast members tell me that you only do this once in your life, so take your time and enjoy it. I keep reminding myself of that,” Jesse said. “And with a show that’s as good as this, you know people are going to like it, so you just need to do your job and have fun. That’s what I’m doing, and I’m having a great, great time.”
Jersey Boys opened on Broadway to critical acclaim in November 2005, is the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time.
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January 12, 2011
The cast of “Jersey Boys,’’ the musical that’s shattering Boston box office records, took to the parquet at the TD Garden last night to belt out the national anthem before the Celtics [team stats]-Rockets tilt.
The touring company, which has never returned to a city except for Boston, has been embraced by theatergoers who can’t get enough of the story and music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
“Boston is the first city we’ve ever gone back to and we love it,’’ said Joseph Leo Bwarie, the Emerson College grad who channels Frankie and his falsetto six shows a week. “We’ve had the highest box office sales in the history of the Colonial Theatre. And (the theater) is 110 years old!’’
Bwarie said Boston is so taken with the Tony Award-winning musical that during a show last Saturday night, the fire alarm went off during Act 2 and the audience barely skipped a beat.
“The enthusiasm was hot, smokin’ hot,’’ laughed Joe. “During a tender moment of the show. we all had to be evacuated from the building. So there were these lovely ladies in their 70s coming down the fire escapes in their sequins and jewels to the back alley of the Colonial.”
The cast and audience cooled their heels outdoors until they got the signal that it was OK to go back inside, whereupon a good 90 percent of the audience returned to see the end of the show!
“So we went back and finished,’’ he said. “But while we were waiting in the wings and everyone was being seated, the entire audience sang, ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.’ Can you imagine? It was incredible.’’
Jersey Boys will be performing at the Colonial Theatre until January 30, 2011 then it’s off to Hippodrome Performing Arts Center in Baltimore MD.
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January 5, 2011
The Boston engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys broke the box office record at the Colonial Theatre, grossing $1,127,032 for the week ending January 2, 2011. This tops the previous record of $1,115,241 set by The Producers in 2003, according to Broadway Across America.
Jersey Boys began performances in Boston on Thursday, December 16 and will play through Sunday, January 30. Jersey Boys will next play Baltimore, Hippodrome Performing Arts Center from February 2 through February 27.
Jersey Boys’ still has a few weeks to try to break its own record: The show runs through Jan. 30.
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