Jersey Boys 2007 - Articles Page 17

Les Miserables at the The Hollywood Bowl has completed casting, and BroadwayWorld.com has the scoop!

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey begins its 2008 Season with one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, The Comedy of Errors. The madcap hijinks begin on April 30 and continue through May 18. The Theatre also announced an addition to its early curtain performances.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting for the sixth and final production of its 2007/2008 Season, the World Premiere of the new musical SAVED.

The National tour of Jersey Boys, the Grammy® and Tony® Award winning Best Musical, plays its 500th performance this Friday, March 14. The tour is currently in its final week (through March 15) at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Morsani Hall, where it has been one of the most successful engagements in the theatre's history. The show set a new box office record for the week ending March 9, grossing $1,705,414, and it also set a new record for Carol Morsani Hall on Saturday night, March 8 opened to a sold-out house of 2,586 patrons.

Chicago's record-breaking 'Jersey Boys' places new block of tickets on-sale Friday, March 28th at 10AM.

Representing the print and electronic media, 21 members of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announced the winners of 36 drama awards and 31 musical awards from 243 nominated actors, designers, productions, and more reviewed in 2007. Over 400 productions were seen in 2007 by Circle critics reviewing theatre from San Jose to Santa Rosa, San Francisco to Concord.

Broadway In Chicago and the producers of Jersey Boys are thrilled to announce that in response to overwhelming demand and critical acclaim, the record-breaking Jersey Boys will be taking-up residence in the Downtown Theatre District for a sit-down company of Jersey Boys to continue performances for as long as the public demands at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe).

Chicago's enthusiasm for the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys extends beyond the LaSalle Bank Theatre and into the community at large as 2007 Synchronized Skating Team National Champions, the Starlights, compete with routine set to JERSEY BOYS medley. Members of the Jersey Boys cast will be in attendance on Saturday, February 16 at 9:45AM as the Starlights perform their synchronized skating program at Millennium Park's McCormick Tribune Ice Rink.

The 11th Annual Broadway Bears auction line-up, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on February 17 at 7PM, is here! Each year, 'Broadway Bears: A Costumed Teddy Bear Auction' is a much-anticipated BC/EFA event. These specially-designed bears (often using actual material from their respective Broadway productions, and autographed by the stars) raised $130,000 last year. BC/EFA hopes to reach even higher this winter!

Jersey Boys, the Tony Award winning Best Musical, will open in Melbourne, Australia at the Princess Theatre in March 2009.

Jersey Boys, the award-winning Broadway musical, will open in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on Tuesday 18 March, following previews from 28 February.

The Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys, winner of four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical, ended 2007 by setting new house records all over the country last week.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Jersey Boys, produced by Bob Gaudio and recipient of the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, celebrates 100 weeks on Billboard's 'Top Cast Albums' chart.

Sebastian Arcelus will join the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys, the Tony Award winning Best Musical, in the role of Bob Gaudio on Thursday, January 10. Daniel Reichard, who originated the role at La Jolla Playhouse and on Broadway, will play his final performance on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.

'Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 9,' holiday music from the Broadway stars of the 2007 season, is on sale now!

Broadway's smash hit Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, performs at The 5th Avenue Theatre December 5, 2007 - January 12, 2008.

The Broadway production of Jersey Boys, the Tony Award winning Best Musical, resumes performances on Thursday, November 29 at the August Wilson Theatre.

Broadway In Chicago and TheatreDreams are thrilled to announce the Chicago engagement of Jersey Boys has set a new house record for the third time since opening in October at the LaSalle Bank Theatre. For the week ending Sunday, November 25, the show grossed $1,244,001.62.

LATEST NEWS: No official news is yet available, though NY1 and other news sources are reporting that optimism is in the air. Both sides spoke positively earlier in the day about reaching a resolution, but no official announcements have yet been made. A press conference is expected later this evening.

On Wednesday November 21 - during what would have been his final Broadway performance of his Tony Award-winning role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys - John Lloyd Young arrived outside the August Wilson Theatre to sign-in for the last time.

THE BROADWAY STAGEHANDS STRIKE OF 2007 HAS OFFICIALLY COME TO AN END! BroadwayWorld offers the most comprehensive information to guide theatre-fans through the mayhem of rescheduled events and ticket information.

The Chicago engagement of Jersey Boys broke the weekly gross house record at the LaSalle Bank Theatre for the second time. The box office took in a total of $1,143,780.04 for the 8-performance week ending November 18, 2007.

The front row of the center orchestra seats will be made available for $25 for every performance of Jersey Boys playing the Curran Theatre now through December 30, 2007

The 2007 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards ceremony was held November 12 at downtown's The Orpheum Theatre. The nights big winners included Sleeping Beauty Wakes (World Premiere Musical), Film Chinois (World Premiere Play) and Jersey Boys (Touring Production)...