Joseph Leo Bwarie News

The Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys comes to Washington D.C. October 1-December 12 at the National Theatre.

The Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys comes to Washington D.C. October 1-December 12 at the National Theatre.

Casting has been announced for the Washington, D.C., premiere engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the National Theatre October 1 through December 12. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio), and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo, a Washington native.

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

Casting has been announced for the Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26 (press night Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM).

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS set a new box office record at the Shubert Theatre, grossing $1,313,979 for the week ending August 2, 2009. The previous record of $604,396.75 was held by Riverdance. JERSEY BOYS opened to rave reviews on Wednesday, July 29 and it will play through Saturday evening, September 26.

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

Casting has been announced for the Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26 (press night Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM).

The Raleigh engagement of Jersey Boys opened to rave reviews on Friday night, June 26 at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, where it will play through July 18, 2009. From there, the national tour will play Boston, MA July 23 through September 26, 2009.

The Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Matt Bailey (Tommy DeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli), Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio) and Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Joseph Siravo.

The Raleigh engagement of Jersey Boys opened to rave reviews on Friday night, June 26 at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, where it will play through July 18, 2009. From there, the national tour will play Boston, MA July 23 through September 26, 2009.

Additional performances for the 63rd Annual Tony Awards® Telecast were announced today. Dolly Parton along with the cast of 9 to 5: The Musical; Elton John with the cast of Billy Elliot, The Musical; Liza Minnelli; Stockard Channing; and the band Poison along with the cast of Rock of Ages, will be taking the stage, joining previously announced performances by this year's Tony-nominated Best Musicals and Best Musical Revivals, including: Billy Elliot, The Musical; Guys and Dolls; HAIR; Next to Normal; Pal Joey; Rock of Ages; Shrek the Musical; and West Side Story.

The Dramatists Guild of America has issued a stern statement regarding the presumed omission of the 'Best Book of a Musical' award from the Tony Award Ceremony this Sunday. The full statement from the D.G.A. President, noted Composer Stephen Schwartz, is as follows:

Casting has been announced for the Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, September 26 (press night Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM).

Laura Benanti and Brian Stokes Mitchell will host the Creative Arts portion of the 2009 Tony Awards. At 7pm, viewers will be able to login at TonyAwards.com to watch the Creative Arts categories immediately prior to the CBS Broadcast. It is not yet known which awards will fill this segment, however last year's categories included Best Orchestrations and the Design awards.

Enjoy the theater industry's annual celebration of Broadway's best at the Center's fifth annual TONY® AWARDS Party on Sunday, June 7 in the McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square (345 N. College Street). Doors to the McGlohon Theatre will open at 7 p.m., with the broadcast beginning at 8 p.m.

Additional performances for the 63rd Annual Tony Awards® Telecast were announced today. Dolly Parton along with the cast of 9 to 5: The Musical; Elton John with the cast of Billy Elliot, The Musical; Liza Minnelli; Stockard Channing; and the band Poison along with the cast of Rock of Ages, will be taking the stage, joining previously announced performances by this year's Tony-nominated Best Musicals and Best Musical Revivals, including: Billy Elliot, The Musical; Guys and Dolls; HAIR; Next to Normal; Pal Joey; Rock of Ages; Shrek the Musical; and West Side Story.

The National Tour of JERSEY BOYS will play its 1,000th performance tomorrow, Saturday, May 30 at 2pm. The JERSEY BOYS National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, played a record-breaking run in Los Angeles and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. The tour is currently playing at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta where it began May 27 and will run through June 21, 2009.