Matt Bailey News

National tour of Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is an entertaining, if shallow, tribute to the enduring music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record for a touring Broadway show at the Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, for the week ending Sunday, December 21 with a gross of $1,924,310. The previous record was $1,659,826. The smash hit musical opened to rave reviews on Friday night, December 12, where it will play through January 3, 2009. JERSEY BOYS is part of the Denver Center Attractions subscription series at the Buell.

Due to popular demand, Dodger Theatricals and Dancap Productions Inc., announce additional Toronto performances for the smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS, now playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street) through November 9, 2008.

The Toronto engagement of JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on August 24, has been extended a second time, to Saturday, December 6. The Tony® and Grammy® award-winning musical is now playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street north of Sheppard Avenue).

Due to popular demand, Dodger Theatricals and Dancap Productions Inc., announce additional Toronto performances for the smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS, now playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street) through November 9, 2008.

Performances of the Toronto engagement of JERSEY BOYS begin tonight, Thursday, August 21 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street north of Sheppard Avenue).

Casting has been announced for the Toronto engagement of JERSEY BOYS, playing the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street north of Sheppard Avenue) beginning August 21, 2008.

JERSEY BOYS set a worldwide production box office record with the week ending July 21, 2008 at Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare Theatre. The Tony® and Grammy® award winning Best Musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, grossed $1,883,450 last week, shattering all records set by the production in New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, London and other tour cities. JERSEY BOYS opened to critical acclaim on June 20 at Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare Theatre, where it played its final performance on July 20, 2008. The national tour will next play Dallas, Texas, July 23 through August 16, 2008.

JERSEY BOYS, the Tony Award® winning Best Musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, opens tonight, Friday, June 20, in Cleveland's Playhouse Square for a five week engagement through July 20, 2008.

Jersey Boys set a new box office record in Minneapolis last week. The Tony® and Grammy® award winning Best Musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, grossed $1,373,196 for the week ending April 13, 2008, shattering the previous record of $1,371,894 held by The Lion King. Jersey Boys opened to critical acclaim on March 20 in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre, where it will play through April 20, 2008.

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.

BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 12/11/2007. Updates include: James Anest, Matt Bailey, George Costacos, Halley Wegryn Gross, John Moletress, Marni Raab, Melissa Strom, Kate Swan, Max von Essen, Darryl Winslow.

On April 23rd, at the Knitting Factory, an exciting mix of young writers, top Broadway talent and world musicians are uniting for a night of song, rhythm and rhyme to raise awareness and funds for Darfur

On April 23rd, at the Knitting Factory, an exciting mix of young writers, top Broadway talent and world musicians are uniting for a night of song, rhythm and rhyme to raise awareness and funds for Darfur.

The winners of the Kevin Kline Awards have been announced

Seventeen St. Louis theater companies are represented in the nominations for the second annual Kevin Kline Awards. Thirty-seven plays and musicals produced in the St. Louis area during 2006 now share 115 nominations in 22 different categories for the coveted award. The nominations were announced on KWMU-FM's 'Cityscape' on January 19.

BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 1/28/2007. Updates include: Matt Bailey, Donald Brenner, Casey Clark, John Treacy Egan, Connor Gallagher, Kate Erin Gibson, Larry Hamilton, Jeffrey Landman, Constantine Maroulis, Nina Negri, Andrea Ross, Melissa Strom, Marty Thomas, Julius Thomas III, Max von Essen, Anthony Wayne, Bill Weeden, David Weitzer.

The Night of the Hunter, the musical thriller based on the classic film, is currently being presented at the New York Musical Theatre Festival through October 1st at the 37 Arts Theatre

The Night of the Hunter, the musical thriller based on the classic film, will be presented at the New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 26th through October 1st at the 37 Arts Theatre

Dee Hoty has replaced Carolee Carmello, and Tom Gualtieri will step in for Ron Bohmer, in the upcoming NYMF musical The Night of the Hunter