American Realness, the acclaimed festival that has established itself as 'spunky, smart' and 'a stronghold of forward-thinking, category-defying performance' (The New York Times), will run January 10-20, 2013. Check out the festival trailer below!
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: The One. The Only. The Original. opened on Broadway on Friday night, October 19th and runs through Saturday, October 27, 2012. BroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow was on the scene, where he chatted with Valli about the big opening. Check out what he had to say below!
On the second season premiere of ABC's comedy SUBURGATORY titled 'Homecoming' - When Tessa returns to Chatswin after spending the summer in NYC with her grandmother, her burgeoning interest in her mom leaves George feeling threatened. Check out the clips below!
A Broadway Concert Event (Robert Ahrens, Eva Price and Manny Kladitis) and Live Nation (Jason Stone) will present for the first time in concert on the Great White Way, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons On Broadway. After years of playing thousands of venues from San Francisco to Savannah to Sydney, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will celebrate the their 50th anniversary at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) in an all new concert production for a limited 7 performance engagement from Friday, October 19 through Saturday, October 27, 2012.
Valli himself spoke with BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge earlier today to chat about what to expect from the big concert event. Check out what he had to say below!
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is proud to announce the Hollywood community is once again rallying together and lending its support to the third SU2C primetime television fundraising special on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT).
Play dates on Rodeo Drive, ironing the baby's Burberry, personal chefs and over-the-top parental demands are only just the tip of the iceberg for a group of nannies that work for high powered families living in the most exclusive zip code in the country. Watch the 'do's and don'ts' of BEVELERLY HILLS NANNIES below!
On July 3, the Broadway company of JERSEY BOYS welcomed back John Lloyd Young, who created the role of Frankie Valli in the original Broadway company and on the Grammy-winning, platinum cast album. for his performance, Mr. Young won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for Leading Actor in a Musical and a Theatre World Award.
BroadwayWorld was there on Tuesday night, July 10th to bring you video coverage of Young and the rest of the cast celebrating at the show's curtain call! Don't forget to check back later this month for a special Backstage with Richard Ridge, as he chats with Young about his return to the show!
A devout theater fan knows no holiday, and thankfully, many of Broadway's most beloved shows and performers nationwide don't either. So what's a theater enthusiast to do on this Independence Day? Check out a sampling of this year's most exciting 4th of July offerings and click below to revisit some of your favorites saluting our nation in song!
JERSEY BOYS opened in New Zealand at The Civic Center in Auckland, NZ on April 10. In this video, the stars of the show talk about the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, how four young men became such an overnight sensation, and how they dealt with problems which they encountered along the way. It also shows clips from some of the songs, such as 'Sherry, 'Walk Like a Man,' and more.
JERSEY BOYS Broadway stars Matt Bogart, Andy Karl, Jarrod Spector, Quinn VanAntwerp recently performed on 'Imus In The Morning' on the Fox Business News. The performance opens with Jarrod Spector (as Frankie Valli)singing 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You,' then the other three stars join him to sing a wonderful medley, including 'Who Loves You?' and the show-stopper, 'Oh What a Night.'
Jersey Boys just concuded its run in Sydney on December 8, and you can go inside the final performance in the video below! JERSEY BOYS is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
Cast members from the Las Vegas company of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS performed on 'The Doctors' today December 15. Clcik below to check out the performance!
In London, the cast of JERSEY BOYS is led by Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli, Matthew Wycliffe as Bob Gaudio, Jon Boydon as Tommy DeVito and Eugene McCoy as Nick Massi. Jon Lee plays the role of Frankie Valli at certain performances. The cast also includes Carl Au, Charlie Bull, Mark Carroll, Michael Conway, Chris Gardner, Lucinda Gill, Lauren Hall, Trina Hill, Mark Isherwood, Paul Iveson, Stuart Milligan, Tom Oakley, Jake Samuels, Jo Servi, Wayne Smith, Ben Wheeler and Rachael Wooding. THe show just celebrated 1500 performances, and you can go behind the scenes of the celebration below!
Watch a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway's Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning JERSEY BOYS. PIX 11 (WPIX-TV, Channel 11)'s Laurie Dhue recently went backstage for their 'Curtain Up' Broadway Week series to talk with Jarrod Spector who stars as Frankie Valli and learned to 'Walk Like a Man' with cast members Matt Bogart and Katie O'Toole. Click below to check it out!
JERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre. The show is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; Sydney, Australia; in cities across the U.S. on a National Tour and it will open in Auckland, New Zealand in April, 2012. Check out the current Broadway cast of JERSEY BOYS on Access Hollywood below!
The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, winner of four 2006 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2009, is celebratin two years in Australia this week! Click below to watch them sing a medley of Four Seasons hits on 'Sunrise'.
Some of the stars of PRISCILLA - Tony Sheldon, Sherry Vine, Bianca Del Rio, Will Swenson, Lady Bunny, Nick Adams and BeBe Zahara Benet - took Out.com behind the scenes of their recent photo shoot and spoke about the production. 'It's about finding family and finding nontraditional family and about finding yourself,' Swenson said. Watch the video below!
Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6 at City Center, will feature Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington, Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone. Lost in the Stars has music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It will be directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman. Broadway Beat got an exclusive sneak peek!
Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington,Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone will star in in Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6 at City Center. Lost in the Stars has music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It will be directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman. Broadway Beat went behind the scenes in rehearsal to capture a first look!
On November 7, a section of 52nd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue was renamed 'JERSEY BOYS WALK'. Original Four Seasons Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, along with members of the creative team including co-authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and the current cast participated in this momentous occasion.