The Jersey Boys Tour Thread- Page 16

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 12:09pm

Jerseyboyslover, thanks for updating the cast list on the 2nd tour myspace page. And your page and all the detective work done to find out who's who was mentioned here.

Your Welcome!

we also all need to thank LizzieCurry for her finding for some of the cast members. LizzieCurry, thanks a ton for finding Craig Laurie! that guy is great! he is a bit of a flirt.

Specking of Craig, I had nothing else to do so I set up a fan site for him. http://www.freewebs.com/craiglauriefans

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 12:43pm

You're welcome! It was a joy. Perhaps to be repeated for the Vegas cast...

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 1:04pm

Perhaps to be repeated for the Vegas cast

looks like we will get to for a Vegas cast as well.

http://www.jerseyboysvegas.com/

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 1:08pm

Another post here: http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1397246

[antonijan]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 4:00pm

Shemarsmallow,

Rick was understudy so it's understandable he is not on stage and his role was replaced by Courter Simmons who I would love to see as Frankie).

I saw him leave at the stage door while everybody was going gaga over Erich :P

Other swings that I have seen at the rush line and after the show at the stage door includes:

The very sweet Jennifer Evans, the super-hyper Taylor Sternberg who was all over the place last night and Erik Bates who I also caught before dodging the fans at the stage door!

Other Johnny Hancocks that I got today were from Erick Bates and Sandra DeNise! My Jersy Boys and Jersey Girls are now complete!!!

Brandon Matthieus is like a deer or because he is so difficult to catch and always on the run!

I saw Sergio Trujillo again and I get speechless around him because he is just so talented and multi-award winning! I should have given him my number when I had the chance :P

Sergio...call me!!!

I will share some rush line stories later :P so stay tune!!! and some pics!

Too bad i cannot make it to the first show 2nite...unless they send me home again.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 4:03pm

the super-hyper Taylor Sternberg

that is one of the reasons we all love him! I love the video of him and Eric that erich posted.

[jochang621]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 4:40pm

I also wanted to give a shout out to John Altieri, whom I think is so talented and so good at every single role he plays. He's hilarious as Bob Crewe, down to the last detail, and I also love love love him in the car scene when they're going to Bloomfield.

It'll be fun to see what the new cast is going to do! Definitely going to miss the Sherry cast though.

[Shawk]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 4:54pm

Altieri is so good that I think some people don't realize that the guy playing Bob Crewe is the gangster from the car scene. :)

Another of my favorites is Miles Aubrey. Is there an instrument the guy doesn't play?

The entire cast is incredibly talented. It's been fun watching them.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 5:32pm

Miles Aubrey needs to do a John Doyle show sometime. I totally didn't realize he plays the drums during "Walk Like a Man" until last night.

Did Erich Bergen trip his first time going up the spiral stairs? (When he's following Joey?) I thought I heard some fangirl shriek and it seemed like Erich took a misstep, but maybe not.

[jochang621]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 8:49pm

Erich seems to have that effect on quite a number of fangirls...

[MelissaM]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 9:22pm

Heard that full dress rehearsal went without a hitch today. Can't wait to see Jarrod and the new cast take the stage at the Curran! Good luck to the new cast!

[mll85]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 9:23pm

Is anyone going to see the new cast tonight? If you are please post a review.

I'm going to try to see them at the matinee tomorrow.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/4/07 at 11:17pm

ok, I am getting ready to do a Q&A with some of the new cast members.

if you have a question please send them to me in a pm or on the myspace page.

now keep in mind the only people I have contact with are the ones on myspace and Jarrod, so make sure your question could be answered by any of the cast members.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 12:09am

A gift for all of you! they are a bit big but I am sure you dont mind.

[mll85]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 12:38am

Jerseyboyslover
Thanks for posting those pics. The new Jersey Boys look great. I'm still used to seeing Chris, Deven, Erich, and Michael, It'll just me some time getting Jarod, Steve, Jeremy, and Andrew. Can't wait to see the new boys on stage this weekend.

[Michael Lennon]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 12:47am

Thank you very much for posting those photos! I got a chance to see Steve Gouveia as Nick Massi while I was in New York, and he did a wonderful job. Jarrod Spector does a great job as Frankie Valli, as well.

I seriously think Jarrod looks like John Lloyd Young in the "Walk Like a Man" picture.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 12:50am

You are all very welcome!

Michael, great to see you on this board!

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 3:12am

Ok, I can't write anything right now since I'm about to fall into a coma from lack of sleep, but I just want to say that the new cast is AMAZING. I couldn't be more pleased with or for them. Drew (how he's listed in the playbill, not Andrew) and Jeremy were amazing! I laughed at lines I never knew were funny. So going back asap.

Also, Eric Gutman was selling merch tonight. Lol!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 3:18am

Also, Eric Gutman was selling merch tonight. Lol!

OMG! I would've bought something.

[mll85]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 3:20am

I'm probably going to rush tomorrow so it's good to hear positive things about the new cast.

Eric Gutman was selling merch tonight
Seriously. That's a bit out of place but I would like to see that but then I would probably end up buying stuff from him.
Updated On: 5/5/07 at 03:20 AM

[antonijan]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 5:15am

Shemars...please give us a review from both nights :P I will prolly rush next week and see the next group!

See how I have a new icon? I also made this....my JB wall :) see how they're at the middle?

[antonijan]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 8:13am

SF faultline just trembled from "Sherry Tour" withdrawal :P

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 10:09am

I think one of the main reasons I'm more interested in this 2nd cast is because of Steve Gouveia. I loved his Nick. Plus on a totally shallow note Jarrod is adorable :) Best of luck to all of them!!

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 10:42am

New cast!

I got to the rush line at about 3:15 and was third in line, so obviously had amazing seats. We saw a bunch of the old cast and new cast milling around and heard the last half of the run-through that they were doing inside. When the big board of names went up a bunch of the actors came out and proudly took pictures of it with their camera phones to send to their mothers. Adorable!

As I said, Eric Gutman was selling merch with his wife before the show. Erich & Jackie were also there - Erich looking incredibly dapper with blue suit & red tie.

I loved the show. I was so afraid that my love for Jersey Boys extended only to the Sherry cast, but last night proved that theory so incredibly wrong. I'll just go through part by part

Jeremy Kushnier is an amazing Tommy. He definitely plays it more like Deven than Christian Hoff, very over-the-top and theatrical. But his characterization is different enough from Deven's to make it a whole new experience - he lowers his speaking voice and makes it very raspy and it works so perfectly for the character. His singing voice is beautiful, too. (I think I laughed for a week at "Did some time in old Ohio!")

Jarrod I'd seen before, but wasn't too impressed by. He's improved IMMENSELY, and he has by far the best singing voice of the three Frankie's I've seen. It's just heavenly, I melted every time he opened his mouth. That is, once we got to "In the Mood for Love." Before that he's very nasal in an attempt to make him seem younger, and I think it's possibly the worst choice in the world. His acting is great, and while I don't feel he quite has the stage presence that Chris did, watching his face it seemed like he was reacting to everything as if it was the first time it happened to him. It was amazing. And he's justing stunning in the last half hour. The way he looks at the white box before "Fallen Angel" just broke my heart.

Drew. I've always had a soft spot for whoever plays Bob Gaudio, but I never thought anyone could be as good as (or better than, at parts) Erich. He's FANTASTIC. Like Jeremy, his characterization is very much the same as the Sherry cast's, but he made the role his own with so many little touches. He has an absolutely beautiful singing voice, and I don't think I've ever laughed so hard during "Oh What a Night" - his face when he says "I have to be romanced a little before I take my clothes off" was priceless. The revelation of the show. Also, the nicest person I've ever met.

Steve was the only one of the four I wasn't completely enamored with by the end of the show. I'd never seen the show without Michael Ingersoll before, and it was such a shock to have the Nick Massi be so... normal? It was so different from Michael's performance and didn't really click with me. He's fine, and looks to be having tons of fun in the big numbers, but when he's called upon to stand out it's just weird to watch. The audience liked hum, though, so who am I to say?

They've changed a few of the tracks slightly. For example, the guy who's in Eric Gutman's track is now playing guitar where Miles was in "Working My Way Back to You" and... that other song. Can't remember. That guy, by the way, is HILARIOUS as Crewe's assistant. So much so that I watched him in the background all through "Dawn."
Craig Laurie's Bob Crewe is very much like John Altieri's, and still hilarious. He has the role down. (He too, is the nicest person I've ever met.)

The rest of the supporting cast will take some getting used to, but I'm more than willing to try. And the females were really good in their thankless roles. The Mary Delgado has perfect comic timic but (I hate to say this) from the front row she kind of looks like Frankie's mother. But she's hilarious, so I didn't care too much.

It was so much fun, and I was so proud of them when they got to the curtain call. They looked so happy, and I saw them tearing up after the reaction to multiple songs. They deserve to do so well! I'm sad attendance has been dwindling for the past month.

It was their first night and they rushed a bunch of lines (and Jeremy screwed up a few). But if they bring the same energy and freshness to every performance, I'll hardly miss the Sherry Cast at all. Ok, that's not true. But they're more than worthy replacements.
And this cast will be STELLAR when Michael comes back mid-July. :)

Updated On: 5/5/07 at 10:42 AM

[jochang621]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 12:53pm

K, thanks for your review! That's awesome - I'm so relieved that they are a great cast, and it means more that it's coming from someone who loves the Sherry cast! I can't wait to see them.

About your thoughts about Nick Massi - I thought the same way you did after I saw Michael Ingersoll, and then saw Bobby Spencer on Broadway. I was a little disappointed that Bobby played Nick Massi so normally - he definitely didn't stand out at all. But perhaps he did this because it's a part of the character of Nick Massi, to be the "Ringo" of the group. Michael Ingersoll is a superstar, bubbling over with stage presence and star quality, and I love how he makes the part of Nick Massi seem bigger and funnier than it seemed on Bobby Spencer. But the only thing I can think of on why Bobby Spencer plays Nick that way, is that maybe it's Nick's role to be more blended into the background.

It's wonderful to see one role being interpreted in different ways.

Edited to add: John Lloyd Young also does the nasally young voice as well. I'm not sure if I liked that. But I realize that I'm being very nitpicky. ^^ I think you can also sound young without sounding nasal, as Chris Jones proved.
Updated On: 5/5/07 at 12:53 PM