The Jersey Boys Tour Thread- Page 72
The Jersey Boys Tour Thread
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1775Prudes in the audience
Posted: 11/6/07 at 1:39pm
Well according to someone over on the message board over at the Jersey Boys blog. Someone suposedly heard directly from JLY that Michael Longoria is being bumped up to the main Frankie. But they don't know the entire Vegas cast. They're getting the same rumors we are.
But so far, thses are the people who might be in the newest cast will be is according to the rumors floating around.
Frankie - Rick Faguno
Frankie Alt - Joseph Leo Bwarie
Tommy - Jeremy Kushnier
Nick - Jeff Leibow
Crewe - Jonathan Hadeley (doubts have been brought up by a few people if he is really going to vegas)
Mary - Joyce Chittick
Jersey girls - Lauren Tartaglia, Natalie Bradshaw
cast but not sure which role - Graham Fenton
Updated On: 11/7/07 at 01:39 PM
shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#1776Prudes in the audience
Posted: 11/6/07 at 1:44pmDon't forget Andrew Rannells.
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1778Vegas/SF
Posted: 11/6/07 at 2:06pm
Oh didn't mean to leave off Andrew Rannells as Bob, but I forogt to add these people who are supposedly also cast:
Mike Backes - Not sure which role
Michael James Scott - Barry Belson
And just my guess because of what someone posted on Jeremy's site. He's not leaving the Chicago cast until March so probably Bryan McElroy will be playing Tommy in the SF engagement. Although rumor has it a few other people will be switched to Vegas come that time.
Updated On: 11/6/07 at 02:06 PM
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1779We got the leads right, but how about the rest of the cast
Posted: 11/7/07 at 6:21pm
SHN posted the leads for the SF engagement and it's who we thought it was going to be.
Frankie - Rick Faguno
Bob - Andrew Rannells
Tommy - Bryan McElroy
Nick - Jeff Leibow
The article has a picture of the guys rehersing. Unfortunately they don't announce the complete cast, but maybe they will in the next few days.
Casting Announced for Holiday Engagement of JERSEY BOYS
Updated On: 11/7/07 at 06:21 PM
#1780We got the leads right, but how about the rest of the cast
Posted: 11/8/07 at 1:53am
I think they should just keep releasing the names 4 at a time. It'd be more interesting that way. 
Oh, since I'm here, here's an interview with Chris Jones and Deven May:
https://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/11/08/entertainment/dpt-happs08.txt
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1781Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 4:52am
From the press release posted on ATC.
"San Francisco, CA (November 8, 2007)…Casting has been announced for the special holiday encore engagement of JERSEY BOYS, set to play San Francisco’s Curran Theatre from November 20-December 30, 2007. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be lead by Rick Faugno (Frankie Valli), San Franciscan Jeff Leibow (Nick Massi), Bryan McElroy (Tommy DeVito) and Andrew Rannells (Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons with Jonathan Hadley and Ken Krugman. Fans of the San Francisco engagement of JERSEY BOYS may remember Rick Faugno, who played Joey in the original San Francisco cast, and went on to play Frankie Valli in that company. JERSEY BOYS is presented as a Special Engagement of the 2007-2008 Best of Broadway season, brought to you by Citibank, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays.
The cast will also include Mike Backes, Natalie Bradshaw, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Joyce Chittick, Graham Fenton, Julia Krohn, Jason Martinez, Kristofer McNeeley, Jonathan Gerard Rodriguez, Brad Russell, Kevin Russell, John Salvatore, Michael James Scott, Lauren Tartaglia and Colin Trahan."
Well, everyone we found before the press release ended up being cast. And considering that they announced the SF/Chicago cast a few days after they started performing, I'm suprised they got it out before the 20th. Now insted of guessing who's in, we can guess who was cast in what role for the one's we don't know and see if we can figure it out before the 20th or when they update the official site. Which ever comes first. Ken Krugman must be Gyp, so let's figure out who's playing: Pesci, Francine, Lorraine, Norm, Kuckles, Hank, and the swings.
CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR JERSEY BOYS
Updated On: 11/8/07 at 04:52 AM
#1782Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 11:17am
AH! I knew Ken Krugman sounded familiar. He was the trapeze artist Montparnasse! :)
http://www.broadwaylesmis.com/actors.asp?id=168
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1783Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 8:04pm
The new SF cast's bios are up on the official site.
Offical tour site
Updated On: 11/8/07 at 08:04 PM
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#1784Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 8:20pmI saw it again last night in San Diego. There were a few people out.
paikea
Chorus Member Joined: 7/17/07
#1785Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 8:51pm
Great-looking cast. LOVE Joyce Chittick's headshot. Finally, no more speculating, about SF at least. Now they should really update the Sherry cast list to include Zachary Prince and the new girls.
Speaking of, for those familiar with the Zephyr cast, were the girls' tracks the same as with the Sherry cast, like with Lorraine also playing the lead Angel and Francine as Christmas Present? On Broadway I think the roles are switched. Just wondering if they work it out differently with each cast.
Discogaud
Swing Joined: 11/8/07
#1786Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 9:09pmHow are the first and second casts doing these days? I don't see anyone from Chicago or the other towns posting (or maybe they're lurkers like me). Are they not making much of an impression, or does no one care? Or maybe they don't like this board? I just wonder how and if the actors and the crews keep their energy up after doing the same show for that many months. Maybe San Fran is better off getting first crack at the casts, 'cause I do think shows are fresher when they first start.
#1787Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 9:37pm
paikea: Yeah, on Broadway, the Boyfriend's Back soloist is Francine, but in both the Sherry and Chicago casts, it's Lorraine.
neddyfrank: Who was out and who was on?
#1788Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 10:13pm
I saw the Chicago cast on October 5th which I guess was the very first show they did in Chicago and I was completely blown away. The show was excellent, the cast was excellent, and everything about it was really really fantastic. I hope that shows how great I thought it was! LOL.
Really, though, that cast has something very special.
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1789Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 10:29pm
Good to hear something about how the show is going in Chicago. Was wondering when someone would chime in over about them. And fxy2003cmu have to agree with everything you said about them. Loved their performances while they were in SF. By the way see you have Michael Ingersoll in you're avitar, his Nick Massi rocked.
And on another note, here's a picture of the new Seasons from Playbill.com.
Updated On: 11/8/07 at 10:29 PM
#1790Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/8/07 at 10:36pm
Yeah, he was pretty fantastic...I wanted to meet him because a friend and I saw him when he was in Tick Tick Boom with the Pegasus Players, so I had him sign my TTB playbill. Every single cast member was so so so talented though. I think I'm headed back to chicago at the beginning of December and we're going to try the Chicago rush and see where that gets us.
But for Michael Ingersoll to go from singing Jon in TTB to Nick in JB I have to give him major vocal range props! And he sounded great in both roles.
Updated On: 11/8/07 at 10:36 PM
#1791Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/9/07 at 12:13am
Bryan McElroy looks like Marc Kudisch in that picture.
#1792Well here's the rest of the cast.
Posted: 11/10/07 at 12:00pmfxy2003cmu, I think I saw your video blog thing about Jersey Boys when the link was posted on here...but it made me really happy. Michael's Nick is amazing.
#1793Eric Gutman has finally gone on as Bob Crewe!
Posted: 11/10/07 at 1:03pm
OH HOW I WISH I COULD'VE SEEN THAT.
Scroll down for a picture, and a few more (backstage, of Courter as Frankie).
http://ericgutman.com/jerseyboys.html
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1794Eric Gutman has finally gone on as Bob Crewe!
Posted: 11/10/07 at 1:16pm
Lizzie, I'm with you on that. Eric can get a laugh without saying a word as Mika. I think he's a great comedic actor, and give him some of the funniest line in the show, he must have killed as Crewe.
Updated On: 11/10/07 at 01:16 PM
BuRBaN
Understudy Joined: 9/11/05
#1795Eric Gutman has finally gone on as Bob Crewe!
Posted: 11/10/07 at 1:52pm
Well, it looks good to me! Can't wait to see if they sound as good too. They seem like they'd be kick ass-- who knows!
10 more days.
Muahaha.
#1796Eric Gutman has finally gone on as Bob Crewe!
Posted: 11/10/07 at 2:05pmjwonjy119, I didn't know anyone ever saw that video blog! LOL! I'm pretty sure video blogging is my new favorite thing to do when I'm doing awesome things though. Has anyone tried the Chicago rush yet? I heard that it's been the complete opposite of busy. A friend and I and I think Steph from this board are going to rush in the middle of December and anyone here is free to join us if you're around. In my experience it's far more fun to rush with other people :)
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#1797Eric Gutman has finally gone on as Bob Crewe!
Posted: 11/10/07 at 2:52pmI saw him as Crewe on Wednesday night.
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#1798Eric Gutman has finally gone on as Bob Crewe!
Posted: 11/10/07 at 3:37pmNeddyfrank, How was he as Crewe?
#1799Article on theatre couples in Phantom and JB
Posted: 11/11/07 at 12:27pm
Aww!
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/644453,SHO-Sunday-couples11.article
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