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
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
"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 BOYSUpdated On: 11/8/07 at 04:52 AM
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.
How 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.
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.
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.
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
fxy2003cmu, 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.
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
jwonjy119, 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 :)