The Jersey Boys Tour Thread- Page 74
The Jersey Boys Tour Thread
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Macy's Tree Lighting Ceremony#1826
Posted: 11/14/07 at 5:43pmGo Backstage with Ben Fong-Torres (Sundays 7-9AM, repeated 7-9PM, KFRC-FM 106.9) will be devoting an hour to JB news, music, etc. this Sunday 11/18. I understand he's a rabid fan.
Macy's Tree Lighting Ceremony#1827
Posted: 11/14/07 at 6:03pm
Great! Thanks!
Yeah, he is; he wrote the big Four Seasons/Jersey Boys article in The Pink right before the show first opened in SF.
Edited to add:
During the run, cast members made appeals from the stage for donations to benefit local fire victims, and last week, producers hosted 55 firefighters and their wives to see a Saturday matinee. Fire companies from stations in San Diego, Rancho Santa Fe, Spring Valley, Santee, Encinitas and Lemon Grove attended the performance and afterward, the cast members asked the firemen and wives to stand up and be acknowledged by the crowd.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/11/14/entertainment/backstage/13_13_4911_14_07.txt
Macy's Tree Lighting Ceremony#1828
Posted: 11/14/07 at 7:44pm
The KFRC show will probably be huge! Ben-Fong is one of the writers that used to work for Rolling Stone Magazine back in the day and is one of the biggest celebrities in the entertainment industries when it comes to his interaction with the stars!
Very objective, and tells it like it is, especially with the Jersey Boys. Wonder how much of a flashback he received after watching Jersey Boys because he probably covered the Four Seasons in one way or another back then.
Macy's Tree Lighting Ceremony#1829
Posted: 11/14/07 at 8:00pmUmmm, I think Melissa said if her health allows her, then she'll be back with the cast on the Sherry cast's last week in Seattle.
Macy's Tree Lighting Ceremony#1830
Posted: 11/15/07 at 12:35am
Half-Italian, if I remember correctly Jersey Boys was nominated for the Bay Area Critic Circle award for best touring production but it went to The Light In The Piazza.
And Broadway3 thanks for telling us about radio show.
Altar Boyz/Wicked/Jersey Boys benefit in Chicago!#1831
Posted: 11/15/07 at 12:36am
Just posted to the JB 2NT's myspace:
http://tinyurl.com/2cnaes
Oh, and there was a 3-way tie at the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards last year:
http://www.theatrebayarea.org/programs/bacc2006.jsp
Altar Boyz/Wicked/Jersey Boys benefit in Chicago!#1832
Posted: 11/15/07 at 2:24amOk I was wrong. Lizzie thanks for providing a link to last years results.
Altar Boyz/Wicked/Jersey Boys benefit in Chicago!#1833
Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:41pm
I went by the Curran today to check on rush. Just to be sure, since nothing has been announced (I'm scared!). And the lowdown is? That there is no lowdown. Yet. The box office guy (who I'm pretty sure recognized me) said he couldn't see any reason why they wouldn't do rush this time, but that they'd been told nothing official. And to check back Tuesday. Yes, the day of the first preview.
Well, they announced the cast relatively early, so I guess they had to be late with something, right? 
Edit: Rush info is on the site now! Nothing has changed.
Altar Boyz/Wicked/Jersey Boys benefit in Chicago!#1834
Posted: 11/17/07 at 6:29pmthanks for checking, lizzie.
Altar Boyz/Wicked/Jersey Boys benefit in Chicago!#1835
Posted: 11/17/07 at 6:31pmThanks for the bump. :)
Understudy Joined: 4/2/07
Chicago cast singing at Lights Festival#1836
Posted: 11/18/07 at 5:35pm
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=ontv&id=5736068#
Click "Watch Lights Festival Part 1"
Updated On: 11/18/07 at 05:35 PM
Chicago cast singing at Lights Festival#1837
Posted: 11/18/07 at 5:43pmWeird. All I get (in both Firefox and Camino) is a list of the sponsors and the title card. Is it working for anyone else?
Chicago cast singing at Lights Festival#1838
Posted: 11/18/07 at 5:57pm
I got it to work for me. It didn't at first but I reloaded it and it was fine.
And speaking of the holidays. The SF holiday run starts this Tuesday and the cast will be at the tree lighting ceremony at Union Square in SF this Friday @ 6pm.
Updated On: 11/18/07 at 05:57 PM
Chicago cast singing at Lights Festival#1839
Posted: 11/18/07 at 5:59pm
It worked for me. Nice matching scarves.
Chicago cast singing at Lights Festival#1841
Posted: 11/18/07 at 6:57pm
Boohoo. I bet you all use PCs, huh?
Um, okay, I'll make my reply relevant. You all should check out Bryan McElroy's website, because although it looks like "Baby's First Geocities Site from 1998," the content is hysterical.
https://bryanmcelroy.com/
Chicago cast singing at Lights Festival#1842
Posted: 11/18/07 at 7:15pm
Boohoo. I bet you all use PCs, huh?
I am, looks like the clip is hating on Macs.
...it looks like "Baby's First Geocities Site from 1998,"
This comment had me laughing for a minute.
Since we're posting up links to members of the new cast offical sites, here's another. And unlike Bryan's it doesn't look like "Baby's First Geocities Site from 1998" http://www.michaeljamesscott.com/
Updated On: 11/18/07 at 07:15 PM
KFRC-FM show #1843
Posted: 11/19/07 at 12:25amBen Fong-Torres' show was great, covering all the grounds w/the writers, Frankie V, and making you guess who was singing, original group or Bway cast (hard to tell!). What did you think, MM?
KFRC-FM show #1844
Posted: 11/19/07 at 1:03amI only caught part of the show but what I heard was great. If only KFRC archived some of their show episodes so I could catch the part I missed.
BC/EFA auction in Chicago#1845
Posted: 11/19/07 at 8:56pm
"Do you want to be in "Jersey Boys"?"
:)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=websites&id=5770868
BC/EFA auction in Chicago#1846
Posted: 11/21/07 at 3:27amOh my goodness. Just got home from the first preview of the SF holiday cast. I don't want to say too much since it's so early, but they're incredible. They work together very well, look so confident on stage...just a joy to watch. Great job all around!
The new SF cast first preview#1847
Posted: 11/21/07 at 3:32am
So I was at the show today, and it was nice to see alot of the regulars again and catch up. Since it was the first preview we saw both Des and Serjio at the theater. Des walked through the lobby and just stared at everyone in the rush line as he walked by. He did say a few words at the start of the performance. Basically glad to be back in SF, we love being here, yada yada yada. He announced that Lauren Tartaglia was going on for Julia Khron but he either forgot or could't pronounce Lauren's last name so after a few attemtps to say it, all the regulars said it. Since it was the first preview I won't go into what I thought about the show. But to let every know the Frankie alternate, Joseph Leo Bawarie, is scheduled to go on during Tues and Wed mat, starting Dec. 4th. And they are really milking the holiday engagement thing. They put Santa hats on the guys on the Playbill cover.
The new SF cast first preview#1848
Posted: 11/21/07 at 3:36amThat cover simultaneously horrified and amused me.
The new SF cast first preview#1849
Posted: 11/21/07 at 3:46am
I also was at the show, and I brave the firestorm and make a few comments. For the first preview, this cast is in amazing shape. They are much more cohesive than the Chicago cast was in their first few shows, and that's not a slam against the Chicago cast, for those of you sensitive types.
Just a few comments on a few people...
Rick Faugno is a very intense Frankie, and I really like his falsetto. Andrew Rannells has a cute sort of Dennis the Menace all grown up kind of thing going on-- it worked well. Bryan McElroy is doing sort of a larger than life Italian Stallion thing, complete with lots of large gestures, which felt a bit... big to me, but the portrayal makes sense and it will be interesting to see where he takes it. Jeff Leibow is maybe more to the Steve Gouveia side of things, very quiet yet very good at the exasperation.
I really liked Joyce Chittick as Mary. She is tough as nails, with a devil may care bad girl attitude, which gets stripped away to a pathetic cry into her drink when she and Frankie break up. Lauren Tartaglia (on for Julia Krohn) has a lot of nice details and fun expressions in her roles, which was fun to see. Ken Krugman was amusing as Gyp-- he's quite tall and reminded me a bit of Brent Spiner.
Some weird costuming stuff going on (Vegasified?), like the bling bling rappers, who look like they got attacked by a rogue bedazzler. There was a shiny purple coat with fur, and so many random shiny things in general. The usual different fabrics here and there, the most notable of which was giant bows on the Angels, and a new orange dress. Huh.
If anyone really wants to know details about something in particular, that might be arranged. I look forward to seeing this cast settle in.
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