The boys of Jersey Boys in Las Vegas: from left: Erich Bergen, Rick Faugno, Jeremy Kushnier and Jeff Leibow in the production at the Palazzo. Photo by Joan Marcus. Since leaving my illustrious career as a newspaper theater critic/editor in March, I’ve been doing some freelancing. Now you, gentle reader, get to enjoy the fruits [...]
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Shameless plugs: `Jersey’ Vegas, SF Int’l Arts Fest
Posted by Chad Jones on 18 May 08 - 2 Comments
Live from Las Vegas: `Jersey Boys’ opening night bash
Archived in the category: Erich Bergen, Frankie Valli, Jeff Leibow, Jeremy Kushnier, Jersey Boys, Joyce Chittick, Las Vegas, Rick Faugno
Posted by Chad Jones on 04 May 08 - 4 Comments
What a party! You expect big things in Las Vegas, and that’s what you get. The Palazzo put on quite a show before and after the show as Jersey Boys officially opened on May 3, becoming the first show at the Palazzo hotel, which officially opened last January. The requisite red carpet arrivals saw the [...]
Live from Las Vegas! `Jersey Boys’
Archived in the category: Erich Bergen, Frankie Valli, Jeff Leibow, Jeremy Kushnier, Jersey Boys, Joyce Chittick, Las Vegas, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Rick Faugno, musicals, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 04 May 08 - 4 Comments
Opened May 3 at the Palazzo Las Vegas OK, so technically we’re not “live” in Las Vegas anymore (6:05 a.m. flight from LV to SFO – ouch). But given that it feels like I’m still at the opening-night party of Jersey Boys at the Venetian (next door to the Palazzo, where the show actually resides), [...]
New York fantasy
Posted by Chad Jones on 29 Apr 08 - 1 Comment
I’m not going anywhere at the moment (except Las Vegas for the opening of Jersey Boys later this week — hope to be blogging live if technology cooperates, but if not, check in on Sunday afternoon). Where I’d most like to go, of course, is New York to visit friends and SEE BROADWAY SHOWS! It’s [...]
Stage presents: A theater gift guide
Archived in the category: Broadway, CDs, Disney, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Noel Coward, Ricky Ian Gordon, Spring Awakening, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Sater, The Light in the Piazza, Thomas Schumacher, movie musicals, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 06 Dec 07 - 1 Comment
So many fine gift ideas, so little space. Let’s get started with some great theater books. In the realm of books about theater, this year’s standout comes from San Mateo native Thomas Schumacher, who also happens to be the president of Disney Theatrical, the producer of such hits as The Lion King and Mary Poppins. [...]
New `Jersey’ boys here for the holidays
Archived in the category: Jersey Boys, SHN/Best of Broadway, local theater, musicals, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 01 Dec 07 - 4 Comments
The new cast of Jersey Boys at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre includes, from left, Jeff Leibow as Nick Massi, Rick Faugno as Frankie Valli, Andrew Rannells as Bob Gaudio and Bryan McElroy as Tommy DeVito. Photo by Joan Marcus Third time is definitely a charm for San Francisco and Jersey Boys. About a year ago, [...]
Local `Jersey’ boy
Posted by Chad Jones on 23 Nov 07 - 2 Comments
It’s not often that a performer goes from gigs at the Willows Theatre Company in Concord, TheatreWorks in Mountain View and Pleasanton Playhouse in Pleasanton to one of the hottest Broadway musicals in recent memory. That’s exactly what has happened to Jeff Leibow (above, left), a former Pleasanton resident who now lives with his wife, [...]
`Boys’ are back in town
Posted by Chad Jones on 01 Oct 07 - 2 Comments
Yes, it’s true, Jersey Boys only just ended its nine-month run at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on Sunday, but today it’s official: the show will be back for a “special holiday engagement” Nov. 20 through Dec. 30. If you’re counting, that’s only 48 performances. The press release from SHN didn’t indicate which theater the show [...]
`Jersey’ byes
Posted by Chad Jones on 28 Sep 07 - 6 Comments
As Frankie Valli once sang, “Bye-bye, baby, baby bye-bye.” It’s closing weekend for Jersey Boys, the show the Bay Area has come to love in a big way. I say that with confidence having heard from friends, co-workers, readers and total strangers about how much they enjoyed what is probably one of the most enjoyable [...]
`Jersey Boys’ Emmy performance
Posted by Chad Jones on 18 Sep 07 - 0 Comments
In case you missed it, here’s the San Francisco (soon to be Chicago) cast of Jersey Boys performing on the Emmy Awards in a tribute to another set of Jersey boys — “The Sopranos.”
