Hi there, you submarine watchers! We're here for another special edition of Silhouettes JB Podcast! We've got Jersey Boys "Elder" David Cace in the Zoom studio helpin' us put the finishing touches on our special party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original production of Jersey Boys at the La Jolla Playhouse in sunny California! David rega…

Hi there, you submarine watchers! We're here for a special edition of Silhouettes JB Podcast! We've got Pamela Singer and Wanda Libardi in the Zoom studio helpin' us gear up for our special party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original production of Jersey Boys at the La Jolla Playhouse in sunny California! Fun fact: Did you know that Lesl…

Sam L. Williams, host of the Millennial Throwback Machine podcast, is committed to finding the unsung heroes behind classic American records: the studio musicians, arrangers, sound engineers, and more, who never got credit for their work. Sam and Gia met at the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons start ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame! In this…

Hey there submarine watchers and Pokémon trainers! We've got a special episode for you guys this week! Our first crossover! We teamed up with Mariana Barbará-Olsen of the Diamond Badge Podcast, the first podcast dedicated to the not-so-oft-talked-about Radio City and touring production, Pokémon Live! We met Mariana shortly after we started Silhouet…

The past few months have been full of beginnings, goodbyes and reunions for Gia and Daveed this year. As Gia reflects on the loss of her beloved Nana and gears up for a special 10-year reunion ("10 years!") with friends this year, she feels particularly connected to Frankie's direct address in the finale of Jersey Boys. We're all just "tryin' to ge…

Hi there! Happy Silhouettes Sunday, everyone! We've got a solo episode with Daveed this week. Gia's at a friend's birthday getaway in Virginia with limited internet access, so we got a "direct address" straight from Daveed for you all! Today, we're breaking down our friend Aaron De Jesus's heartbreaking performance as Frankie Valli, with his interp…

The boys are back in town! The Fourmers are back with another set of amazing shows lined up at Southpoint Casino Showroom on May 15th and 16th! The Fourmers celebrates the stars of the Vegas company of Jersey Boys and even features new members of the family, including Lou Gazzara, American Idol season 2 semifinalist and frequent headliner in Vegas.…

Kyli Rae and John Gardiner join us in the Zoom studio all the way from Orlando, where Gia went to school! In a full circle turn of events, John now teaches theatre at Gia's alma mater, the University of Central Florida! Go Knights, charge on! John and Kyli have closed out some of the major companies of Jersey Boys, including Broadway, Vegas, and mo…

Kyli Rae and John Gardiner join us in the Zoom studio all the way from Orlando, where Gia went to school!In a full circle turn of events, John now teaches theatre at Gia's alma mater, the University of Central Florida! Go Knights, charge on!John and Kyli have closed out some of the major companies of Jersey Boys, including Broadway, Vegas, and most…

It’s our Easter episode with #JerseyBoys legend Jessica Rush! 💐🤍 Jessica played Lorraine in Jersey Boys on Broadway from 2010 to 2013 and from 2015 to closing on Jan. 15, 2017. She’s also the co-host of Mamas Talkin’ Loud, voted a top-10 MomPod on Podcast Magazine, with fellow JB actor Cara Cooper. Other credits include: Beautiful: The Carole King …

It’s Dawn (Go Away), but she’s coming back — and it’s our comeback to YOU! 😂 As you know, we were off the air for about a year and a half. We really missed you all, and we wanted to take some time today to catch up with you, show you some fun #JerseyBoys merch around our apartment, and break down the “Dawn” section in the show — because it’s really…

Please welcome Nic and Desi Dromard to the stage! Nic and Desi are truly the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of our time! We’re so they took the time to chat with us in their new home on the West Coast! Nic beat cancer last year, and we are so blessed he is feeling better and ready to get back to work with Desi! Their resilience is beyond admirable!…

Jersey Boys Vegas opens at The Orleans Showroom on Monday, February 22, 2024. Meet the FIVE Seasons (yes, there are two Frankies!) and learn about the surprisingly unique approaches to their roles and what distinguishes this production from others. Tommy DeVito: Tyler Matthew Burk Bob Gaudio: Kit Treece Nick Massi: Jonathan Cable Frankie Valli: Joe…

Episode 56 w/ Ben Hartman! Ben Hartman has played and conducted JERSEY BOYS since 2007 when he joined the Chicago company under Music Director Chuck Larkin. He worked his way up through the first and second national tours and conducting the entire run at New World Stages. In our season two finale, Ben breaks down the music theory of our favorite JE…

Episode 55 w/ Charles Alexander, Part II! Continuing the wisdom with JERSEY BOYS elder, Charles Alexander. Do you ever look at your favorite CDs or records and read the booklet that comes with them? Someone is hired to write those notes and essays, and Charles was hired by Motown Records AND Frankie Valli's team to write for Frankie and Bob Gaudio …

Episode 55 w/ Charles Alexander!! Please welcome JERSEY BOYS wise man and elder, Charles Alexander. There's an elite group of JERSEY BOYS fans called the “Elders” who know the history of The Four Seasons and JERSEY BOYS like the back of their hand. These people grew up with the Seasons music and have seen JERSEY BOYS dozens and dozens of times…EACH…

Episode 53 w/ KING part 2!! Please welcome Antonio Leroy King, aka "King!" King currently plays Barry Belson, Hal Miller (and others) AND understudies Bob Crewe on the current National Tour of Jersey Boys! King is the first Black man to play Bob Crewe on the National Tour. We believe King is the first Black man to play Bob Crewe in a Dodgers produc…

Episode 53 w/ KING part 1!! Please welcome Antonio Leroy King, aka "King!" King currently plays Barry Belson, Hal Miller (and others) AND understudies Bob Crewe on the current National Tour of Jersey Boys! King is the first Black man to play Bob Crewe on the National Tour. We believe King is the first Black man to play Bob Crewe in a Dodgers produc…

Episode 52 w/ some of the wardrobe crew at New World Stages. Please welcome Wardrobe Supervisor (AND Associate Designer), Julie Thiry-Couvillion, Wig Supervisor, Nicole Ferrigno and Stage Right Dresser, Jessica Vaughan! Of course, we learned this week that sadly, the New World Stages production of JERSEY BOYS will be closing. However, we’re gonna k…

Episode 51 w/ Jon Hacker — Frankie Valli on the current leg of the Jersey Boys national tour! Howard Tucker joins us as Jon talks JERSEY BOYS past and present. Did you know that Jon was in the closing JB Broadway company as Joe Pesci and Frankie Valli understudy? In this episode, Jon tells us about catching the theatre bug in his home state Ohio, h…

🚨 EPISODE 5️⃣0️⃣ ❗ Do you ever wonder how actors should play a villain? Trick question. No character is really a villain. You know John Rochette from JERSEY BOYS on Broadway, on tour and in the NBC “One Night Only: The Best of Broadway” special, New World Stages AND the JERSEY BOYS pro-shot streaming soon. John Rochette has been in the JERSEY BOYS …

If you love analyzing relationships and breakups, this is the episode for you. Please welcome Tristen Buettel aka Lorraine at New World Stages and a woman wise beyond her years. A Queens native, Tristen knew she wanted a career in musical theatre — but not because she knew every song to every classical show, but because she simply adored the craft.…

Ep. 48! Give your standing O to Katy Richardson — music director of the West End production of Jersey Boys! Previous credits include SIX THE MUSICAL in the UK & RENT at the Hope Mill Theatre! Katy joined the JERSEY BOYS family in Fall 2021 as the first female music director in JB HERstory. (Get it? Because SIX? Huzzah!) HUGE congratulations!! Did y…

Folks, please welcome the maestro himself, Steve Orich, Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner for his JERSEY BOYS orchestrations. Steve Orich has also written arrangements, composed and conducted some of America’s finest cultural moments from the Oscars and Emmy Awards to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, A Very Brady Christmas, American Ido…

Get to know #JerseyBoys New World Stages sweetheart #JoeyLaVarco! Joey made his JERSEY BOYS debut as Joey Pesci (and others) and understudy Frankie Valli on the Norwegian Bliss and currently plays the same roles at New World Stages in New York City. Previous credits include Jason Robert Brown’s Broadway musical 13 with Ariana Grande and Liz Gillies…

Join us on a trip across the pond with our first guest from Jersey BOYS UK! Meet Jacob McIntosh who plays Barry Belson at the Trafalgar Theatre. Jacob is no stranger to jukebox musicals and iconic red costumes — He was a swing in the UK tours of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL and KINKY BOOTS. He has an effortless stage presence and can belt lik…

New year, New #JerseyBoys perspectives! Check out our first episode with a JB creative from Australia. Meet Thomas Armstrong-Robley who is not only playing #TommyDeVito in JerseyBoys at the Star Gold Coast in Australia, but he is also DIRECTING the show! Thomas is an award-winning visionary actor/director with the guts to create a new Australian pr…

It’s time to formally meet Gian DiCostanzo, the man behind our merch and the performer whose voice sends ya to the stratosphere! Gian performed as a swing in the 3.0 and 4.0 casts of JERSEY BOYS on the Norwegian Bliss and founded Stagelight Candle Co. that features Broadway-inspired candles for theatre lovers across the country. Other credits inclu…

Folks! You don’t have to rinse out your socks anymore because JERSEY BOYS is back! This is our first episode without a guest, but we wanted to put the Winter lights on and give you a firsthand account of our experience at the re-opening night of #JerseyBoys at New World Stages Listen for: -Behind the scenes details of our 10-Day countdown to re-ope…

Episode 43! Tony nominee J. Robert Spencer is back with his partner and fellow JERSEY BOYS alum Miles Aubrey to talk about their upcoming show “7,000 Miles to Broadway!” J. Robert Spencer created the role of Nick Massi in La Jolla and on Broadway. Miles Aubrey originated the role of Norm Waxman on the first national tour where he also covered Bob G…

Please welcome the Tony-Award nominated set designer who put Jersey all over the map…Klara Zieglerova! A Prague native, Klara studied design at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University and was later hired as an associate set designer of the 1998 Roundabout Theatre Co. Broadway revival of 1776 and 1999 Broadway revival of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN a…

Meet Tony Clements! Tony Clements was a swing in the 3rd national tour of Jersey Boys. When he studied theatre at Pace University, the New Hampshire native performed in a a production of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s DOGFIGHT and in Stephen Sondheim’s SWEENEY TODD, starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel as Mrs. Lovett as the title role at Lincoln Ce…

Jake Speck was a swing in Jersey Boys Broadway and Chicago. In his JB experience, he covered Norm Waxman, Barry Belson, Joe Pesci & Knuckles. He also understudied Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi. He played 7 roles total. Jake is known as the tallest person to play Joe Pesci!He performed in The Sopranos tribute at the 2007 Emmy Awards. Presi…

When Andrew Frace takes a swing (role), he never misses…because he knows that everything in life happens the way it needs to. Andrew is a man of no ego and an actor with no sense of competition. We know Andrew as swing in the JERSEY BOYS company since 2009. He started as Joey (u/s Frankie, Bob and Tommy) at the Palazzo Hotel and Norm (u/s Tommy) at…

Renée Marino is a woman of many titles — Actress extraordinaire, dance captain, “Pretty Strong Women" workout coach, master communicator and more. Her best title, however, is herself. A Jersey native, she took the world by the cogliones and starred in JERSEY BOYS on Broadway and of course, the JERSEY BOYS movie alongside John Lloyd Young and direct…

Silhouettes JB Podcast is going international! A few months ago in April and May, Amici Productions produced #JerseyBoysNewZealand. This was the first-ever professional local tour in New Zealand and the only professional theatrical tour in the world at the time. For #JerseyBoys, ”is that style or what?” The wonderful Geena Hutton — who played Franc…

Mike Backes is with us in the Zoom studio! Mike performed as a swing in JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas and as part of a special group of actors who covered lead roles on opposite sides of the Jersey Boys foil. Mike played the tougher Tommy DeVito and softer Bob Gaudio. Mike made his Bob Gaudio debut mid-show in the middle of a costume fitting! Mike performe…

It’s Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young’s birthday & he's here to promote his new concert “Solid Gold” on Friday, July 9 at 7pm PST / 10pm EST at full capacity at The Space in Las Vegas and available on livestream. His band is reuniting with a brand new set of Disco, 70s & 80s funk and soul hits — JLY now has at least 80 songs in his repertoire. He…

We’ve got a new point of view! As Lin-Manuel Miranda once said in a #Ham4Ham show, “we’ve liberated the musicians from the pit!” Jam in the Zoom studio with three incredible musicians from the JB 3rd National Tour — current musicians drummer Brett Beiersdorfer, guitarist Max Caine and JB tour alum bassist Jonny Morrow. Find out how: -To nail the mo…

We know Jersey Boys Vegas alums Travis Cloer, Deven May and current Frankie Valli at New World Stages Aaron De Jesus for their roles in Jersey Boys, but today we have a simple, family conversation about a more special role — being a dad. Learn how: -Aaron flew to NYC for a JB audition the day before his wife Gail gave birth to their daughter Lydia.…

There are only a few performers in a generation who’ve had a career like #RichardHBlake. He originated the roles of Warner Huntington III in #LegallyBlonde, Glen Guglia in #TheWeddingSinger and Lorenzo in #ABronxTaleMusical. He’s on three cast albums? “Is that style or what?” Richard also starred in #Footloose, #Wicked, #Aida, #Hairspray and more. …

Christopher Kale Jones who ORIGINATED the role of Frankie Valli on the 1st National Tour of JERSEY BOYS stops by! Listen for stories from the road — He also played Frankie in New York, Chicago, and LA! — and a tribute to the late Joe Siravo. Chris is returning to Jersey Boys as Frankie Valli in September at Stages St. Louis alongside his wife Jenna…

Jennifer Naimo, the original Mary Delgado at La Jolla and on Broadway, stopped by the Zoom studio for her exclusive deep-dive into the ole’ neighborhood! Listen for: -An analysis of the character from JERSEY BOYS, Mary Delgado -Her no nonsense standards that got her where she is today -How she stayed true to her Catholic faith in every show she did…

Season two premiere! #JerseyBoys co-writer #RickElice tells us how he put Jersey on the page with Marshall Brickman. You’re in for a a mini masterclass on how to make the whole world explode through dialogue. Learn about the -Timeline of JB before La Jolla. It’s earlier than you think! -Historical present tense in each season’s monologues -Creation…

Jeff Leibow — the original #NickMassi in Jersey Boys Las Vegas — promotes his 2nd virtual NF Hope benefit concert on Sunday, May 2nd at 7pm EST. NF is a genetic disorder of the nervous system characterized by tumors that can grow on any nerve in the body without warning. Jeff and his wife Melody began the benefit concerts after their daughter Emma …

JERSEY BOYS star and Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young promotes his new concert "John Lloyd Young: By Request" streaming live from The Space in Las Vegas on May 1st, 2021 @ 9PM EST and 6PM PST! Plus, continue the party at the after party starting at 10:45 PM EST and 7:45 PM PST! He'll have some surprise songs and stories from his JB days! In this …

Cue the “Who Loves You” hi-hats! It’s our season 1 finale with JERSEY BOYS Broadway's sweetheart Sara Schmidt. As we wrap up women’s history month, Sara gives an emotional interview reminiscing on her twelve incredible years at Jersey Boys, times with the late vocalist Marni Nixon, recording the Grammy Award-winning JB cast album and updating us on…

Women’s History Month is going strong because the unstoppable Katie O’Toole is back! Katie was a swing on Jersey Boys Broadway from 2008-2016, assistant dance captain from 2008-2011 and dance captain from 2011-2015. We're so glad she has her own episode to share historic moments from the show and her life: There was only ONE two-girl show on Broadw…

It’s our International Women’s Day episode with Jennifer Naimo, Sara Schmidt and Katie O’Toole! Catch up with three iconic Jersey Girls as we reminisce on their years in Jersey Boys on Broadway! Jen — JB’s OBC Mary Delgado — tells us about her time from La Jolla and Broadway until Nov. 2008. “Plus which!” Did you know Sara played Francine for the e…

"There's a C-note in it for ya!"Skokie, Illinois local John Michael Coppola (Swing and Dance Captain in JERSEY BOYS Chicago) tells us about the foundation of his premiere Frankie Valli Tribute Band The Four C Notes and gears us up for their virtual show March 5th, 6th and 7th, 2021 from North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Four C Notes Perfo…