Silhouettes JB Podcast

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 Musical (NSMT), The Donna Summer Musical (Broadway), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Broadway), Guys & Dolls (Broadway) and Gypsy (Broadway)

In this episode, we discuss:

•Her journey from ensemble to principal actor

•Decision-making as an actor after hitting milestones in her career and her personal life •Her acting roots

•Jersey Boys memories, including the ONLY two-girl show on Broadway!

Jessica keeps it REAL. We’re so grateful for her brain 😂

Stay tuned for part two with her soon!

We hope you enjoy and you have beautiful, blessed Easter. 💐🙏🤍

A’ Salud! 🍷♥️

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 been on Daveed’s mind! We regularly break down scenes with our guests, but we thought it would be fun for you to see how we talk about the show at home.

Please let us know if you like this format! We can do more episodes like this if you’re into it. ♥️

We love you all. We’re so lucky to have the best Jersey community in you.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day (He was Italian after all!) and A’ Salud! 🍷♥️

-Gia and Daveed

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: Joey Barreiro and Jared Chinnock

Jersey Boys Vegas is produced by Ivory Star Productions as a licensed replica production from Dodger Theatrical.

Buy tickets here: https://thevenue.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=28

This episode was recorded on Monday, February 12, 2024.

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 JERSEY BOYS songs from spring to winter and discusses the legacy the show leaves in New York City.

This episode was recorded on May 17, 2022. 

A’ Salud♥️🍷

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 respectively...as well as JERSEY BOYS!

In Part II of our interview with Charles, learn how he helped sew the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio into the fabric of music history with the liner notes of "Jersey Beat: The Music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons!" Not ONE detail is missed!

Charles even reads us his email thread with Bob Gaudio.

You don’t want to miss this.

Huge thanks to Howard Tucker and Pam Singer for bringing us all together and making this interview happen!

A’ Salud♥️🍷

This episode was recorded May 10, 2022.

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! Our special guest Charles Alexander is one of those elders!

Charles is a former editor at Time Magazine and has an extensive history with The Four Seasons and JERSEY BOYS.

Remember Frankie and Bob’s handshake? Gava? Those scenes are inspired by Charles’s business story in 1987 detailing their agreement to give each other “half of everything they record outside the group.”

In Part I of our interview with Charles, learn the details behind his influential article and how his relationship with Bob Gaudio led to him writing the liner notes for the Original Broadway Cast recording.

And much, much more!  You don’t want to miss this.

Huge thanks to Howard Tucker and Pam Singer for bringing us all together and making this interview happen!

A’ Salud♥️🍷

This episode was recorded May 10, 2022.

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 production in United States ever!

This episode was so amazing that we needed to make it a two-parter!

In part 2 follow us as we deep-dive into:

-How his first performance as Bob Crewe went!

-How hiring dressers works on a tour (Did you know there are different dressers at every theatre?)

-How he advocated for his own wig for JERSEY BOYS

-How he shoulders the pride and responsibility he feels as the only Black person in the cast

And much, much more!

A’ Salud♥️🍷

This episode was recorded March 30, 2022.

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 production in United States ever!

This episode was so amazing that we needed to make it a two-parter!

In part 1, follow us as we deep-dive into:

-How he got the name King!

-How his relationship with God strengthened him during the pandemic

-How his college experience shaped him into the man and performer he is today

-How educators can teach about Black influence in the arts to the future generations

And much, much more!

A’ Salud♥️🍷

This episode was recorded March 30, 2022.

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 keep bringing you the content you deserve, continuing with these amazing, badass Jersey Girls who help keep the actors dressed and “haired!”

Follow us as we deep-dive into the different backstage wardrobe and hair tracks at New World Stages!

In this episode, learn:

-How many different tracks there are for wardrobe and hair.

-How the New World Stages production distinguishes itself in the JERSEY BOYSVERSE and in the theatre world itself.

-How the costumes, wigs, hair, jewelry, etc. were revived and refreshed post-pandemic and post-filming of the soon-to-be-released JERSEY BOYS proshot starring Nick Jonas.

-Why the wardrobe/wig team calls themselves the “Jersey Squirrels.”  

And much much more!  

A’ Salud♥️🍷  

This episode was recorded January 18, 2022.