Silhouettes JB Podcast

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 regales us with stories of running mozzarella cheese a...

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 Leslie Odom Jr. played Barry Belson, replacing Titus B...

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 episode, Sam joins us from his home in sunny Ca...

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 Silhouettes, and we're so happy she kickstarted he...

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 get home" — Aren&#39...

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 interpretation of the &quo...

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. In this episode, you'll learn: -How the group was...

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 recently the off-Broadway production at New...

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 recently the off-Broadway production at New...

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 (Broadw...

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 s...

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! In this episode, we discussed: -Their concert tou...

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...

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 d...

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...

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 th...

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 am...

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 am...

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, continui...

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, his audition story, his beautiful wife Taryn,...

🚨 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 family for more than a decade as Norm Waxman, a...

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.  Shortly after graduating...

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 you know that music directors in most con...

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 Idol and more. In this episode, you’ll learn: -...

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, as well as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular...