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JERSEY BOYS Broadway welcomes back
Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
for another limited engagement
from January 11, 2013

(NOTE: John Lloyd Young does not play Wednesday or Saturday matinees)


John Lloyd Young inJERSEY BOYS
photo by Jenny Anderson © 2012, Broadway.com




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My Turn...

Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young's
debut album available at
JERSEY BOYS Broadway's
August Wilson Theatre

and on
iTunes

click here

 

 

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John Lloyd Young at the Cafe Carlyle
photo: Michelle V. Agins, The New York Times

Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
headlined New York's famous

Café Carlyle

February 12-23, 2013

click here to read:
New York Times review
New York Daily News profile

 

On February 21, JLY hosted in his audience friends and donors of amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.  The next day, they made a $100,000 donation for AIDS Research in JLY's name.  JLY thanks his friends for their ongoing enthusiasm and generosity.


 

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Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
guest starred on CBS' new hit drama

VEGAS

episode:
"The Third Man"

 

 


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the blog
 




 

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John Lloyd Young, Darlene Love and orchestra perform at Carnegie Hall

Tony Award winner
John Lloyd Young
played New York's
Carnegie Hall

with the Tim Janis Ensemble
in a special tribute to friend,
recent Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer,
Darlene Love


John Lloyd Young and Darlene Love


 

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John Lloyd Young sings with the Beach Boys, onstage at the Kennedy Center


Tony Award winner
John Lloyd Young
performed at Washington D.C.'s
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

with

The Beach Boys,
Marvin Hamlisch, conducting the
National Symphony Orchestra;
and country star, Lorrie Morgan

hosted by
Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan
and John Stamos

in a concert for our returning troops
and leaders of the U.S. Government and the Armed Forces


John Lloyd Young and the NFL cheerleaders, backstage at the Kennedy Center

 

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John Lloyd Young at L.A.'s Staples Center

Tony and Grammy winner John Lloyd Young
sings the National Anthem for the
2012 Stanley Cup Champions
The L.A. Kings
 

L.A. Kings Hockey
http://kings.nhl.com


 

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John Lloyd Young performs for Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang, October 2011
(photo: Bob Stone)

 

Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young returned to headline Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camps' 2011 New York City Halloween celebration, along with Tony and Emmy Award winner, Lillias White.

 

Lillias White

2010's event raised nearly $700,000 to support summer camps for seriously ill children.  2011's event raised nearly $800,000.
 


John Lloyd Young and friends at rehearsals for the 2009 Gala
Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Ashford, CT

Please visit www.holeinthewallgang.org for more
information about this very special organization.


 

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Grammy Award winning
JERSEY BOYS cast album certified


by the
Recording Industry Association of America

(over 1 million copies sold)


Tony Award Winner
John Lloyd Young
lead vocals
 

John Lloyd Young at the Tony Awards:
click
here

 

John Lloyd Young's New York Times
JERSEY BOYS review...

click here
 

 

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Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young was the first-ever guest star invited to appear on Ryan Murphy's FOX TV comedy, the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning hit,




 

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Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young performed at ABC's Jimmy Kimmel's Feast of L.A., the Festival of San Gennaro


John Lloyd Young

benefitting the San Gennaro Foundation of Los Angeles

September, 2011
Hollywood, CA

www.jimmykimmellive.com
 

 

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Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
onstage at JERSEY BOYS Broadway's August Wilson Theatre
photo: Walter McBride/Broadwayworld.com

JERSEY BOYS Tony Award and Theatre World Award winner
John Lloyd Young returned to Broadway's August Wilson Theatre,
home of JERSEY BOYS, to open the 67th Annual Theatre World Awards

along with fellow presenters and past Theatre World Award winners, Billy Crudup, Gabriel Byrne, Edie Falco, Tovah Feldsuh, Blythe Danner and more...

click here for an article
and photos from Playbill.com


 


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John Lloyd Young installed his first art
commission at Beverly Hills' famed,
world-class restaurant, Spago
March 2011

Spago
176 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 385-0880


John Lloyd Young's "Table at Spago" (2011)

 

 

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l-r: John Lloyd Young, Theodore Bikel and Paul Kropfl in THE CHOSEN
2004 Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ / (photo: Pedro Portal)

Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young appeared in Hollywood for a concert benefiting The Actors Fund, accompanied by his friend, Gerald Sternbach. 

Evening hosted by actor, singer, activist, Emmy winner and friend,
Theodore Bikel

www.actorsfund.org

Pantages Theatre, Hollywood

click above for video



 

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Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
at the "Hollywood Loves Broadway" benefit for the
Motion Picture and Television Fund
SONY Pictures Studios


 

 

John Lloyd Young sings "Cryin'"
at the 2nd Anniversary of Ryan Black's 88s
La Boheme, Hollywood

click
here for video



 



John Lloyd Young as "Marius" in Les Miserables in Concert, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
photo: © Lily Lim, 2008

John Lloyd Young starred as "Marius"
in an all-star production of



Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

 

click here for video of
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables"
 

 

 

Tony Award Winner (Best Actor)

Drama Desk Award Winner (Outstanding Lead Actor)
Outer Critics Circle Award Winner (Outstanding Lead Actor)
Theatre World Award Winner (Outstanding Broadway Debut)
Drama League Award Nominee (Performer of the Year)

...as "Frankie Valli" in the
Original Broadway Cast of

...and lead vocalist on the
Grammy Award-winning, certified-Platinum
Original Cast Recording

click here for video

click here for JERSEY BOYS at New Year's Eve
Times Square, NYC

click here for New York Times review

 


 

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JLY FANS:

John Lloyd Young welcomes your written correspondence!

Send a letter to John Lloyd at this address:

John Lloyd Young
8391 Beverly Blvd., 378
Los Angeles, CA  90048

 

 

 

 

Friday, May 10, 2013


 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013


John Lloyd Young and Linda Lavin announce the
2013 Drama Desk Awards nominations
photo: Broadwayworld.com

Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winners John Lloyd Young and Linda Lavin announced the 2013 Drama Desk Awards Nominations from NYC's 54 Below.  JLY congratulates his many friends and colleagues on their Drama Desk nominations, especially current JERSEY BOYS co-star, Andy Karl, who received a Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination for his performance this past season in THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD.

The Drama Desk Awards will be held May 19th, 2013 at The Town Hall, NYC.
 

Wednesday, March 27, 2013


John Lloyd Young with manager, Dona Miller
photo: Evin Planto
 

John Lloyd Young, manager Dona Miller and music director Tommy Faragher were invited to Washington, D.C. for the United Service Organization's 2013 Annual Gala and Awards Ceremony.  JLY, Dona, Tommy and USO guests and honorees were hosted by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr. at a reception at his residence at Fort Myer in Arlington.  The next day they visited wounded soldiers recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center followed by the evening gala where JLY performed songs from his new album "My Turn..." for an audience of 700.

The event raised $660,000 for the USO's social service programs helping American troops and their families.

...and click here to learn about First Lady Michelle Obama's Joining Forces Program in support of military families


Soldier Ronald Barnes and John Lloyd Young
Walter Reed Medical Center

JLY and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Admiral James A. Winnefeld
photo: Michelle Shortencarrier, USO

JLY sings at the USO Gala
photo:Chuck Marsh
     

JLY and band. 
(Music director Tommy Faragher to extreme right.)
photo: Michelle Shortencarrier, USO

JLY at the USO 2013 Gala
photo: Michelle Shortencarrier, USO

Back home at JERSEY BOYS:
JLY with US Naval Academy Male Glee
Club doo-wop singers, the Skivs

#friends
 

Friday, March 8, 2013




#friends
 

Thursday, March 7, 2013


 
"Friends"
Elton John
 

Thursday, February 28, 2013


"There are some things one can only achieve
by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction."

-- FRANZ KAFKA



"Satisfied?"
John Lloyd Young
(2011)

 

Thursday, February 14, 2013



Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
made his Cafe Carlyle debut February 12, 2013

click here to read:
New York Times review
New York Daily News profile

On February 21, JLY hosted in his audience friends and donors of amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.  The next day, they made a $100,000 donation for AIDS Research in JLY's name.  JLY thanks his friends for their ongoing enthusiasm and generosity.

 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

 


"You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity.  It is his clear duty."

-- JOSEPH CONRAD


 

1/31/13

 
"Let's Face the Music and Dance"
The Lawrence Welk Show

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013


John Lloyd Young guest stars on CBS' new hit drama, VEGAS
scheduled to air Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 10 p.m. EST

Episode: "The Third Man"

Monday, January 21, 2013




 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

 



 

1/13/13

 

 

 

Friday, January 11, 2013

 

 

Thursday, January 10, 2013

 
The Red Balloon (1956)
 

Monday, January 7, 2013



Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young
will take a break from JERSEY BOYS
to headline New York's famous
Café Carlyle
February 12-23, 2013

click here for details
 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

#teaser          #CBS-TV, Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST
 

Thursday, December 27, 2012

JLY is off to New York City and wishes you all a Happy New Year.

Thanks to these additional friends and fans for their generous contributions to the Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts:

Nancy de la Cruz, Karla Sorenson, Barbara Young, Dona R. Miller, Cindy Lin,
Patricia Natoli, Sheila Rees, Kathy Pepe
and Lisa Mayers.

#get together
 

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

 

NAT KING COLE
"The Morning Star"
 

Sunday, December 23, 2012

 

JOHN LLOYD YOUNG
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (2011)
 

Thursday, December 20, 2012

JLY received a nice letter from Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross,
thanking him and his fans for their generous contributions in support of the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. 

JLY extends some more thanks to some additional friends and fans who contributed:  
Karen L. Morabito
, Terry McKeown, and Amy Barker.

more thanks to come...

#get together

 

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

JERSEY BOYS Broadway welcomes back
Tony Award winner, John Lloyd Young
for another limited engagement
beginning January 11, 2013
 

Saturday, December 15, 2012

JLY thanks the following friends and fans for contributing to the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief effort:
Rochelle Lostumbo
, Michelle Majors, Linda Soo Hoo, and Stacey Reister.

more thanks to come...

#get together

 

Friday, December 14, 2012

 
 

THE YOUNGBLOODS
"Get Together" 1967
 

12/12/12
 



JAMES BALDWIN

Wikipedia

Sunday, December 9, 2012
 

"Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."

-- HENRY DAVID THOREAU


#hiring drummers soon

Friday, November 30, 2012
 

"The truth is generally seen, rarely heard."

-- BALTAZAR GRACIAN
 

Thursday, November 22, 2012


 

#Thanksgiving
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012


#chews wisely     #Give a Man Enough Rope

Monday, November 19, 2012



 

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Through December 1st, John Lloyd Young is giving away copies of his new CD, MY TURN... to friends and fans  who donate a minimum of $25 to the American Red Cross to support the East Coast Disaster Relief effort. 

Please mail a check or money order made out to "The American Red Cross" to: John Lloyd Young, 8391 Beverly Blvd, #378, Los Angeles, CA  90048

Once he's given out the CDs, JLY will thank all donors and list them personally on this blog.

Monday, November 12, 2012
 

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. 
A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."

-- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

#Jersey Shore

Saturday, November 10, 2012
 

In October, John Lloyd Young and Dona Miller, along with friend, Broadway producer, Bonnie Osher, visited the Capitol Hill home of U.N. Ambassador, the Honorable Esther Coopersmith, for an intimate dinner hosted by Pete Rouse, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama.  After dinner, JLY shared songs from his new album, "MY TURN..."

The next day, JLY and Dona were invited to visit the President's Social Secretary, Jeremy Bernard, at the White House.  JLY signed a copy of his new CD for the President and First Lady. 

JLY and Dona congratulate President Obama on his re-election. 


Dona R. Miller and John Lloyd Young
visit the White House, Washington, D.C., October 10, 2012


John Lloyd Young and Jeremy Bernard, White House Social Secretary
and Special Assistant to President Barack Obama


#Blue Room

 

 

 

 

ARCHIVE 1: to November 8, 2012

ARCHIVE 2: to May 8, 2012

ARCHIVE 3: to May 10, 2011


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