Jonas Brothers, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas arrived and attended the Crown’s Met Ball After Party in New York City, New York on May 7, 2012. *Sorry some photos have a big watermark on it due to the photographer’s exclusive access to the event. :(

Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas attend the “Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012 in New York City, NY.

If you head over to the Hollywood Records site, they are no longer linked up on the website. It’s been a six wonderful years, but I can’t wait to see what the guys have in store for us fans for the rest of 2012 and also 2013.

4:00 AM PDT 5/1/2012 by Shirley Halperin

After six years with the label, the siblings reclaimed their masters and are now free agents.

The Jonas Brothers have parted ways with Hollywood Records after releasing three albums on the Disney-owned label. Comprised of siblings Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas, the trio, which has sold 17 million albums worldwide, also bought back the rights to their master recordings, merchandising and publishing for an undisclosed sum.

“This was a decision that we made as a group,” Nick Jonas tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Naturally, as with any partnership, when you do part ways, there is emotion tied to it. We’ve been blessed to have a lot of success with Hollywood and with Disney, but speaking on behalf of my brothers and our team, we’re all looking forward to this next chapter. We’re ready for that next step as a group, and being able to take our work with us was so important.”

When contacted by THR, a Hollywood spokesperson commented, “Hollywood Records and Jonas Brothers have amicably ended an amazingly successful partnership after six years. … We couldn’t have asked for better partners or nicer people to work with. We wish Nick, Kevin, and Joe all the best in their future endeavors.”

It’s a rarity these days for a band with Jonas-level success — the kind that includes sold-out arena shows, world tours, movie and TV specials — to successfully reclaim their catalog (for a hefty price, typically a percentage based on past sales and estimated future earnings), but to hear manager Johnny Wright tell it, the opportunity couldn’t be passed up. “We could stay or we could go,” he says of the negotiation, which came after the band had met its obligations to the label. “This will allow them to chart their own destiny.”

It will also allow the the band to look at additional ancillary income from digital initiatives such as apps and live concert streaming, technologies that barely existed when the web-savvy JoBros signed with Hollywood in 2007 (with masters that they had wrested from Columbia Records after the Sony label dropped them). And then there’s the most lucrative stream of all: publishing, which can take the form of valuable synchs and movie placements, foreign territories, sheet music, you name it.

“The industry and distribution channels are changing so rapidly, we don’t even know what it means anymore to put out a record,” says Wright. “If we wanted to take another deal with a major, it would be a different than what we entered into when we signed with Hollywood. We don’t have to become just an artist to the label, we could be a partner or do it ourselves and then come back later on. There’s no plan here — the plan is whatever we decide to make it.”

Wright readily admits, the Jonas Brothers had outgrown Disney, something that became evident as they contemplated their exit. “In having a conversation about moving forward, we knew we weren’t going to do a Jonas show on Disney Channel and the likelihood of us doing movie in that vein was not there so the big platforms were not really accessible to us anymore,” says the veteran manager, who has represented Justin Timberlake since his NSync days.

Besides, the guys longed to take some time with a new album (their last, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, came out in 2009) without the pressure of a deadline. “We don’t have to have a record out under any time constraints so they’re free to just create and explore and do it at their own pace,” says Wright. “And they’re enjoying it.”

Indeed, adds Nick Jonas: “In these past three years, my brothers and I have not released a record, but we’ve really come into our own as men. And we’ve also lived life, which is an important part to making a record. … I’ve got a studio set-up in my apartment in New York where we can all put down our ideas. It’s a really liberating feeling to just be able to create and write whatever is on our hearts.”

Wright says to expect a new Jonas Brothers album by the end of 2012 or early 2013. In the meantime, the guys are putting into motion their own plan for imaging, even introducing a new logo (see right). But in turning from “boys to men, to use that cliché,” he adds that this is a band that hasn’t yet peaked worldwide. And with all that they do both as a group and individually — among their side-projects, the E! reality show Married to Jonas starring Kevin Jonas and new wife Danielle Deleasa (a co-production of Jonas Enterprises and Ryan Seacrest Productions), Nick’s role on Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and NBC’s Smash, a new feature film for Joe Jonas and plans to sign acts to their own production or publishing company — there’s no telling where the Jonas train will lead them. But one thing is for sure: they’re driving it.

“What the Jonas Brothers have already done in the music business, most people will never get to,” says Wright. “Now it’s chapter two, where they take those experiences and lessons and music and have all the control in putting it together and making a great business plan moving forward.”

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Kevin Jonas attended the opening of The DIOR HOMME SOHO Pop Up Store held at SOHO, NYC on April 26, 2012.

The Jonas Family and Deleasa Family attended the E! 2012 Upfront at NYC Gotham Hall on April 30, 2012 in New York City in support of Kevin Jonas II & Danielle Jonas’ upcoming series coming in August called “Married To Jonas”.

Nick Jonas and Mr. Kevin Jonas Sr. sighting after leaving Starbucks on April 30, 2012 in New York City, New York.

by Sarah Maloy, N.Y. | April 30, 2012 4:20 EDT

The oldest Jonas Brother, Kevin, and his wife Danielle have teamed up with executive producer Ryan Seacrest for a new reality series on E! “Married to Jonas” will follow the New Jersey-based suburban life of the newly-married couple. The show, which premieres Aug. 19 at 10 p.m., will also catalog Kevin’s journey as he and his brothers, Nick and Joe, start to record new music.

“I vividly recall believing from the very first time that I met them that the Jonas Brothers would, without a doubt, become a worldwide cultural sensation,” said Seacrest in a statement to EW.com. “When we learned that Dani married Kevin, our production team became curious about what life would be like for a young bride entering the excitement, and sometimes chaos, of a pop star’s life. Looking through the lens of young love, the show will examine the ups and downs of Dani and Kevin’s marriage, against the backdrop of their contrasting family cultures, traditions and individual careers.”

The 24-year-old popstar married Danielle (formerly Deleasa) in December 2009. The Jonas Brothers’ last studio release, 2009′s “Lines, Vines and Trying Times,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 247,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. Both Nick and Joe have launched solo careers since the group’s unofficial hiatus, while Kevin took time to enjoy married life. All three brothers are currently based in the New York area, with Nick starring as J. Pierrepont Finch in the Broadway musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

The Jonas’ parents, Kevin Sr. and Denise, and their little brother Frankie will presumably also appear in episodes of the show. The trio’s last television endeavor — “Jonas L.A.” — aired on the Disney channel, and followed the lives of a fictional family that mirrored their own.

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You can exclusive hear the audio of Nick Jonas’s “I Believe In You” from the upcoming “How To Succeed In Business Without Trying”. You can hear it on Perez Hilton by CLICKING HERE. Below again is more information about the upcoming EP!

Release Date Set for Nick Jonas’ How to Succeed EP Recording
NEWS By Broadway.com Staff April 17, 2012 – 3:47PM

The previously announced EP recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying featuring Nick Jonas will be released on May 8. The album is produced by six-time Grammy nominee Robert Sher, who also produced the revival’s How to Succeed cast album.

In addition to Jonas, the album features the current Broadway cast of How to Succeed, including Rose Hemingway, who has taken a leave of absense from the production and will return May 1. The EP track list includes “How to Succeed,” “Company Way,” (featuring Rob Bartlett as Twimble) “Rosemary,” (featuring Hemingway as Rosemary), “I Believe in You” and “Brotherhood of Man.”

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is the story of J. Pierrepont Finch (Jonas), a young window washer who learns to climb the corporate ladder with help from a how-to book. The Broadway revival of How to Succeed opened on March 27, 2011 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The original cast album featured Daniel Radcliffe as Finch. Jonas assumed the role of Finch on January 24.

Best known as one third of the hit pop group the Jonas Brothers, Jonas has appeared on Broadway in Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast and Annie Get Your Gun. Jonas made his West End debut in Les Misérables and starred in the 25th Anniversary Les Misérables concert at London’s O2 Arena.

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The Jonas Brothers got a new look!

And when we mean new look we mean:
New Website.
New Logo.
New Promo Picture.
New Exclusive “Instagram” Pictures.

Head over to: http://www.jonasbrothers.com

FORWARD. TOGETHER. 2012.

Jonas brother lands E! reality show — EXCLUSIVE
APR 30, 2012 at 12:57 AM ET
by James Hibberd

A member of the Jonas Brothers has teamed with executive producer Ryan Seacrest for an E! series that promises to give viewers a different kind of New Jersey-based reality show.

Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle will star in Married to Jonas, a docu-soap series that chronicles both the young couple’s suburban domestic life and Jonas’ re-teaming with his siblings Joe and Nick as the group gets ready to record new music.

“Danielle is living a true Cinderella story after marrying into pop royalty, partnering in Kevin’s larger-than-life career and becoming a ‘Jonas,’ a name synonymous with hit music and a worldwide fan base,” said Lisa Berger, president of entertainment programming for E!. “The series presents a unique look at a young couple and their families from two entirely different worlds, one small town and one dealing with international fame, coming together as one and starting a whole new life together.”

The show explores the relationship between Danielle, who comes from a large and outspoken Italian family, and Jonas, one third of the internationally known pop group. For Danielle, marrying a Jonas in 2009 meant joining brother-in-laws Joe, Nick, youngest brother Frankie, father Kevin Sr., who manages the band, and mom Denise, the matriarch of the Jonas empire.

“I vividly recall believing from the very first time that I met them that the Jonas Brothers would, without a doubt, become a worldwide cultural sensation,” said Seacrest, who executive produces the series along with Stephanie Bloch Chambers and Adam Sher. “When we learned that Dani married Kevin, our production team became curious about what life would be like for a young bride entering the excitement, and sometimes chaos, of a pop star’s life. Looking through the lens of young love, the show will examine the ups and downs of Dani and Kevin’s marriage, against the backdrop of their contrasting family cultures, traditions and individual careers.”

Married to Jonas will make its debut on E! on Aug. 19 at 10 p.m.

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The 26th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised $3,677,855, the result of six weeks of intensive fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by 51 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies. The grand total was announced Tuesday at this year’s Easter Bonnet Competition, which ended in two shows featuring original presentations, songs, dances and 18 elaborate, custom-made bonnets. Check out day one of the festivies below and stay tuned for day two coming soon!

Since the Easter Bonnet Competition began in 1987, the event has raised more than $49 million for Broadway Cares. The company of The Lion King took top honors for bonnet presentation while Mary Poppins was runner up.

The special award for bonnet design was given to Mamma Mia!. The winning bonnet was created by Glen Russo, Rodd Sovar, Monica Kapoor, Don Lawrence, Lisa Brescia, and John Maloney. The Easter Bonnet Competition, directed this year by Kristin Newhouse, is the culmination of spring fundraising efforts for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by company members of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions. This year’s top fundraising award went to The Book of Mormon, which raised $286,725.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. Broadway Cares awards annual grants to more than 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic. For more information, please visit Broadway Cares online at broadwaycares.org

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nickjonas – “I’m for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what can’t be done.”- Bill Veeck

For the first round divisions, The Jonas Brothers are up against Menudo in the east division. Head over by CLICKING HERE and voting for the Jonas Brothers to make it to the next round!

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Published on Apr 20, 2012 by mtishows
Nick Jonas sits down with Music Theatre International correspondent Ken Kleiber to discuss takings over the role of J. Pierrepont Finch in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

Nick shares bits of valuable wisdom he’s gained from his 10+ years as a performer, and gives advice to aspiring performers. Nick reflects on performances past and shares how they’ve helped him on his journey to Broadway Star. Replacing Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway may seem like a daunting task. But, with the help of the wonderful HOW TO SUCCEED… creative team, Nick Jonas was able to step into Radcliffe’s shoes with confidence and uniqueness that makes the show a must see, again.