Jai Rodriguez

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 1:47pm

I think we should all take a minute to worship his greatness, for he is absolutely AMAZING.

[jv92]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 1:59pm

Eh, he's alright. I liked Roger Bart better in The Produces. I haven't seen him in anything else though.

[RabbitRun]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 2:10pm

This is what I posted after seeing Jai back in November ...

I saw the show last night; and Beach's performance is pure magic, but he is given very little, and I mean "very little" to work with in his scenes with Rodriguez. Jai seems to be walking through the part in a lifeless almost cardboard cutout like manner. His singing also leaves a lot to be desired.

Jai should just stick to lip syncing "King Tut".

Posted: 1/1/06 at 2:34pm

It's always the best to be able to act with people who are more experienced than yourself. That's the way you learn and grow in the craft. It's too bad that Jai is unable to take advantage of the gift he's been given in working with Gary Beach.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 3:36pm

When I saw Jai, Gary was out, Jai and Jim Borstelmann(My second favorite Roger) worked very well together.I liked Jai more than I like Brooks as Carmen, but no one compares to Brad Musgrove or Roger Bart.
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[almostxfamous]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 6:05pm

I saw Jai as Angel back in 2002, and the man was absolutely PHENOMENAL. He was one of the standouts in my opinion. I absolutely adored him in the role.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 7:01pm

RabbitRun, you saw him back in November right after he started the show. I saw him Friday and thought he was great. I guess it never occurred to you to let him grow into the role before completely writing him off and posting your criticisms for the world to take as gospel truth.

[badreligion]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 7:16pm

eh, his Angel in Rent left alot to be desired.

[kas]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 7:52pm

i've always loved jai since the Zanna days, but he is a better singer than he is an actor. sometimes he is just too much the same all across the board, if that makes any sense. but he's just so damn cute that it's easy to forgive. i also saw him as angel, and he was very sweet. but no one compared to wilson.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 8:02pm

He's the most adorable adult I've ever seen on a Broadway stage (besides maybe Jennifer Cody).

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 8:04pm

Jai is definately my favorite Angel that I've seen live. I saw him in August of 2004. I love Wilson too of course, they're both my favorties. Jai is absolutely amazing. And he's so sweet!

[Angelbabe]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 8:15pm

I love Jai next to Wilson he's the best Angel ever. He's also my favorite in the fab 5 on queer eye....Carson is in a close 2nd

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 8:56pm

Rock on Angelbabe. So true.

[BroadwayRandy0711]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 9:26pm

I saw Jai in December 2005 and I thought that he was hiliarious. I think that he made the role of Carmen his own. On the other hand John Tracey Egan reminded me too much of Nathan Lane.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 9:33pm

He is an extremely attractive young gentleman.

that is all.

(seriously, I've never seen or heard him on anything but the Actor's Fund Hair Recording and he sings for like, 30 seconds.)

But wow.

hottie.
Him as Sabu? gahhh.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 9:51pm

On the other hand John Tracey Egan reminded me too much of Nathan Lane.

I thought the same thing. You know how understudies are told to play a role exactly like the lead? It was that kind of a performance. But he's not an understudy, he's a replacement 5 years after the fact. If this is how they're trying to have the show survive without Nathan and Matthew, that's really sad.

Updated On: 1/2/06 at 09:51 PM

[BroadwayRandy0711]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 10:26pm

I totally agree some understudies bring just a slight change but I did not see that with JT Egan.

[Celestial Entropy]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 10:45pm

but no one compares to Brad Musgrove or Roger Bart.

I 2nd that!

[ThrourouglyModernMLE]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:49pm

He's my favorite on QE, too! He's so much fun!

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 5:18pm

Brad Musgrove is the best Carmen to date. And that's including Roger Bart.

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 6:18pm

Wasn't Jai sposed to play Carmen in the movie? I thought I read a story on here at one point saying so. Although this was at the same time as they were announcing him going into the stage production, so maybe I just got confused. But why would they announce him being in the movie if he was only going to have that tiny part?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 6:23pm

Because he has a good publicist.

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 7:30pm

haha. touche, orangeskittles. lol.

[idinarocksmysocks!510]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 8:27pm

i saw him in the producers recently and he was so nice and personable! not to mention gorgeous and talented! i love him!

[moulin724rouge]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 10:25pm

definitly agree! When I saw Jai in RENT i thought he was the cutest angel i had ever seen! he was the best of 4 angels that i have seen and the cutest too :)