Bogart to Succeed Spencer in Broadway's JERSEY BOYS

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 12:46pm

Matt Bogart, the Broadway actor recently seen as Lancelot in the national tour of Camelot, will join the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys Sept. 30 at the August Wilson Theatre.

Bogart succeeds J. Robert Spencer in the role of Nick Massi. Spencer, who created that role at the La Jolla Playhouse and subsequently on Broadway, will offer his final performance Sept. 14. In the interim the role will be played by John Leone.

Bogart will join a cast that currently includes Sebastian Arcelus as Bob Gaudio, Christian Hoff as Tommy DeVito, Michael Longoria as Frankie Valli and Peter Gregus as Bob Crewe.

Matt Bogart was seen as Paul in the Kennedy Center mounting of Stephen Sondheim's Company, and his Broadway credits include Aida, The Civil War, Miss Saigon and Smokey Joe's Cafe. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music, Bogart has appeared in regional productions of Camelot, Carousel and Side Show. He was also part of the premiere cast of Frank Wildhorn's Camille Claudel at Goodspeed, and his recent theatrical credits include Himself and Nora (Old Globe), Phantom (Music Theatre of Wichita), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kennedy Theatre) and Romance/Romance (Paper Mill Playhouse).
Bogart to Succeed Spencer in Broadway's JERSEY BOYS

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:34pm

Good for Matt! I've seen him as Radames in AIDA and Joe Hardy in DAMN YANKEES and he was excellent in both shows. I wish him well in his run in JERSEY BOYS.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 2:11pm

Now we know why he opted not to do the Papermill Oklahoma. (he was offered the role of Curly)

[massofmen]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 2:31pm

this is the worst casting I have ever heard of.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 2:38pm

I think Matt is a great choice!

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 6:49pm

Matt is amazing and he was the ONLY reason to see the dreadful tour of Camelot with Lou Diamond Phillips. Matt stole the show with his amazing voice. I wish him all the best with this.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/22/08 at 6:16pm

How is he doing in the role?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:14pm

Oh, no clue he was in this! I might have to get standing room seats for this on Friday or Saturday night! Although I hate standing room, ha! Especially for a 2.5 hour show.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:23pm

A friend of mine saw him and said his accent was more actually Italian than Jersey. I'm not sure if this is good or bad...

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/23/08 at 12:25am

Is the show worth standing room?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/23/08 at 12:53am

With a good cast, it is. And you can always take off your shoes!

(I admit, though, I've never done SRO for Jersey Boys [just Spelling Bee], but I have also seen JB over 30 times.)

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/23/08 at 10:24pm

Well, I did standing room for "Next to Normal" without realizing it. They didn't have a seat for me, but sold me a student ticket, so I just stood at the back and watched the show. Granted, i could lean on the railing so it wasn't so bad.