#1
Posted: 12/28/10 at 11:22am
Does WSS have alternate cast members (matinees etc)? Anyone to avoid? Thanks! nm
#2
Posted: 12/28/10 at 11:31am
Yes, for Tony. I believe the alternate foes on Wednesday evenings, and Sunday matinees, however with the show closing soon, I'm not sure how that's been adjusted.
#3
Posted: 12/28/10 at 11:32am
Matt Shingledecker, the alternate for Tony, is much, much, much better than Matthew Hydzik, the regular Tony.
#4
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:06pm
I have seen it with Matthew H and Matt Shingledecker...I agree Matt Shingledecker shines! He hit the sustained high notes in Maria and sent chills down my spine! I would love to see him again but I wont be in NYC until mid Jan. See him if you can.
I hope he gets to do the final performance on Sun jan 2. He is living his dream.
Anyone know what his next endeavor will be?
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I hope he gets to do the final performance on Sun jan 2. He is living his dream.
Anyone know what his next endeavor will be?
Happy2010 to all
DF
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#5
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:08pm
Shingledecker didn't sing the optional MARIA note when I saw it. But maybe he does now.
#6
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:11pm
According to his twitter, Shingledecker is playing Tony one more time before the closing- the Saturday matinee (he performed Sunday night and Monday night as well).
I don't recall him hitting the optional note, either. The only one that I ever heard do it onstage was Jeremy Jordan.
Shingledecker's twitter
I don't recall him hitting the optional note, either. The only one that I ever heard do it onstage was Jeremy Jordan.
Shingledecker's twitter
#7
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:25pm
Optional note being the B flat??
#8
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:31pm
Yes, the b flat. I heard Cavenaugh sing it on several occasions. He didn't always do it though.
#9
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:04pm
My advice: skip the production altogether, and just watch the movie instead. You'll save money since this revival is extremely uninspired IMHO.
To be a little more helpful, however: I saw Shingledecker, and he definitely was the best part of the show (along with Olivo). It's too bad everyone/everything else was so bland.
To be a little more helpful, however: I saw Shingledecker, and he definitely was the best part of the show (along with Olivo). It's too bad everyone/everything else was so bland.
#10
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:07pm
Shingledecker never did the show with Olivo though.
#11
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:31pm
Hmmm... I definitely saw Olivo. I know I saw the alternate Tony at the time, and Shingledecker sounded like it was right. I guess I was mistaken then. My opinions of the production still stand though. Haha
#12
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:37pm
^If you saw an alternate with Karen Olivo, than you saw Jeremy Jordan, not Matt Shingledecker.
#13
Posted: 12/29/10 at 2:46pm
^^Wouldn't the alternate Tony with Karen Olivo have been Matthew Hydzik? Jeremy Jordan would still have been in Rock of Ages at the time.
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#14
Posted: 12/29/10 at 2:49pm
^ No. Jordan became the alternate in December 09. Karen officially left in May (2010). I saw them together in January.
And Hydzik was never an alternate. He was just the standby. Cavenaugh did all 8 performances a week.
And Hydzik was never an alternate. He was just the standby. Cavenaugh did all 8 performances a week.
Updated On: 12/29/10 at 02:49 PM
#15
Posted: 12/29/10 at 6:08pm
Based on their performances the entire cast appears to be alternates from Hicksville Amateur Theatre Group.
#16
Posted: 12/29/10 at 6:17pm
^ The current cast isn't that great. The best leads that I have seen were Jeremy Jordan, Josefina Scaglione (Tony nominee), and Karen Olivo (Tony winner).
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