Jeremy Kushnier to Play Roger in B'way's Rent

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:06pm

What's up with this? The people in the latest Aida tour are showing up on Bway like crazy. Dolenz and Brescia are going to be in Aida and now Jeremy is going to be in RENT! Now Paulette needs to be on Bway.
Jeremy Kushnier to Play Roger in B'way's Rent

Updated On: 11/13/03 at 06:06 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:07pm

Ryan Link is on vocal rest.. injured his voice.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:08pm

AHHHH! That just reminded me. Ryan Link was the understudy on the Aida tour. We are being attacked!

[GirlfriendFromCanada]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:09pm

Jeremy was Roger for nearly four months at the tail end of the Rent Benny tour, as well as the mentioned Canadian cast.

Apparently the current Roger, Ryan Link, is going out on vocal rest for an indefinite amount of time. Given the way things tend to work around those parts, and the way that article sounds, this doesn't appear to be all that temporary. Hmmm. Updated On: 11/13/03 at 06:09 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:11pm

I don't like Kushnier.. I wish they had gotten Joshua Kobak... he shoulda took over that role a LONG time ago... he is RENT's male super-swing and god knows he is teh best damn Roger you'll find... absoluetly SOLID in both voice and acting which is more than can be said for most RENT cast members.

[GirlfriendFromCanada]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:12pm

I wish they had gotten Joshua Kobak... he shoulda took over that role a LONG time ago... he is RENT's male super-swing and god knows he is teh best damn Roger you'll find... absoluetly SOLID in both voice and acting which is more than can be said for most RENT cast members.

With that, I couldn't agree more.

[BillFinn]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:12pm

As long as Matt Caplan doesn't leave, I'm a happy guy.

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:26pm

mama sayyyyyyssssssssss josh is better... he can sing when he's around...once you hire a kushner...ya can't back down... oy does this mean roger with bigass sideburns?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:30pm

A.) I can't stand Matt Craplan.......
(spelling INTENDED)

B.) I HATE those sideburns

C.) I LOVE me some Kobak... ALWAYS a treat to see him perform

[BillFinn]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:50pm

Kobak is so plastered and boy bandish. Matt is naturally cute. Craplan? Wow that explains why he's been in RENT how many years, and you're on a message board discrediting him. Hmmmmm....

[Cadriel]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:52pm

broadwayguy2 -

(Sarcasm.) Wonderful deconstruction of Matt Caplan's Mark. Nothing like a good old ad hominem attack to get the juices flowing. (End sarcasm.) Care to actually give so much as one reason why Matt's performance - hailed not only by fans of Rent but by seasoned theatregoers who were unimpressed by every other member of the cast - is so unworthy?

-Wayne

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:53pm

Kobak?? Plastered and BOYBANDISH?? ha ha ha ha ha ha

[robyn525600]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 7:42pm

I really enjoyed Jeremy as Roger when I saw him on tour. I also enjoyed him as Radames. I'm glad he's coming back to b'way.

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 7:45pm

*Clicks tongue* Why not Joshy, WHY?

Or Sebastian...*Surrenders to flaming* Seriously though, Sebastian's way more passionate in the role than the both of them, and his voice has improved a lot. I saw him a few weeks ago, and he was able to hit all those notes he couldn't hit before.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 7:48pm

I hear was great as an understudy BEFORE he took the role and teh same ones who liked him then admitted that he was worse when he had it full time

[A_Boy_From_Oz]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 7:59pm

I couldn't agree more. I saw Koback perform as Roger in pittsburgh and he was fabulous.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 8:01pm

Cadriel --

It not ine specific thing about Caplan's performance.. it is just SOMETHING there that rubs me the wrong way.

[BillFinn]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 8:05pm

Well I'm glad to know at least you're reasoning for making fun of Matt is valid. He "rubs" you the wrong way. Gotta give points for those intuitions.

Josh is a talented Roger, but in my opinion, he's too boybandish to play the part. Roger's cute, but not hott.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 8:25pm

Jeremy Kushnier's "performance" of Roger was the second worst I have ever seen. And I saw Sean Keller. So you know when I say bad, I mean bad, B-A-D.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 8:28pm

DAMN!!!

well Sean Keller trigerred a fiasco.. he was fired the replaced by GOD AWFUL Manley Pope.. he stayed around for YEARS

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 8:35pm

Manley was good at first. I can only vow for what he was like when he replaced Sean.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 8:51pm

More recycled boring crap. Methinks there's a reason the guy hasn't been on Broadway since his debut in Footloose, over 5 years ago.

[BillFinn]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 9:15pm

Isn't Jeremy Kushnier gay? I could have sworn he gave me a se-X-y look when I shook his hand.

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 10:39pm

Isn't Jeremy Kushnier gay? I could have sworn he gave me a se-X-y look when I shook his hand.

He's not. Why does it matter, though?

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 10:40pm

Jeremy was phenomenal in Footloose. I loved him- I think he has an amazing voice. I imagine he would be great Roger, although I've never seen him. Maybe I'll try and see the show. I am a fan of his.