Matthew Hydzik Named West Side Story's New Tony; Cavenaugh Exits Dec. 13- Page 3

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 12:30pm

I've been saying this since I've seen him. Matthew Hydzik just isn't that good, and he's not much of an improvement over Cavanaugh.

I really want to see Jordan.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 12:53pm

stee - I agree...I thought I was the only one who didn't really mind Cavenaugh. Maybe it's because I went in with such LOW expectations for him, but I found him to be alright. Nothing incredible, but not nearly as bad as some people make him out to be.

I really want to see Jordan as well.

And ljay - I love the new avatar

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 1:02pm

Thank you!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 1:16pm

I found Hydzik to be an improvement, albeit a small one, over Cavenaugh.

I'm really excited to see Jordan, however, whom I think will be excellent.

[stee]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 1:52pm

Woops - I forgot to mention the best part of the show: I really loved John Arthur Greene as Riff. First off, he seems genuinely suited for the role... tough and passionate, macho, etc. When I saw Cody Greene, it was like watching a sheep in wolf's clothing. John Arthur can sing and dance, but more importantly you actually believe his tough guy act. It also seems like he is genuinely having a great time performing on stage without trying to overdo his performance.

I also thought that Wes Hart, the new action, was great. I'm probably in the minority but I also didn't like Curtis Holbrook in the role of Action... again, it felt like his performance was too "muggy." Wes Hart was much more subdued with his performance of Officer Krupke - but I liked it better. The song is already comedic and light-hearted for an otherwise heavy plot... so Curtis' mugginess felt so "musical theater" whereas Wes' performance tamed down the cheese-factor.

But yeah - congrats to John Arthur and Wes. I thought John Arthur had way more star power than Matt Hydzyk...
Updated On: 12/21/09 at 01:52 PM

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 2:33pm

To anyone whosaw the new Tonys or Marias yet, are they still inserts in the Playbill or are the actually printed in yet?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 3:14pm

Playbill has Jeremy listed as "Tony at certain performances."

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 3:18pm

I was actually talking about a book Playbill. But if you were talking about that too then thank you :)



EDIT: Picture of Matt and Josephine
http://bit.ly/692JcN Updated On: 12/21/09 at 03:18 PM