THE GREAT GATSBY Opening Night Critics’ Reviews- Page 8

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 10:07am

Cast updates:

• Jeremy Jordan will play his final performance on March 7.
• Ryan McCartan will temporarily replace from March 8 - 29, before Reeve Carney takes over as Jay Gatsby on March 30.
• Aisha Jackson will depart on February 1, and Eva Noblezada will return on February 5. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 10:34am

AC126748 said: "I didn't see this posted here, but Ryan McCarten went back into the Broadway production for several performances as Gatsby over the holiday weekend."

Yeah. He posted around Jeremy’s return that they kept him on as a special guest star to cover when Jeremy had his band engagements.

Reeve being cast as Gatsby is…a choice.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Reeve-Carney-and-Eva-Noblezada-Will-Star-in-THE-GREAT-GATSBY-20260114

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 10:41am

I sure hope that hes carves out a niche for himself soon because being Eva's hanger-on is kind of embarassing for him. Nobody is hanging onto their marriage for this to be a reason to see a show.

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 10:46am

Can we please get florence's Gatsby? In all honesty this has probably run long enough and I'm surprised it's run this long.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 12:57pm

Not how business works, taco. That Gatsby has tons of work to do on it and it will get those rewrites in London. 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 1:02pm

These could just be wild rumors, but I saw social media rumblings about Darren Criss as Gatsby in the London Welch production with Rachel Zegler as Daisy.

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 2:17pm

Sutton Ross said: "Not how business works, taco. That Gatsby has tons of work to do on it and it will get those rewrites in London."

I know that's not how business works, but somehow I wish it was. I just finished the first draft of a musical after a year and a half and wish it could be finished now, alas it too has tons of work to do. The work seems much more exciting than what we currently have, and my generation is more impatient than any, and I see how that's an issue to a lot of people. Patience is key, and I hope in the coming months and years we'll get an excellent product years better than the show that watched the luhrmann film and wrote a show based on the bullet points, saying as I saw the show on Broadway back in October.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 3:00pm

KevinKlawitter said: "These could just be wild rumors, but I saw social media rumblings about Darren Criss as Gatsby in the London Welch production with Rachel Zegler as Daisy."

That does sound wild as hell. Also, Darren has Nick energy, not Gatsby.

[Dolly80]

Posted: 1/14/26 at 3:06pm

Wha terrible casting. Reeve Carney is going to absolutely murder those songs with his insipid voice.