WEST SIDE STORY Cast Announced! — Page 4

"I disagree. Other than Alice Ripley, I thought Aaron Tveit was the best part about Next to Normal. You were drawn to his presence onstage, even in scenes where he was just lurking about, without a line of dialogue. In Hairspray, I thought he was great fun, and had excellent chemistry with Shannon Durig. I saw him in Saved, but he had nothing to do there. In Wicked, he acted and sang Fiyero better than anyone, and actually looked like he would be attending Shiz, not teaching there. He is also one of the very few Fiyeros who you don't think would rather run off with Boq than either of the witches."

I agree with everything in this post. I adore Aaron Tveit, I'd be doubled over in excitement if he was cast as Tony. However, I'm excited to see what Matt Cavenaugh does with the role.

finally the announcements are in
i am curious about how they will approach this revival

Updated On: 10/30/08 at 03:04 AM

are they changing the choreography? at all/ or staying traditional to the original? mostly we hear about updating the dialogue and language fusion.

Updated On: 10/30/08 at 03:21 AM

No Stew as Officer Krupke?? ha ha ha!

LaMusicVa, I think the "girls in the gang" are referring to the jet girls and other shark girls. Such as Velma, Minnie, Graziella, margarita, teresita, etc....

I think you're right. I realized that after I posted...I think it was the wording of the press release that confused me, referring to 'the Jets,' and 'the Sharks,' collectively. I guess I'm used to the old cast list that divided everyone into groups.

Matt Shingledecker wasn't a rumor, that was true. He was in the final three being considered. I still think he would have been excellent, if they'd gone in a younger direction.

I think Cavenaugh is an interesting choice and I look forward to seeing him. However, possibly even more, I look forward to seeing his understudy, Matt Hydzik. Must be something about the name Matt and this role!

^^Unless something's changed in the past 24 hours, yes, I'm sure. :)

I really enjoyed his Melchior. If anything he might've come across as too polished for Tony, but that's not like it's something that can't be worked on, I'd assume.

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out of curiosity, other than cavanaugh, who else do people who are unexcited about the current cast think should be recast? who would you cast in their place?

I wish Omar Lopez-Cepero could play Tony...i just think he's too unknown. He's only done a touring production of evita and was a finalist on NYMF's next broadway sensation.