BYE BYE BIRDIE's Matt Doyle Featured In NY Magazine

SPRING AWAKENING's Matt Doyle, who stars as Hugo Peabody in the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of BYE BYE BIRDIE, is featured in a new interview with NY Magazine.

In the article, Doyle muses on several topics:

Regarding the Broadway production of HAIR, "I just saw Hair for the third time the other day. It's an incredible production with some of the best young performers on Broadway right now. Go see it. Let them fondle you. It's okay."

When asked when the last time he drove a car, Doyle teased, "I drove up to my parents' house in Connecticut not too long ago. I felt really cool because it was a BMW. Then I realized I wasn't fooling anyone because there was a massive Zipcar logo on the side of it.

To read the entire article, click here.

Matt Doyle was last seen on Broadway and on tour in Spring Awakening. Other NY Theatre credits include The Butcherhouse (SPF), Lunch (NY Musical Theatre Festival). Film credits include Once More with Feeling. TV: "Gossip Girl" (recurring). Recording: "Bare: A Pop Opera". LAMDA: Titus Andronicus, The Relapse, Much Ado About Nothing, Women Beware of Women.

Bye Bye Birdie is the inaugural production of the new Henry Miller's Theatre, which is located in the new Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. Performances begin September 10th and the official opening is October 15th, 2009.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie as the inaugural production of the new Henry Miller's Theatre (124 West 43rd Street). Bye Bye Birdie will star John Stamos (Albert Peterson), Gina Gershon (Rose Alvarez) & Bill Irwin (Mr. Harry MacAfee) with Jayne Houdyshell (Mrs. Mae Peterson) & Dee Hoty (Mrs. MacAfee).

The cast will also feature Matt Doyle (Hugo Peabody), Jake Evan Schwencke (Randolph MacAfee), Allie Trimm (Kim MacAfee) and as "Conrad Birdie" Nolan Funk. Robert Longbottom will direct and choreograph Bye Bye Birdie with a book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams.

In Bye Bye Birdie, the exuberant rock n' roll musical comedy, it's 1960 and hip-swingin' teen idol superstar Conrad Birdie (Funk) has been drafted into the army. Birdie's manager Albert (Stamos) and his secretary Rosie (Gershon) have cooked up a plan to send him off with a swell new song and one last kiss from a lucky teenage fan... on "The Ed Sullivan Show"!

Bye Bye Birdie received the 1961 Tony Award® for Best Musical and features such beloved songs as "Put on A Happy Face," "Kids," "Spanish Rose," "The Telephone Hour" and "A Lot of Livin' To Do."

For more information, visit www.byebyebirdieonbroadway.com.