WEST SIDE STORY Star Matt Cavenaugh Featured in OUT

One of Broadway's favorite leading men Matt Cavenaugh, currently starring as the lovestruck Tony in the current acclaimed revival of West Side Story at the Palace Theater, is featured in the current issue of OUT magazine. Cavenaugh chats about working with Arthur Laurents, playing the iconic role of Tony and that fact that the last inhabitant of his dressing room was Liza Minnelli!

Matt reveals: "I inherited my dressing room at the Palace Theatre from Liza, and I still have the red carpet she left behind," he laughs. "If Liza leaves you a present, you accept it graciously." To read the entire article in OUT, click here.

Matt Cavenaugh's previous Broadway credits include Grey Gardens, playing both Joe Kennedy Jr. and Jerry (the Marble Faun), and A Catered Affair. Matt made his Broadway debut as Bud in the musical version of the film, URBAN COWBOY. National Tour: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. Selected Regional credits: The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, George Street Playhouse, Denver Center, Goodspeed, CLO, TUTS. TV: "AS THE WORLD TURNS," "ONE LIFE TO LIVE." Film: "SEXUAL DEPENDENCY," "NEW BROOKLYN." Original cast recordings include Grey Gardens, A Catered Affair. Ithaca College graduate.

WEST SIDE STORY is written by three theatrical luminaries: two-time Tony® Award-winner Arthur Laurents (book), multiple Tony and Grammy® Award-winners Leonard Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics). The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway's finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as "Something's Coming," "Tonight," "America," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere."

Karen Olivo (Anita) won a Tony Award this year for "Best Performance by a Featured Actress."

The cast of 46 stars Matt Cavenaugh (A Catered Affair, Grey Gardens) as "Tony," Karen Olivo (In the Heights) as "Anita,"Cody Green (Movin' Out) as "Riff" and George Akram (The Farrelly's Stuck on You) as "Bernardo." The role of "Maria" is played by Broadway newcomer Josefina Scaglione. The 21 year old actress comes directly, by special arrangement with Actors' Equity Association, from Buenos Aires after an exhaustive international search for the role. WEST SIDE STORY also features Steve Bassett as "Lt. Schrank," Mike Cannon as "Snowboy," Kyle Coffman as "A-Rab," Joey Haro as "Chino,"Eric Hatch as "Big Deal," Curtis Holbrook as "Action," Michael Mastro as "Glad Hand," Lee Sellars as "Krupke," Tro Shaw as "Anybodys," Ryan Steele as "Baby John" and Greg Vinkler as "Doc" along with Nicholas Barasch, Kyle Brenn, Joshua Buscher,Isaac Calpito, Haley Carlucci, Peter Chursin, Madeline Cintron,Lindsay Dunn, Yurel Echezarreta, John Arthur Greene, Manuel Herrera, Matthew Hydzik, Marina Lazzaretto, Chase Madigan,Yanira Marin, Mileyka Mateo, Kaitlin Mesh, Angelina Mullins, Kat Nejat, Christian Elán Ortiz, Pamela Otterson, Danielle Polanco,Sam Rogers, Michael Rosen, Amy Ryerson, Jennifer Sanchez,Manuel Santos, Michaeljon Slinger, Tanairi Sade Vazquez and Mark Zimmerman.

Directed by multiple Tony Award winner and author of the musical Arthur Laurents, with the original Jerome Robbins choreography restaged by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life), WEST SIDE STORY features scenic designs byJames Youmans (Gypsy), costumes by Tony Award nominee David C. Woolard (The Farnsworth Invention, The Who's Tommy), lighting by Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Gypsy, Jersey Boys), hair by Mark Adam Rampmeyer (The Farnsworth Invention) and sound design by Tony Award nominee Dan Moses Schreier (Gypsy, A Catered Affair). The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life).

WEST SIDE STORY is produced by Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander, Jeffrey Sellerwith Terry Allen Kramer, Sander Jacobs, Roy Furman / Jill Furman Willis, Freddy DeMann,Robyn Goodman / Walt Grossman, Hal Luftig, Roy Miller, The Weinstein Company andBroadway Across America.

Tickets for West Side Story at Broadway's Palace Theatre are currently on sale at www.tickemaster.com, by calling 212-307-4100 or visiting the Palace Theatre box office. The playing schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7 p.m., Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $121.50 - 46.50.

Photo Courtesy of OUT Magazine/Nicolas Wagner