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| Matt Doyle Photo by Luke Fontana |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
Click here for more information on this production that runs through February 10th.
"Last March, Matt Doyle appeared with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of West Side Story in the role of Tony. Doyle is back with the orchestra, headlining a series of three solo concerts titled "Broadway and Beyond" that features selections from several well-known musicals, including West Side Story, plus a few pop hits.
...Under Stuart Chafetz's playful, bright and expert conducting, Doyle and the Phoenix Symphony sound sublime throughout the evening. The selections sung by Doyle and the instrumental pieces played by the Symphony are well-mixed throughout the concert. The overture for Cole Porter's Anything Goes gets the evening off to a bright and bouncy start, with melodic violin solos throughout the piece by Magdalena Martinic-Jercic. This is followed by Doyle delivering a beautiful version of Porter's "Night and Day" from Gay Divorce with a jazzy arrangement...Throughout the evening Doyle talks about how important it was as a young teenager when he discovered a "home" performing in community theatre. He also stresses the importance of arts education and of fulfilling your dreams and also speaks about the other things he likes to do besides performing, including songwriting. He sings a song he wrote with Will Van Dyke entitled "Home" that has simple yet effective lyrics....His soaring delivery of "Johanna" is beautiful. The first act ends with another Sondheim song, "Being Alive" from Company, which Doyle sings with clear and impeccable diction and a passion-filled delivery....Throughout the concert, Doyle shows he is capable of singing a range of songs with a voice that is pure, clean and bright. Chafetz's conducting and the expert performances by every member of the Phoenix Symphony are top notch... " -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
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