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Joe Cassidy, Rock Star: Feinstein’s 54 Below
“I didn’t know he could sing that F-ing high!”
- Idina Menzel
Grind @ The York Theater
“A wonderful actor.”
- Hal Prince
Feeling Electric (What became - Next to Normal)
New York Music Theatre festival
"...the heart and soul of this production is Cassidy as Dan. His gorgeous tenor is a joy to hear in some of the show's most emotionally devastating songs...."
-Theatermania, Dan Bacalzo
-“Outstanding Actor” Talkin’ Broadway’s Summer Theater Citations
Les Miserables (Valjean) @ The Pioneer Theatre Company
“Joe Cassidy’s voice as Jean Valjean is truly remarkable, as is his tenderness toward Cosette and Fantine. Watch for the paternal love he shows to Young Cosette when, at their first meeting, he teaches her to sing a few notes to dispel her fear. Vocally, he effortlessly moves from a piercing roar in the lowest register to rise to heaven with an inspired falsetto, especially in his featured song, ‘Bring Him Home.’”
The Deseret News, Blair Howell
“Joe Cassidy creates a charismatic and empathetic Jean Valjean, shifting smoothly from strong confrontations with Javert to tender moments with Fantine, Cozette and Marius in "Bring Him Home."”
Salt Lake Tribune, Barbara Bannon
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (National Tour)
"Cassidy was brilliant as Andre...Resnick and Cassidy had a radiant kind of comedic chemistry that was perfectly matched with some of the funniest lines in the entire script."
-Shepherd Express (Milwaukee, WI), Russ Bickerstaff
"Hollis Resnick, and Joe Cassidy beautifully blend together in their spotlight moments and share a fabulous comedic chemistry as Andre Thibault and Muriel Eubanks."
-BroadwayWorld.com, Steve Leary
"There's also a romantic subplot, which isn't found in the film, about two eccentric and hilarious characters. Here we find Muriel Eubanks (the incredibly talented Hollis Resnick)...and a crooked police chief, Andre Thibault (Joe Cassidy). Their scenes together are so comically masterful that they almost steal the show."
-Daily Southtown (Chicago, IL), Betty Mohr
Make Me A Song (william Finn): Hartford Theatreworks
[Hitchhiking Across America, and I'd Rather Be Sailing] "...are simply and stunningly sung by Joe Cassidy."
-Variety, Frank Rizzo
"Ruggiero has given all these songs and more to some terrific singers. In addition to Heller, there's the sweet-voiced Sally Wilfert, the wry and powerful Sandy Binion, and the lyrical Joe Cassidy. All of them, along with pianist John DiPinto, find just the right tone for Finn's songs"
-Boston Globe, Louise Kennedy
"The most moving moments in "Make Me a Song" occur when the actors simply sit or stand to sing as Cassidy does for the funny, sweet ballad I'd Rather Be Sailing ...The show's highlights are innumerable. Cassidy swung his way through the funny Law of Genetics and sung it sweet and fine on Sailing."
-Hartford Courant, Deborah Hornblow
The Last Five Years: Hartford Theatreworks
"As Jamie, Joe Cassidy...exhibits startling stage presence and a tremendous voice...It was standing room only at the performance I attended, and I'm sure every night will be the same."
-Theatermania.com, Jeffrey LaGrange
Listen to My Heart : Upstairs @ Studio 54
"The cast is simply marvelous...Joe Cassidy (1776) proves not only to be a master at comedy ("If You Love Me, Please Don't Feed Me") but is equally adept at simple emotional honesty ("You're There"), and provides the second goose-bump moment of the show, a stellar performance of "Catch Me," a number concerning a suicidal individual that is easy to over play and hard to land."
-Talkin' Broadway, Jonathan Frank
"Also surprising are some of Friedman's darker, more dramatic numbers; most notable among them is Catch Me, stunningly performed by Cassidy and staged to perfection by Waldrop."
-Theatermania, Barbara & Scott Siegel
"...versatile member of the company is Joe Cassidy, who with a remarkably deadpan face can elicit both laughs and touch the heart deeply. In the first half of “Heart", Cassidy accomplishes this feat with If You Love Me Please Don’t Feed Me, an earnest yet frantic plea from a man to his significant other to stop with the saturated fats, among other things. In the second act, it’s Catch Me, a man’s desperate plea for help in a world that he feels is spinning out of his control."
-American Theater Web, Andy Propst
"The very versatile Joe Cassidy rounds out the onstage talent, a strong voice that readily adapts to a variety of song styles."
-Curtain Up, Brad Bradley
1776 (Rutledge) @ TUTS Houston, TX
"Molasses to Rum looms over the second act...Cassidy tackles the song's bitter power with a sort of Machiavellian elegance that the cruel tale demands."
-The Houston Press, Lee Williams
Jekyll & Hyde @ Casa Manana; Ft. Worth, TX
"...[Cassidy] in the title roles blurs the lines and carefully fuses the two personalities with skillful overlap. It doesn't hurt that he has one the of the best voices on the Bass Stage this year."
-Star Telegram, Mark Lowry
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