ACTING REVIEWS

Lyric Stage's

Cather County

Composer/Librettist

Ed Dixon based on

the short stories of

Willa Cather

Stage Director Drew Scott Harris

Music Director Nyela Basney

“The best voices in director Drew Scott Harris’

uniformly fine cast belong to Diane Guthrie,

as the lonely opera singer, and to Gaitley Mathews

as the moonshiner Allen Poole.  If this production

were distilled into one zenith of a musical moment,

it would be when Mathews sings Out Here in the

Woods.”

Perry Stewart

Theater Critic                                Grandbury Opera House's

Fort Worth Star-Telegram             She Loves Me       

                                                     Book by Joe Masteroff

                                                     Music by Harnick/Bock

                                                     “Good thing there’s the smooth-voiced Gaitley

                                                      Mathews (as the two-timing Kodaly) to keep

                                                      things rolling.  No matter where he is onstage,

                                                      he’s the dominant presence."

                                                      Mark Lowry

                                                      Theater Critic

                                                      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Lyric Stage’s

Sweet Charity

Book by Neil Simon

Music by Cy Coleman

“Gaitley Mathews is Charity’s nemesis throughout the evening, playing with equal sagacity both the movie star Vittorio Vidal and the neurotic Oscar Lindquist.  As the former, he interrupts the show’s second well-know tune, Charity’s soft-shoe “If My Friends Could See Me Now,” with charming sophistication and, most importantly, a consistent Italian accent.”

Chris Shull

Theater Critic                                      

The Met

                                                        Lyric Stage's

                                                        Cather County

                                                        Composer/Librettist

                                                        Ed Dixon                               

                                                        "Exploring love lost are the handsome

                                                        couple Dara Whitehead and Gaitley

                                                        Mathews, who bring both alluring 

                                                        warmth and romantic pathos to ill-

                                                        fated lovers.  Mathews' first-act ballad

                                                        is exquisitely staged and beautifully sung,

                                                        a sure, solid high point of the evening." 

                                                        J. H. Johnson

                                                        Theatre Critic

                                                        Dallas Voice

Theatre Three's

Lady in the Dark

Book by Moss Hart

Music by Weill/Gershwin

Stage Director Jack Lee

Music Director Terry Dobson

"The cream of Dallas' musical-comedy talent played the roles.......Gaitley

Mathews, radiating presence as the movie star who makes a play for Liza,

found deeper emotions in the scene where he confesses his insecurities.

The company's best show of the season."

Lawson Taitte

Theatre Critic

The Dallas Morning News