| Full given name: | Matthew Finnen Doyle |
| Hometown: | I lived all over the place growing up: Manchester, MA; Weston, CT; and San Francisco, CA. |
| Special skills: | I'm an advanced certified scuba diver! I can also bend my fingers in all sorts of crazy ways. It's not pretty. |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Rent. Twelve years ago. |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | The original West Side Story. |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Hair. Go see it. |
| Favorite show tune: | "How Glory Goes" from Floyd Collins. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Make You Feel My Love." The Adele version. |
| Web obsession: | "Sleep Running Dog" on Youtube. It's pure gold. |
| Last book you read: | "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Up." I get very excited when a new Pixar movie comes out. |
| Favorite board game: | Monopoly. All the way. |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Bill Irwin. |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "Faith" by George Michael. The entire album. |
| First stage kiss: | Andrea Miller. We kissed in a production of Carousel I did when I was in ninth grade. I was Billy Bigelow, and she was Julie Jordan. The kiss was so awkward, our director set aside an extra half hour to rehearse it. I was mortified. |
| Favorite post-show meal: | I like going home to make a big bowl of Annie's macaroni and cheese. |
| How you got your Equity card: | Spring Awakening |
| Worst flubbed line/missed cue/onstage mishap: | During my first week as Hanschen in Spring Awakening, I completely went up on my lines. After what felt like an hour of silence, I finally started improvising (trying to keep the classical tone... unsuccessfully) and got back on track. My poor scene partner (Blake Daniel) looked like he was about to have a heart attack. |
| Worst costume ever: | I did a lot of clowning in school, and my clown's costume was pretty absurd. I wore a pair of ugly plaid shorts that were entirely too big, belted way above my belly button, fluorescent orange flip flops, and a tank top that was about three sizes too small with the words "yeah, rock" written across it. Oh, and a backwards newsboy cap to top it off. |
| Pet's name: | I have a little dog whose name is Jacob. He's awesome. |
| Favorite junk food: | Peanut M&Ms are incredible. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Only because I think he's cool. |
| Worst job you ever had: | I tried to wait tables at an art fair in high school with some of my friends. We were outside in 98-degree heat wearing all black. Not only was I a terrible waiter, but also we only made money in tips... Nobody tips well at an art fair. |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | I have a pretty sweet gig on "Gossip Girl" as Jonathan, Eric Van Der Woodson's boyfriend. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Romeo! Anywhere. |
| Which Bye Bye Birdie castmate is most obsessed with Twitter? | They're all obsessed! I just recently started one because I felt so out of the loop. I'd probably say that (the immensely talented) Allie Trimm is the best at her 'tweeting.' |
