• LA Weekly on Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night:
"Guilford Adams's glum fool Feste plays nicely off of Gaydos's decadent Sir Toby." - Paul Birchall
• Backstage on James in Stray:
"Gaydos neatly captures James' stubbornness and the tunnel vision that blinds him to the others' needs." - Neal Weaver
• David O. Selznick in Moonlight and Magnolias:
“Moonlight and Magnolias, though, really belongs to the actor playing Selznick. Matt Gaydos…sails through the big talk and the silly business with so much verve and so much charm that you can't imagine anyone else in the role. It's a great performance.” – Lawson Taitte, The Dallas Morning News
• Backstage on Michal in The Pillowman:
"Matt Gaydos seems to relish his role as Michal, Katurian's psychologically wounded brother, in a performance that is at first funny and endearing, then horrific." – Robert Isenberg
• Joseph Surface in The School for Scandal:
“There are many performers to honor, but chiefly, Matt Gaydos as the poseur, Joseph. His every pause is scrupulously noted; it's continuously funny to see calculation play across his face. But he also betrays a dark bitterness. The combination makes for very high and telling comedy.”
– Chris Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• The Real Thing makes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s 10 Best Plays of 2002:
“Matthew J. Kopans directed a strong cast led by Pitt's best young actor in several years, Matthew Gaydos.” – Chris Rawson
“A strong cast is led by Matt Gaydos, whose Henry is nothing short of remarkable. He's as adept at capturing Henry's childishness as his sophistication. Long speeches and witty wordplay feel spontaneous. Gaydos gives a performance filled with loss and joy, with conviction and bewilderment. It was moving.” – Anna Rosenstein
• Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing:
“You might not be able to tell the pros and students apart, especially in the case of Matthew Gaydos' Don Pedro -- but he's already a pro, the Carmelo Anthony of Pitt Rep.”
– Chris Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• San Diego Union-Tribune on Sir Patient Fancy, the USD production at The Old Globe:
“Actor Matt Gaydos brings [the title role] to robust life, suggesting his joyless exterior is just that, a layer any human with appetites wishes stripped away.” – Anne Marie Welsh
• Buzzy in Jenny Laird’s Ballad Hunter:
“Gaydos triumphs at the task, eventually leading us to a concluding scene that would be unlikely or unpleasant in lesser hands. Here it's touching, comforting and thoroughly welcome.”
– Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer:
“This gem of a role requires an actor capable of motivating his comic buffoonery with the pain of a social outsider and with the hostility one would expect of this alienated soul. Actor Matthew Gaydos is up to the challenge.” – Gabriel Davis, Pittsburgh Pulp
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Best Student Performances of 2003:
“The standouts of the year were Matthew Gaydos' Astrov and Don Pedro (Uncle Vanya and Much Ado About Nothing, Pitt).” – Chris Rawson
COMPLETE REVIEWS
Moonlight and Magnolias Dallas Theater Center
School for Scandal
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
Sir Patient Fancy
The Old Globe
The Pillowman
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
