news archives

September 2011

Matt helps man Debra Monk's table at the 2011 Broadway Flea Market. See the picture in our Gallery.

May 2011

Having recently completed a workshop for "Saving Aimee", Matt is now performing in a workshop for the musical "Giant" at the Public Theatre. Ye-haa!

On Saturday, 5/21, Matt will be a featured performer at The New England Center for the Performing Arts in "A Broadway Evening Gala" at Lake Pearl Luciano's.
for more information click here

December 2010

Rock of Ages announces a move to the Helen Hayes Theatre in March, 2011. Catch it at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre until 1/9!

November 2010

See Matt as Hertz 11/20-11/24 ... and as Dennis 11/26-11/30!
Have a rockin' Thanksgiving everybody!

October 2010

Matt celebrates a year at Rock of Ages and keeps on rockin'. He appears often in three of the lead roles: Lonny, Dennis & Hertz and sings in all performances.

This show is a must see!

July 8-10, 2010

Matt will be on as Lonny or Dennis
for all four shows.

New picture in the gallery!

June 7, 2010

Rock of Ages cast performs at
Taste of Times Square
New pictures in our gallery!

May/June, 2010

Matt plays for Rock of Ages on
the Broadway Show League
New pictures in our gallery!

Matt is Mr. January in the
Men of Rock of Ages 2010 calendar!
Get a sneak peek in our gallery!

March, 2010

Matt will perform in Rockers on Broadway - Rocks to Re-build at B.B.King Blues Club on 3/1!
Playbill's announcement

February, 2010

2/15-2/19 Matt on as Lonny for all performances!

2/8-2/10 Matt on as Lonny in Rock of Ages!

January, 2010

Matt is Mr. January in the
Men of Rock of Ages 2010 calendar!
Get a sneak peek in our gallery!

1/8-1/10 Matt on as Hertz in Rock of Ages!
See "Hertz" in our gallery!

December, 2009

12/21 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MATT !!
a birthday card...

12/15 Matt on as Dennis Dupre - ROA!

12/7,8 Matt performs in BC/EFA's
Gypsy of the Year competition.

November, 2009

11/23 Matt debuts as Lonny in ROCK OF AGES!

11/17 Matt attended the 2009 "New Yorkers for Children - Wrap to Rap" event in Madison Square Garden with ROA castmates.
See pictures in our gallery!

11/13 ROA cast members perform at PS111 in NYC for the cause, "Save the Music - Restore Instrumental Music at Schools" along with VH1.
See pictures in our gallery!

October, 2009

Matt debuted as Dennis in ROCK OF AGES in both shows on Saturday 10/31!
He was AWESOME!
See the pic in our gallery!

10/26 Matt takes part in ROCK OF AGES' GOLDEN MULLET AWARDS.
See the pics in our gallery!

Matt joined the cast of the
Broadway Musical ROCK OF AGES
on 10/5!
He covers three of the leads and
sings in each performance.
You've got to see this show!
Get Tickets!

September, 2009

Matt brings his acting skills, training and experience to the corporate business world through his new business:
Matthew Stocke Media Skills or "MS2".
Read more

The "Road Show" OCR is available. Have you heard it yet?
Playbill's announcement
BroadwayWorld's announcement

August, 2009
We Are the Song: After the Storm, a concert to benefit The North Rampart Community Center (formerly St. Mark's Community Center), will be presented Aug. 31 at Joe's Pub

Playbill's announcement

6/14 Matt did a reading of the musical "Misia" for the Westport Country Playhouse. It was directed by Mark Lamos, with musical direction by Kimberly Grigsby whom he worked with during "Full Monty".
See the new picture in our gallery

Look for the "Road Show" OCR in stores on June30th!.
Playbill's announcement
BroadwayWorld's announcement

We have a new Message/Forum Board - All our previous messages and info was lost when our old board server Xsorbit died unexpectedly. Please re-register and let's fill it up again.
Our Message Board

May, 2009
Matt is playing for the "Rock of Ages" ball team on The Broadway Show League. See them play Thursdays in Central Park.
broadwayshowleague.com

April 22, 2009
Matt did a reading of the musical "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" at the McCarter Theater in Princeton.

April 7, 2009
Matt attends "Rock of Ages" opening night at the Brooks Atkinson with friends Patrick Wilson and Dagmara Dominczyk.
Playbill.com
New picture in the gallery

February 17, 2009
Our Forum Board server (Xsorbit) has been down since 1/20 and it unfortunately does not look like we will be able to retrieve any of our past input. We are looking for a new, reliable board but in the meantime please keep checking back here for news! We're still here and some fun new news is coming!

February 19, 2009
The "Road Show" cast heads to the recording studio on 2/23 to record the show on CD. A spring in-store release is expected.
See Playbill's announcement

January 25, 2009
Our Forum Board server (Xsorbit) has been down for a week. We hope to have it back up soon. We're still here and new news is coming! Please keep checking back!

January 18, 2009
The "Road Show" cast will record the show on CD this February. A spring in-store release is expected.
See Playbill's announcement

December 21, 2008
Matt turns 37 today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!

August 12, 2008
Matt is part of the 15 member cast of the new Sondheim/Weidman musical "Road Show" directed by John Doyle
and featuring Michael Cerveris & Alexander Gemignani. The show runs 10/28-12/28 at the Public's Newman Theater.
Read about it on our boards
See pictures in our gallery

October 12, 2008
"Road Show" tickets are available.
Get tickets

July 27, 2008
Matt lends his voice and spirit to the
NYC Half Marathon
Read about it here

May 12, 2008
The Moveable Arts 2008 Summer Retreat will take place August 14-16 in NYC.
See the announcement

April 20, 2008
Matt returns to NYC after spending the
last 15 months in LA where he originated the role of the Witch's Father in the LA Company of 'Wicked' and the roles of Barstow and Mr. Simms in the new rock musical 'Mask.'

April 17, 2008
   Mask plays through Sunday 4/20
   at the Pasadena Playhouse.
   See it today!

March 21, 2008
Mask Opening Night!
See Our Opening Night Message

March 12, 2008
   Mask begins at the Pasadena
   Playhouse! It runs through April 20th.
   Matt plays Barstow (a member of the
   biker tribe), Mr. Simms, Dr. Vinton,
   a cop and the camp director.