Max von Essen

Max von Essen
Born	(1974-01-11) January 11, 1974 (age 44) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	1997–present
Notable work	An American in Paris

Max von Essen (born January 11, 1974) is an American stage and screen actor, and vocalist.

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  1 Life and career
  


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  2 Film and television
  


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  3 Theatre credits
  
  
  
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    3.1 Broadway^[5]
    
  
  
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    3.2 Off-Broadway
    
  
  
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    3.3 Regional
    
  
  
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    3.4 National and international tours
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Awards and nominations
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Life and career

Raised on Long Island, von Essen is a graduate of South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation toured with Liza Minnelli.^[1] A son of Rita and Thomas Von Essen, who was the New York City Fire Commissioner during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, he is the youngest of four children.^[2] He is openly gay.^[3]

He toured Europe in West Side Story and was a cast member of the U.S. national tour of Chicago. He made his Broadway debut
in Jesus Christ Superstar in 2000 as Disciple and Jesus of Nazareth understudy.^[4] He appeared in Les Misérables on Broadway as the replacement for Fauchelevent and other roles,^[5] and starred in Dance of the Vampires alongside Michael Crawford in 2002.^[6] He played the role of student revolutionary leader Enjolras (replacement) in the Les Misérables Broadway revival in 2006 at the Broadhurst Theater.^[7]

In 2006, he was a soloist at the biggest Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gala to date, held in Tallinn, Estonia. He performed in the national tour of Xanadu as "Sonny" in 2008^[8] and in the Roundabout Theater Company Off-Broadway production of Maury Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday at the Laura Pels Theatre in 2011.^[9] In 2015, von Essen played the role of Parisian aristocrat Henri in the Broadway production of An American in Paris, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination.^[10]

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Brooklyn Lobster	Piano Player
2009	The Beautiful Life: TBL	Scott	1 episode
2010	Sex and the City 2	Wedding Chorus
2011-14	Submissions Only	Cameron Dante	Netflix series, 14 episodes
2012	Gossip Girl	Father Smythe	2 episodes
	Royal Pains	Hair	1 episode
2013-14	The Good Wife	Stephen Delaney	2 episodes
2014	Blonde	Man	Short
	Seven Lovers	Dan
2015	The Intern	Businessman at Starbucks #1

Theatre credits

Broadway^[5]

Year(s)	Production	Role	Location
2000	Jesus Christ Superstar	Disciple/Jesus (u/s)	Ford Center for the Performing Arts
2002	Dance of the Vampires	Alfred	Minskoff Theatre
2003	Les Misérables	Fauchelevent/Jean Prouvaire/Drunk/Constable/Marius (u/s)	Imperial Theatre
2007–08	Les Misérables	Enjolras	Broadhurst Theatre
2012–13	Evita	Magaldi/Che (u/s)	Marquis Theatre
2015–16	An American in Paris	Henri Baurel	Palace Theatre
2017-present	Anastasia	Gleb Vaganov (replacement)	Broadhurst Theatre

Off-Broadway

Year(s)	Production	Role	Location
1999	The Fantasticks[11]	Matt	Sullivan Street Playhouse
2001	John & Paul	Unknown	New Victory Theater
2004	Finian's Rainbow[12]	Woody Mahoney	Irish Repertory Theatre
2011	Death Takes a Holiday[13][14]	Corrado Montelli	Laura Pels Theatre (Roundabout Theatre Company)
	Hello Again[15]	The Soldier	Transport Group
2017	Yours Unfaithfully[16]	Stephen Meredith	Beckett Theatre (Theatre Row)

Regional

Year(s)	Production	Role	Location
1997	A Christmas Carol	Unknown	Mill Mountain Theatre
1999	Jesus Christ Superstar	Unknown	Connecticut Repertory Theatre
2001	Blood Brothers[17]	Eddie	Downtown Cabaret Theatre (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
	Hair	Claude	Bay Street Theatre
2002	My Fair Lady	Freddy	Paper Mill Playhouse[18]
2003			Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera[19]
	Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat	Joseph	Sacramento Music Circus
2004	Auntie Mame		Bay Street Theatre[20]
			Ogunquit Playhouse[21]
	Jesus Christ Superstar[22]	Jesus	Sacramento Music Circus
	Dorian[23]	Dorian	NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
2005	Cabaret[24]	The Emcee	Sacramento Music Circus
	The Baker's Wife[25]	Dominique	Paper Mill Playhouse
2006	Mame[26]	Patrick	The Kennedy Center
	West Side Story	Tony	Theatre Under the Stars[27]
2008			Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera[28]
	Sweeney Todd[29]	Anthony	Sacramento Music Circus
2010	Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat	Joseph

National and international tours

Year(s)	Production	Role
1997	Liza Minelli in Concert	Ensemble
1998	West Side Story	Ensemble
1999	Chicago	Mary Sunshine
2008	Xanadu	Sonny

Awards and nominations

Source: IBDB^[30]

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Show	Result
2015	Tony Award	Best Featured Actor in a Musical	An American in Paris	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Nominated
	Broadway.com Audience Choice Award	Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical		Nominated

References

1. 
   ^ Weiner, Iris. "From Rockville Centre To Paris" lipulse.com, January 22, 2016
   


2. 
   ^ Broadway Buzz^{[permanent dead link]}
   


3. 
   ^ Actor, Max von Essen; 'Evita', singer currently performing in Broadway's (25 October 2012). "Trickle-Down Bullying". Retrieved 29 August 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


4. 
   ^ Jesus Christ Superstar ibdb.com, retrieved November 27, 2017
   


5. 
   ^ ^ab "Max von Essen Broadway" Playbill (vault), retrieved November 26, 2017
   


6. 
   ^ Dance of the Vampires Playbill (vault), retrieved November 26, 2017
   


7. 
   ^ " 'Les Misérables' 2006" Playbill (vault), retrieved November 26, 2017
   


8. 
   ^ Gans, Andrew. "Broadway's Stanley and Von Essen Will Head Cast of 'Xanadu' Tour" Playbill, September 22, 2008
   


9. 
   ^ Isherwood, Charles. "Set Aside That Scythe, and Let’s Put on a Show" The New York Times, July 21, 2011
   


10. 
    ^ " 'An American in Paris' Broadway" Playbill (vault), retrieved November 26, 2017
    


11. 
    ^ Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review. 'Fantasticks'" curtainup.com, October 14, 1999
    


12. 
    ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Von Essen to Sing "Old Devil Moon," Freeman Is Finian in Irish Rep Rainbow Adaptation" Playbill, March 11, 2004
    


13. 
    ^ Death Takes a Holiday lortel.org, retrieved November 27, 2017
    


14. 
    ^ Death Takes a Holiday newyorktheatreguide.com, retrieved November 27, 2017
    


15. 
    ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Fleshly 'Hello Again', With Alan Campbell, Elizabeth Stanley, Max von Essen, Opens Off-Broadway" Playbill, March 20, 2011
    


16. 
    ^ Gans, Andrew. "Max Von Essen Stars in Off-Broadway’s 'Yours Unfaithfully', Opening Jan. 26" Playbill, January 26, 2017
    


17. 
    ^ Blood Brothers totaltheater.com, retrieved November 27, 2017
    


18. 
    ^ Lohrey, David. "Review" curtainup.com, June 7, 2002
    


19. 
    ^ Rawson, Christopher. "Stage Review: CLO's 'Fair Lady' is truly fine fare" Post-Gazette, July 9, 2003
    


20. 
    ^ Simonson, Robert. "Charles Busch 'Auntie Mame' Makes Second Summer Stop, at Bay Street Theatre, July 14" Playbill, July 14, 2004
    


21. 
    ^ Rizzo, Frank. "Review. 'Auntie Mame'" Variety, July 1, 2004
    


22. 
    ^ Gans, Andrew. "Norm Lewis, Max von Essen, Sarah Uriarte Berry and More Featured in Sacramento Music Circus Summer Season" Playbill, June 15, 2004
    


23. 
    ^ Hirschhorn, Joel. "Reviews. Dorian " Variety, November 2, 2004
    


24. 
    ^ Gans, Andrew. "Von Essen to Star in Kander and Ebb’s 'Cabaret'" Playbill, March 2, 2005
    


25. 
    ^ Gans, Andrew. " 'The Baker's Wife' Begins Performances at Paper Mill Playhouse April 13" Playbill, April 13, 2005
    


26. 
    ^ Simonson, Robert; Gans, Andrew. "New 'Mame', Starring Christine Baranski, Begins at Kennedy Center May 27" Playbill, May 27, 2006
    


27. 
    ^ Gans, Andrew. "TUTS' 'West Side Story', with Max von Essen, Begins Oct. 24" Playbill, October 24, 2006
    


28. 
    ^ Hetrick, Adam. " 'West Side Story' Dances Into Pittsburgh CLO Aug. 5" Playbill, August 5, 2008
    


29. 
    ^ Lipton, Brian Scott. "Jacoby, Murray, von Essen, et al. Set for Sacramento Music Circus' 'Sweeney Todd'" theatermania.com, July 21, 2008
    


30. 
    ^ "Von Essen Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved November 26, 2017
    

External links

• Official website


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  BroadwayWorld: "Max Von Essen – High-Notes in High-Heels"


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  BroadwayWorld: interview with Max von Essen, December 7, 2007


• Max von Essen photos


• Max von Essen on Floormic.com


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  Max von Essen on IMDb


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  Max von Essen at the Internet Broadway Database
  


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  Max von Essen at Internet off-Broadway Database
  

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