- Max von Essen
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Max von Essen (born Thomas von Essen, II; January 11, 1974) is an American musical theatre actor and vocalist.
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.[1]
Von Essen is a 1992 graduate of South Side High School, in Rockville Centre, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation, began touring with Liza Minnelli. 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, and also starred in Dance of the Vampires alongside Michael Crawford. He also played the role of student revolutionary leader "Enjolras" in Les Misérables at the Broadhurst Theater on Broadway.
In 2006, he was a soloist at the biggest Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gala to date, held in Tallinn, Estonia.[citation needed]
He last worked on the national tour of Xanadu as "Sonny", and in the Roundabout Off-Broadway production of Maury Yeston's "Death Takes a Holiday" at the Laura Pels Theatre in NYC.
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Stage credits
Broadway
- Les Misérables - 2007-08 - Broadhurst Theatre
- Les Misérables - 2003 - Imperial Theatre
- Dance of the Vampires - 2002-03 -Minskoff Theatre
- Jesus Christ Superstar - 2000 - Ford Center
Off-Broadway
- Hello Again - 2011 - Transport Group
- Finian's Rainbow - 2004 - Irish Repertory Theatre
- John & Paul - 2001 - New Victory Theatre
- The Fantasticks - 2000 - Sullivan Street Playhouse
Regional
- Xanadu - 2009 - National Tour
- Sweeney Todd - 2008 - Sacramento Music Circus
- West Side Story - 2008 - Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
- Mame - 2006 - The Kennedy Center
- Cabaret - 2005 - Sacramento Music Circus
- The Baker's Wife - 2005 - Paper Mill Playhouse
- Dorian - 2004 - NoHo Arts Center
- Jesus Christ Superstar - 2004 - Sacramento Music Circus
- Auntie Mame - 2004 -Ogunquit Playhouse
- Auntie Mame - 2004 - Bay Street Theatre
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - 2003, 2010 -Sacramento Music Circus
- My Fair Lady - 2003 - Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
- My Fair Lady - 2002 - Paper Mill Playhouse
- Hair - 2001 - Bay Street Theatre
- Blood Brothers - 2001 - Downtown Cabaret
- Jesus Christ Superstar - 1999 - Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- A Christmas Carol - 1997 - Mill Mountain Theatre
National and International Tours
- Chicago - 1999
- West Side Story - 1998
- Liza Minnelli in Concert - 1997
References
External links
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- American male singers
- American musical theatre actors
- People from Nassau County, New York
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
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