“Call Me Old Fashioned”-Max von Esson Featuring Billy Stritch at the Rittenhouse Grill
April 20, 2026
Max von Essen is a Tony and a Grammy Award-nominated vocalist. His Broadway credits include roles in “Anastasia”, “Evita”, “Les Misérables”, “Chicago”, and “An American in Paris.” Max starred on Broadway as Billy Flynn in “Chicago” this past season and appeared in “Anastasia” and toured the country in the Lincoln Center production of “Falsettos”.
Max von Essen’s award nominations for “An American in Paris” include a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, and a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical
Max performed in the revival of “Evita” and in the first revival of “Les Misérables”, “Dance of the Vampires”, in the closing company of the original “Les Misérables”, and in the 2000 revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar”.
Among his numerous New York appearances are “Yours Unfaithfully”, ‘The Dreyfus Affair at BAM, “Death Takes a Holiday” at the Roundabout Theatre Company, “Hello Again” (Drama League nomination), “Jerry Springer: The Opera” at Carnegie Hall, “Finian’s Rainbow” at the Irish Repertory Theatre, and “The Fantasticks” at the Sullivan Street Playhouse.
Max found himself roller skating across the country in the first national tour of “Xanadu” and as Tony in “West Side Story” throughout Europe.
Max has appeared on television in “Law & Order”, “The Blacklist”, “Family Guy”, “Elementary”, “Law & Order: SVU”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “The Good Wife”, “Royal Pains”, “Gossip Girl”, “The Beautiful Life”, and “The Tony Awards”. He has been featured in several films, including “The Intern”, “Sex and the City 2”, “Seven Lovers”, and “Blonde”. He was also a regular on the hit web series, “Submissions Only”. His recordings include “An American in Paris”, earning him a Grammy Nomination, “DRAG: The Musical”, “Evite”, “Death Takes a Holiday”, “Love Songs of Andrew Lloyd Weber”, “Broadway by the Year: 1928”, and “Finian’s Rainbow”.
The South Florida Pride Concert Band accompanies Max von Essen on “Stars” from Les Misérables.
Max Von Essen – “The Man That Got Away” (Judy Garland; Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin)