Max von Essen

I'm a New Yorker. I'm liberal and open-minded. Things don't really shock me. But I was reading the second-act today and thinking…

— Max von Essen

I want to get a handle on the music. There's only so much you can do alone. I want everyone else there.…

— Max von Essen

The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work." We only have ten days rehearsal. The music…

— Max von Essen

For instance, my friend would never go on the show to air her dirty-laundry. But Tremont is outrageous! I've been watching a…

— Max von Essen

I've worked with Emily Skinner and I've seen Linda Balgord's work. I saw Harvey Keitel at the call-backs. But generally I don't…

— Max von Essen

There's was no pressure on it for me - I just went in and had fun. Whatever Jason Moore, the director, asked…

— Max von Essen

My role is almost a sight-gag. I have to be a woman to sing the lyrics "I am a man" to have…

— Max von Essen

, I have a friend living as a woman. But she's almost too "normal," to be quite frank. I'm not relying on…

— Max von Essen

It's a crazy soprano, and singing as a man as a woman. But for many years, I was on the road in…

— Max von Essen

I absolutely never thought I would! But it's something to look forward to in my career. I'm not just the young, leading…

— Max von Essen

But if you get a kick out of "The Jerry Springer Show," you're going to love it! The idea of hearing these…

— Max von Essen