Actor Marc Kudisch grew up in Fort Lauderdale, FL and received his BFA in Theatre at Florida Atlantic University. His early New York credits include Mario in Tamara: The Living Movie off-Broadway and Quiet on the Set (Male Standby). In 1992, Marc starred as Conrad Birdie in the national tour of Bye Bye Birdie opposite Susan Egan, Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking. He later reprised the role in the 1995 ABC TV movie remake starring Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams. After Birdie, Marc made his Broadway debut as Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Minskoff Theatre in November 1993. His next Broadway roles were that of Gaston in Beauty & the Beast in 1995 - 1997, and George Kittredge in the Cole Porter musical High Society in 1998 starring Melissa Errico. Following High Society on Broadway, Marc assumed the role of Edward Hyde in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Hall/Levy/Eberhard) in the fall of 1998. Finally, Marc closed out the last millennium shooting a guest spot in an episode ("The Freak Show") of Sex & the City in the spring of 1999 and starring as Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel 3.0 on Broadway, as well as gaining popularity nationwide as Toyota's "TV Guy". In 2000 Marc appeared in Michael John LaChuisa's musical adaptation of The Wild Party as Jackie, the bon vivant and bisexual hedonist, opposite Mandy Patinkin, Toni Collette and Eartha Kitt. A year later, Marc starred in the Broadway revival of the 1956 Jule Styne musical Bells Are Ringing as struggling playwright Jeff Moss opposite Faith Prince. He closed 2001 on the road starring as Miles Hendon in Marc Elliott, Judd Woldin, and Ivan Menchell's musical adaptation of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper in Seattle and St. Paul. Thoroughly Modern Millie opened on Broadway on April 18, 2002, garnering rave reviews, especially for Marc's performance, and eventually winning six Tony Awards. Marc himself was nominated for the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his performance as Trevor Graydon in Millie. After performing the role in a number of regional productions and special performances, in 2003 Marc appeared as Carl-Magnus in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music at the New York City Opera, starring opposite Jeremy Irons and Juliet Stevenson, followed by City Center Encores' production of Richard Rodgers' No Strings (Mike Robinson). Kudisch then starred as Tom Ambrose in Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts' new off-Broadway musical The Thing About Men opposite former Pimpernel co-star Ron Bohmer and former The Wild Party co-star Leah Hocking. In 2004 Marc received his second nomination for a Drama Desk Award for his performance as the Proprietor in the Tony-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins. Then in July 2004, Marc returned to the role of Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music, in the Los Angeles Opera transfer of the New York City Opera production. In the fall, Marc starred in the Signature Theatre world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's musical The Highest Yellow as Vincent Van Gogh opposite Judy Kuhn and Jason Danieley, for which he earned a Helen Hayes Award nomination. Marc returned to Broadway in 2005 in the original Broadway production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst opposite Jan Maxwell, Raul Esparza, Erin Dilly and Philip Bosco. He nabbed his second Tony Award nomination and another Outer Critics Circle nod for his performance in Chitty. At the end of 2005 Marc appeared as Morito, The Husband and A CPA in the New York premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See alongside Idina Menzel, Henry Stram, Mary Testa and Aaron Lohr. Marc's directorial credits include Dan Lipton and David Rossmer's Joe!: The Musical (currently in development), The Broadway Musicals of 1930 in 2006 and The Broadway Musicals of 1963 in 2004 in Scott Siegel's Broadway By the Year concert series at New York's Town Hall. He serves as creative consultant for the new musical Delilah by Neil Middleton and Frederick S. Roffman, part of the York Theatre's Winter 2006 Developmental Reading Series. |