Edward Staudenmayer is an American musical theater actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Vlad in the first national tour of Anastasia, Monsieur Gilles André in The Phantom of the Opera national tour, and Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby national tour.
Education and career
Education Edward Staudenmayer was born and raised in California. He was involved in his high school's theater program and performed in The Music Man. He received a scholar ship to attend University of California, Los Angeles to study musical theater. While in college, he won the Carol Burnett Award.
Off-Broadway career Staudenmayer made his Off-Broadway debut as a performer in the 1998 production of Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act. He can be heard in the original cast recording published in 1999 for this musical. That same year, he played Kevin Bursteter in the Off-Broadway production of Exactly Like You.
Broadway career In 2006, Staudenmayer made his Broadway debut as an understudy in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Five years later, he played the White Rabbit in the Broadway production of Wonderland.
National-tour career In 2013, Staudenmayer joined the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera as Monsieur Gilles André. When he first saw the musical in junior high, Monsieur André was his favorite character, and Staudenmayer wanted to play him in the future. Two and a half years later, Staudenmayer took a short break from the tour but returned to play Monsieur André again.
Most recently, Staudenmayer played Vlad in the first national tour of Anastasia. His run as Vlad, which began in 2018, ended in March 2020, when all remaining performances of the first national tour were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Performance credits + Year(s) Production Role Location Category 1998 Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act Performer Stardust Theater Off-Broadway 1999 Exactly Like You Kevin Bursteter York Theatre at St. Peter's 2004 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Pharaoh Various Summer Stock Tour (with Jon Secada) 2006 Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me Comedy All Star understudy Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Broadway 2011 Wonderland White Rabbit Marquis Theatre 2013–2018 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Gilles André Various National Tour 2016 South Pacific Emile de Becque Guthrie Theater Minneapolis 2018–2020 Anastasia Vlad Various National Tour 2020–2022 Girl from the North Country Swing Belasco Theatre Broadway 2023 Man of La Mancha Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes Riverside Theatre FloridaA Little Night Music Fredrik Egerman Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver 2025 Legally Blonde Professor Callahan La Mirada Theatre California The Great Gatsby Meyer Wolfsheim GS Arts Center South Korea 2026 Various National Tour
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