Max von Essen is a Tony and Grammy-nominated performer, best known for his acclaimed turn as Henri Baurel in the award-winning adaptation of Gershwin’s An American in Paris. The New York Times hailed it as “a hard-earned, breakthrough performance of great sensitivity and charm” adding that “his tenor is in another class.” He recently starred as Billy Flynn in Broadway’s record-breaking production of Chicago and has also appeared in Anastasia, Evita, the revivals of Les Misérables and Jesus Christ Superstar, Dance of the Vampires, and the final company of the original Les Misérables. He recently made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall and his debut album, Call Me Old Fashioned: The Broadway Standard, is currently available. Television credits feature guest-starring roles on Dexter: Resurrection, Law & Order, Family Guy, The Blacklist, Law & Order: SVU, Elementary, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Royal Pains, Gossip Girl, Sex and the City 2, and the web series Submissions Only.

Betsy has appeared in the original casts of numerous Broadway productions, including Kimberly Akimbo, The King and I (LCT Revival), A Little Night Music (2009 Revival), Les Miserables (2014 Revival), The Little Mermaid, and High Fidelity.  She has worked with some of Broadway’s most influential artists, including Stephen Sondheim, Jeanine Tesori, PigPen Theatre Company, Alan Menken, and has a 20-year history with Michael John LaChiusa, appearing in 6 of his musicals.  Off-Broadway she has originated roles in The Wild Party (City Center Encores), Masquerade (the immersive Phantom of the Opera), First Daughter Suite (The Public), Found (Atlantic Theater), All the World’s A Stage (Keen Company), and Barrow Street Theatre’s production of Sweeney Todd where she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel award.

Happy is thrilled to be making his debut at The Pasadena Playhouse. Broadway: The Merchant of Venice. Off-Broadway The 27th Man (Public Theatre) The Winters Tale (NYSF Delacorte) Regional: As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre of DC) Inherit The Wind, Richard III, As You Like It. (Old Globe) TV: Mindhunter, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Full Circle, Snowpiercer, Prodigal Son, The Tick, The Blacklist,  The Knick, Quarry, Banshee. Film: The Bikeriders, Maggie Moore(s), Bad Boys For Life, Birdbox, Bright, and the upcoming Lear Rex and The All-Nighter.

(Broadway); Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Once On This Island, INK. (Off Broadway); Grand Hotel, Rolling Thunder. (Regional); In The Heights, Newsies. Thrilled to be making his Pasadena Playhouse debut. There is nothing richer than the timelessness only love and joy can bring. Grateful to Mom, Dad, the Three Peas, Sheri, and Al for all of the love they’ve gifted over the years.  IG: @daniel.j.yearwood

Tyne Daly has been a member of Actors‘ Equity Association since 1961. She has been privileged to work with the finest playwrights in the English language: Edward Albee, Nora and Delia Ephron, Arthur Laurents, David Lindsay-Abaire, Terrence McNally, Theresa Rebeck and more talented actors than space allows. Daly has three grown daughters and seven grandchildren, 3 Tony nominations (1 win), and 16 Emmy nominations (6 wins). She has performed in Los Angeles, New York and London and is an inductee into The American Theater Hall of Fame. Her acting family members include her mother, father, brother, former husband and their daughter.