Edward Staudenmayer

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.

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.

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. His run as Vlad, which began in 2018,

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