 He played the role of Franz Liebkind from May 2002 to April 2003, and then took over the role of Roger De Bris from April to October.He returned to the show a year later, playing Max Bialystock for one week in December 2004.On November 1, 2005, he officially took over the role of Max, and played it through the end of the Broadway run in 2007 (except for a break of several months in 2006, in which sitcom star Tony Danza assumed the role).