Pierce Peter Brandt bio

CURRENT THEATRICAL BIO

BROADWAY/TOURS: Cameron Mackintosh's Les Misérables (appearing in the roles of "Javert"*(see below), "the Factory Foreman", and "Combeferre"); the original Broadway cast of Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre (appearing in the leading role of "Arnaud" and the featured role of "Paul") [Martin Guerre is the third musical from the creators of Miss Saigon and Les Misérables]; Jesus Christ Superstar ("Annas," "Caiaphas," "Priest") [with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson from the original motion picture].
OFF-BROADWAY, Pierce appeared in the premiere production of the new musical Owl Creek (in the leading role of "David") at New York's City Center.

REGIONAL THEATER productions include: The premiere production of the new musical The Three Musketeers at American Musical Theatre of San Jose as the standby for "D'Artagnan"; the first post-Broadway production and regional premiere of Side Show (as "Buddy," for which Pierce received a Goodman San Francisco Critics Award for Outstanding Performance) at TheatreWorks on the San Francisco Peninsula; the American premiere of Martin Guerre ("Arnaud," "Paul") at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis; two productions ('98 and '07) of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (as "Joseph") at Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland, California, and also at Pennsylvania's Allenberry Playhouse; The Most Happy Fella (as "Herman") at American Musical Theatre of San Jose; Candide (understudying "Maximillian," and playing the featured role of "The Agent of the Inquisition") at Arena Stage in Washington, DC; Fanny (as "Marius" - Pierce received a Los Angeles DramaLogue Award for Outstanding Performance) at 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco; the premiere workshop production of a new musical, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field (as "James"), at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; the world premiere of The Fifth Season (as "Gunnar") at Olney Theatre; Redhead (as "Tom Baxter") at 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco; and Tune the Grand Up at San Francisco's Alcazar Theatre, a review of the music of Jerry Herman in which Pierce had the honor of working with Jerry Herman himself (as part of the ensemble of five principals, Pierce received a DramaLogue Award for Outstanding Performance and the entire production received five DramaLogue Awards).