Well known for his Broadway roles in the 2009 production Brighton Beach Memoirs and the 2011 play Arcadia, he would later star in the FOX television event Grease Live! He got the call that he had landed the lead role in Brighton Beach Memoirs while on his way to rehearse for a part in a production of The Producers at Georgetown Day School. He previously performed on stage in productions of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Alice in Wonderland.