Chitty's Marc Kudisch Looks to LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See Off-Broadway

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Marc Kudisch is planning to appear in Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See at the Public Theater the fall, the actor told NY1 on the cable channel's On Stage's Live Preview to the Tonys.

Kudisch is currently starring as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a role that earned him a 2005 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He was also Tony nominated for his supporting work in Thoroughly Modern Millie. See What I Wanna See will not be Kudisch's first time working with LaChiusa, as he previously appeared in the Broadway production of The Wild Party and played artist Vincent Van Gogh in the world premiere of The Highest Yellow at Signature Theatre, which earned him a 2005 Helen Hayes Award nomination. His other Broadway credits include Assassins, Bells Are Ringing, The Scarlet Pimpernel, High Society, Beauty and the Beast and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Among his other theatrical credits include the off-Broadway musical The Thing About Men, the Encores! mounting of No Strings and the national tour of Bye Bye Birdie he reprised the role of Conrad Birdie in the ABC television version of the musical.

Suggested from short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa as translated by Takashi Kojima, See What I Wanna See previously titled R Shomon explores the many facets of reality, faith and love from a mysterious murder in Central Park to a tragic Tuesday in September. The show, directed by Ted Sperling, premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival last summer. Kudisch will take on roles a husband and a CPA played by Tom Wopat in the Williamstown mounting.