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Aaron Maximillian Crumm (born October 8, 1985) is an American actor and singer known for their work on the New York City stage. They have originated starring roles on
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in both the revival of '' Grease'' as Danny Zuko, after winning NBC's talent search competition, '' Grease: You're the One That I Want!'', and in
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's '' Disaster!'' as Scott, after playing the role
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. Crumm also played starring roles in ''
The Fantasticks ''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two ne ...
'' as Matt, ''The Evolution Of Mann'' as Henry Mann, ''Hot Mess'' as Max, ''Brooklyn Crush'' as Christian Mohammed Schwartzelberg, and in ''Jersey Shoresical'' as The Situation.


Early life and education

Crumm was born in
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and grew up in
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. They were cast in their first musical, ''
Anything Goes ''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madc ...
'', at the age of 6, as a tap dancing sailor with their parents' theatre company, Ahwatukee Foothills Theatre. Also with their parents' company, Crumm played Jack in ''
Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...
'' and the Wizard in ''
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''. Once they were older, Crumm ventured into children's theatre in Downtown Phoenix, and started out in a children's sketch comedy group at Valley Youth Theatre. Crumm then went on to be cast in ''Grease'' (twice; once as Doody, once as Kenickie), ''
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'' and ''
The Wiz ''The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz"'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' ...
'' in the main stage productions at The Herberger, also with Valley Youth Theatre. At Desert Stages Theatre, they played the Grinch in ''
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'', the Prince in ''
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'', Linus van Pelt in ''
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...
'' and numerous roles in original musicals created by owner Gerry Cullity. Crumm was also part of a traveling group of performers affiliated with Desert Stages. They graduated from Desert Vista High School in 2003 and then moved to Los Angeles, with their best friend Kelly May, to pursue a career in acting, by attending the
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in
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.


Career

In March 2006, Crumm landed a principal role in the indie-film ''Echoboom''. On July 24, 2007, they made their Broadway debut in '' Grease'' as Danny Zuko, alongside the female winner
Laura Osnes Laura Ann Osnes (born November 19, 1985) is an American actress and singer known for her work on the Broadway stage. She has played starring roles in '' Grease'' as Sandy, '' South Pacific'' as Nellie Forbush, '' Anything Goes'' as Hope Harcour ...
as Sandy. After a year on Broadway, Crumm and Osnes played their final performances as Danny and Sandy on July 20, 2008. They were both replaced by '' Grease: You're the One that I Want!'' runner-up Ashley Spencer and Derek Keeling. While in Los Angeles, they took a temporary hiatus from theatre to appear in several films. Crumm appeared in the Screen Gems comedy, ''
Easy A ''Easy A'' (stylized as ''easy A'') is a 2010 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck, written by Bert V. Royal, and starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, L ...
'', as Pontius; the film co-starred Max's childhood friend
Emma Stone Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2017, she was the world's highest-paid actr ...
and
Amanda Bynes Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress. Bynes began her career as a child actor, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series '' All That'' (1996–2000) and its spin-off series '' The Amanda Show'' (1999–2002). ...
, and was released in the fall of 2010. Shortly after returning to New York City in 2011, Crumm starred in the original musical ''JERSEY SHOREsical: A Frickin' Rock Opera'' as "The Situation". The musical was written by
Daniel Franzese Daniel Franzese (born May 9, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films ''Bully (2001 film), Bully'' and ''Mean Girls''. Franzese is the creator of several live comedy shows, including the 2011 rock opera ''Jersey Shoresica ...
, Hanna LoPatin and directed by
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. The cast also featured ''
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'' star Derrick Barry. ''Shoresical'' ran from September 21 to 24, 2011, at the New York Fringe festival. In March 2013, Crumm originated the lead role of Christian Mohammed Schwartzelberg in the off-Broadway rock musical ''F#%king Up Everything''. On July 29, 2013, Crumm took part in the reading of new comedy play, ''You're Really Not Helping'' alongside
Daphne Rubin-Vega Daphne Rubin-Vega ( Vega; born November 18, 1969) is a Panamanian-American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the 1996 premiere of the Broadway musical '' Rent'' and Lucy in the ...
,
Kevin Spirtas Kevin Spirtas is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Dr. Craig Wesley on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', Jonas Chamberlain on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'', and Nick Rogers in the slasher film '' Friday t ...
, and Aaron Simon Gross. Crumm appeared on the popular web series "It Could Be Worse", created by fellow Broadway actors, Wesley Taylor and Mitchell Jarvis. In February 2014, Crumm joined the cast of the
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production of the musical, '' Disaster!'' for 2 months until it closed in April 2014. On April 27, 2014, Crumm was cast as Hoover in the reading of "Brave New World: The Musical", which was adapted from the classic Aldous Huxley novel of the same name. The reading took place in Manhattan. The cast at this private reading included Colin Hanlon as Director Thomas Mond,
Andrew Keenan-Bolger Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor. He is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in ''Newsies'' and Jesse Tuck in '' Tuck Everlasting'' on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Robertson Ay in ''Mary Poppins'', Jojo in '' ...
as Bernard, Andrew Kober as John, Julia Mattison as Lenina and
Keala Settle Keala Settle (born November 5, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Settle originated the role of Norma Valverde in '' Hands on a Hardbody'', which ran on Broadway in 2013, and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Awar ...
as Linda. Also, in April 2014, it was announced that Crumm would play Linus, a new series regular on season 2 of the popular web series WALLFLOWERS, shown on www.Stage17.tv (a new website for Broadway themed television shows). On July 8, 2014, Crumm took over the lead male role of Matt in ''
The Fantasticks ''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two ne ...
''
Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
at the Snapple Theater Center complex in the heart of Times Square. They continued with '' Disaster!'' as Scott through its Broadway production, which opened in March 2016.


Personal life

In January 2021, Crumm publicly came out as non-binary, using the pronouns they/them.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

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Official NBC site
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