TV Exclusive: Meet the Nominees- AN AMERICAN IN PARIS' Max von Essen- 'The Gifts Keep on Coming!'

We are yet another day closer to the biggest night on every theatre-lover's calendar- the 69th Annual Tony Awards, which will be co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming on Sunday, June 7 (8PM on CBS). Earlier this month, the 2015 Tony nominees gathered to meet the press and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the big day. Below, we bring you an exclusive interview with Max von Essen, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical nominee for An American in Paris.

Max has appeared on Broadway in Evita, LES MISERABLES (revival and closing company of the original), Dance of the Vampires, Jesus Christ Superstar and in the Broadway tours of Xanadu and Chicago. Off-B'way: Death Takes a Holiday, Hello Again, andFinian's Rainbow. TV/Film: "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Royal Pains," "Gossip Girl," "Submissions Only," Sex and the City 2 and Seven Lovers. More at MaxvonEssen.com. Twitter/Instagram @maxizpad. Pour Carole, à jamais dans mon coeur.

The romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl and an indomitable European city are at the heart of Broadway's breathtakingly beautiful new musical, An American in Paris. The New York Times raves it's "a triumph! Gorgeous, just plain gorgeous!" The Wall Street Journal calls it "a masterpiece! An old-fashioned, big-hearted spare-no-expense Broadway romance that instantly catapults Christopher Wheeldon into the ranks of top-tier director-choreographers, like Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse. It's been years-decades, really-since I last saw a production like this." And Newsday cheers it's "an extraordinary evening with exuberant, sweeping innovation, dark historical understanding and a big, smart heart."