After spending over a year roller skating across the country as Sonny Malone in Xanadu, Max returned to New York and immediately delved into several new projects. The first allowed him to play The Duke of Windsor in Only A Kingdom at the York Theater, then Alexander the Great in The History of War at The New York Music Theater Festival, and most recently, The Soldier in the Transport Group's acclaimed revival of Michael John LaChiusa's Hello Again.

On Broadway, Max has played Enjolras in the recent revival of Les Misérables, Alfred in Dance of the Vampires starring alongside Michael Crawford, Jean Prouvaire in the closing company of the original Les Misérables, and he made his debut as a disciple in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. In that production, Max understudied the role of Jesus and performed it many times. Other New York credits include Tremont in Jerry Springer: The Opera at Carnegie Hall, Woody in Finian's Rainbow at the Irish Repertory Theatre, and Matt in The Fantasticks at the Sullivan Street Playhouse.

Regionally, Max starred in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of The Baker's Wife and the Kennedy Center's staging of Mame. Other favorite roles include Danny Churchill in Girl Crazy, Anthony in Sweeney Todd, Dorian Gray in Dorian,  Fredric in Pirates of Penzance, Freddy in My Fair Lady, Claude in Hair, and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.  Max's first professional job after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was touring as a back up singer for the legendary Liza Minnelli.  He has also toured Europe as Tony in West Side Story and the USA as Mary Sunshine in Chicago.