After more than a decade of appearing in Broadway musicals like Spring Awakening and Waitress, Alex Wyse is relishing the opportunity to be a part of new stage and screen projects that dont require him to sing.

The Ohio-born actor can currently be seen in Good Night, Oscar , now playing at New Yorks Belasco Theatre. Primarily a biographical piece, Good Night, Oscar has moments of innate theatricality and even melodrama. Still, Wyse says the plays grounded reality affords him a chance to inhabit a character with nuance, even when hes providing comic relief.

It feels like there was some kind of cosmic reason Im supposed to be doing this, and I havent had too many moments like that, he told HuffPost in an interview. Not to speak ill of musicals, which are still a major part of my life, but I feel like Im finally getting the chance to show theater audiences that Im a legitimate actor, which hasnt always been validated by the industry around me.

Written by Doug Wright, Good Night, Oscar stars Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant, a classical pianist, composer and occasional actor who achieved global fame during Hollywoods Golden Age, but is best remembered for his acerbic late-night talk show appearances during the 1950s and 60s.