John Maxwell Cryer MBE, generally known as Max Cryer, is a New Zealand
television producer and presenter, radio broadcaster, entertainment
producer, singer, cabaret performer and writer.Cryer studied singing
in Italy.His professional career began onstage at Sadler's Wells
Opera, London, with appearances on BBC and at Wigmore Hall. His
performing activity then widened to include musical theatre,
recording, television and cabaret. In 1969 a Hollywood agency
contracted him for ten years as an entertainer, leading to 15 tours of
the United States, appearing in San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Los
Angeles and Las Vegas.In New Zealand, Max Cryer was the country’s
first television quizmaster and subsequently made over 300 appearances
on television as entertainer, and hosted 12 different television
series including New Zealand's first live talk-variety show, Town
Cryer. As a singer he recorded LPs with his "singing children" and his
stage roles include Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, the king in The
King and I, Count Danilo in The Merry Widow and Prince Orlovsky in Die
Fledermaus.
television producer and presenter, radio broadcaster, entertainment
producer, singer, cabaret performer and writer.Cryer studied singing
in Italy.His professional career began onstage at Sadler's Wells
Opera, London, with appearances on BBC and at Wigmore Hall. His
performing activity then widened to include musical theatre,
recording, television and cabaret. In 1969 a Hollywood agency
contracted him for ten years as an entertainer, leading to 15 tours of
the United States, appearing in San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Los
Angeles and Las Vegas.In New Zealand, Max Cryer was the country’s
first television quizmaster and subsequently made over 300 appearances
on television as entertainer, and hosted 12 different television
series including New Zealand's first live talk-variety show, Town
Cryer. As a singer he recorded LPs with his "singing children" and his
stage roles include Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, the king in The
King and I, Count Danilo in The Merry Widow and Prince Orlovsky in Die
Fledermaus.
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