Bruce had a storybook Broadway debut in January of 1992 when, as the understudy for a leading role in Tony Randall's National Actors' Theatre, he stepped in at the last moment on opening night, playing opposite Tony Randall and Lynn Redgrave! An ailing George Martin had to bow out the morning of Press Night (the play had been in previews for a week already) and with only a few hours' notice Bruce was costumed and ready to go in the Feydeau farce, A Little Hotel On the Side. On stage with him that night were also Maryann Plunkett, Paxton Whitehead and Rob Lowe. Danny Burstein was also a member of the inaugural company.
