He's hysterical and disturbing as an ubernerdy chemistry professor who woos student Stella Stevens by concocting a potion that transforms him into a suave stud.
The 28-year-old Brooklyn native has risen from obscurity to grab a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of ubernerdy, grade-school speller William Barfee in the hit musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
No longer the playground of the ubernerdy, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is tres chic.
2010, Candace Beeke, "A gold-medal recession", Houston Business Journal, 20 February 2010:
To help make the most of this event, which only comes along every four years, our family has turned ubernerdy and embarked on a culinary Tour of Nations.
