2006-present
He returned to Broadway, starring as Helge in an original production of Festen. The play ran from March 23, 2006 to May 20, 2006 at the Music Box Theatre. He co-starred with Julianna Margulies. In March 2007, he played the Earl of Gloucester in King Lear at The Public Theater. In July 2007, he starred as Hank in Surface to Air at Symphony Space. In June 2008, he played the Man in Occupant at the Peter Norton Space, co-starring with Mercedes Ruehl. He co-starred with Debra Monk in Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing at the Vineyard Playhouse in September 2008.
He played Salty in the comedy film Side by Each (2008), co-starring with Blythe Danner. In May 2009, he appeared as Smith in the play Groundswell. In March 2010, he appeared in Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers at the New York Theatre Workshop. Beginning on August 27, 2010, Bryggman returned to ATWT for 12 of the final 16 episodes, as the show finished its run on September 17, 2010. For these final episodes of the series, it was explained that Dixon had been working at Johns Hopkins for an undisclosed period of time, but had been asked by Dr. Reid Oliver to return to Oakdale Memorial to consult on the ailing Christopher Hughes.
In November 2010, Bryggman starred in Harold Pinter's The Collection and A Kind of Alaska at the Classic Stage Company. In June 2011, he performed in the Atlantic Theater Company's 10x25 festival of ten-minute plays. He guest starred on The Good Wife in 2011. He starred in CQ/CX at the Peter Norton Space in February 2012. Bryggman played Judge Omar Gaffney in a Broadway revival of Harvey, co-starring with Jim Parsons. The play ran from May 18, 2012 to August 5, 2012 at Studio 54.
Bryggman starred as Lyman Wyeth in Other Desert Cities at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage in May 2013. He guest starred on Person of Interest in 2013. In December 2013, he joined a play reading of Alexander Ostrovsky's Too Clever By Half, co-starring with Jonathan Groff and Grace Gummer. Bryggman appeared in Father Comes Home From the Wars at The Public Theater in March 2014. In February 2017, he starred as Lou in the play If I Forget for the Roundabout Theatre Company. The production was recorded by BroadwayHD and became available On Demand. Bryggman guest starred on The Blacklist and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2019.
