BIOGRAPHY

Michael has appeared on Broadway in The Queen of Versailles, the Tony Award winning musical A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Wicked, and the First National Tour of Anastasia.

On screen, he was last seen in Universal Pictures’ blockbuster hit film adaptation of Wicked, directed by Jon Chu, and starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Other film credits include Disenchanted, the Disney+ live-action film directed by Adam Shankman, and Daniel Levine’s independent film adaptation of Snapshots, which received a 2021 Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.

Michael has appeared in concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the David Geffen Concert Hall, Symphony Space, Birdland, 54 Below and with symphony orchestras across the United States. He regularly appears in concert with his long-time life partner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin). One of their concerts also starring Scott Coulter and Debbie Gravitte was filmed for PBS’s Great American Songbook Concert Series at NJPAC and was nominated for a 2017 Regional Emmy Award.

His theatrical credits include roles at regional theaters such as The Paper Mill Playhouse, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Alliance Theater, Westport Playhouse, Primary Stages, Capital Repertory Theater, and Project Shaw with directors including Kenny Leon, Rachel Chavkin, Michael Arden, Darko Tresnjak, Gordon Greenberg, and Sammi Cannold.

In addition to his career as a performer, Michael is also a third year master's candidate at Antioch University in New England pursuing a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Originally from San Diego, he holds a B.A. in Communication Studies from U.C.L.A. and continues to study acting at the Jen Waldman Studios and The Actor’s Gym in New York.

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SELECTED CREDITS

  • The Queen of Versailles — Ron and others
    St. James Theatre
    Directed by Michael Arden

    Wicked — Fiyero
    The Gershwin
    Directed by Joe Mantello

    A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder — Swing
    The Walter Kerr
    Directed by Darko Tresnjak

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  • Wicked
    Universal Pictures

    Disenchanted
    Disney+

    Snapshots
    Broadway HD

    Take Me to the World
    Broadway.com

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  • Your Best One — David
    Capital Repertory Theatre
    Written by Meredith Friedman
    Directed by Gordon Greenberg

    The Doctor’s Dilemma — Red Penny
    Project Shaw
    Directed by David Staller

    How Water Behaves — Hank
    Capital Repertory Theatre
    Directed by Gordon Greenberg

    Getting Married — Cecil Sykes
    Project Shaw
    Directed by David Staller

  • Trading Places — Luis u/s
    Alliance Theater
    Directed by Kenny Leon

    Lempicka — Ensemble
    Williamstown Theater Festival
    Directed by Rachel Chavkin

    Wicked — Fiyero u/s, Ensemble
    North American Tour
    Directed by Joe Mantello

    Anastasia — Tsar Nicholas II
    First National Tour
    Directed by Darko Tresnjak

    She Loves Me — Georg
    Capital Repertory Theatre
    Directed by Maggie Cahill

    Chess — The Russian
    Temecula Valley Symphony
    Directed by J. Lapp

    Chasing Rainbows — Roger Edens
    Flat Rock Playhouse
    Directed by Jeff Whiting

    1776 — George Read
    Paper Mill Playhouse
    Directed by Gordon Greenberg

    Once Upon a Mattress — Ensemble
    U.C.L.A
    Directed by Carol Burnett

  • Perfect Harmony: Broadway's Greatest Duets, Trios, and Ensembles
    Musical Direction by Grant Wenaus
    Symphony Space

    Harvey Milk/I Am Anne Hutchinson
    Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
    Directed by Noah Himmelstien
    Strathmore Music Center

    Stephen Schwartz and Friends
    PBS / NJPAC
    — Emmy Award Nominated —

    TRÍ: The New Irish Tenors
    Orlando Philharmonic

    2015 ASCAP Awards
    Music by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
    Jazz at Lincoln Center

    Cheek to Cheek: A Broadway Romance
    Co-Created with Tiffany Haas

    Outlaws
    Le Poisson Rouge
    Music and Lyrics by Alex Sage Oyen
    Recorded LIVE for The Score Podcast

  • Leap
    Directed by Noah Himmelstein
    Written by Andrew Lippa

    The Queen of Versailles
    Directed by Michael Arden
    Written by Lindsey Ferrentino and Stephen Schwartz

    Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prarie Fringed Orchids
    Barrington Stage & Capital Rep
    Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
    Written by Vincent Terrell Durham

    Intermission
    Seattle 5th Avenue
    Directed by Chris Gattelli & Jerry Zucker
    Music and Lyrics Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
    Book by Jerry Zucker

    Houdini
    Directed by Jack O’Brien
    Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
    Book by Aaron Sorkin

    Galileo
    Directed by Michael Mayer
    Created by Danny Strong and Michael Weiner

    Blood Brothers
    Directed by Sheryl Kaller
    Music and Lyrics by Willie Russell

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Favorite Causes & Special Interests

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust operates the world’s most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program. Other projects include anti-poaching, environmental safeguarding, enhancing community awareness, and addressing animal welfare issues in East Africa.

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Greenpeace is a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use peaceful protest and creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green, just, and joyful future.

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