Both Sides Now
Michael has collaborated on over twenty-five Broadway and Off-Broadway productions including those with The Public Theatre, The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Shubert Organization, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Theater For A New Audience and Lincoln Center. He wrote the underscore to the documentary film, The Hating Pot (co-produced by Ellen Marshall & Steven Spielberg), the score to the Off-Broadway hit, End of the World Party, and the 25th Anniversary production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy.
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Original musicals include: One Day, Oh, Well, The Snowman in the Dunes, and the critically acclaimed Inappropriate, a musical based on the journal entries and poetry of teenagers. Current projects include Palladium, a musical based on the controversial New York City dance club of the 1950's, and Joan, a musical collaboration with AnnMarie Milazzo. He recently composed the music and lyrics for the Off-Broadway hit, Who's Holiday! starring Lesli Margherita, and is developing a musical television series, Inappropriate with Stacy Davidowitz. The TV pilot for Inappropriate recently made Coverfly's, The Red List Top Ten and was a Quarterfinalist for the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition.
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The New York Times has called his work "brilliant and positively transporting," and the New York Post has praised him as "highly original and an artist to watch."