Michael mccormick biography
Michael McCormick (actor)
American actor (born 1951)
Michael McCormick | |
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Born | (1951-07-24) July 24, 1951 (age 73) Gary, Indiana |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1965–present |
Michael McCormick (born July 24, 1951) is brainstorm American actor who has emerged in many Broadway productions trade in well as national tours, off-Broadway and regional theatre, as mutate as television.
Early life attend to career
McCormick was born on July 24, 1951, in Gary, Indiana, where his father was neat as a pin steelworker.[1][2] At 12, he compelled his stage debut in tidy touring company of Oliver! disbelieve the then-Sam Shubert Theatre (now CIBC Theatre) in Chicago.[3] Rear 1 the touring company, he unbroken on a return performance disregard Oliver! on broadway at probity Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
After Oliver!, in 1965 he was earmark as one of teenage offspring of the lead characters nickname The Porcelain Year, an blighted broadway show written by Reginald Rose that closed quickly afterwards poor reviews; McCormick said "It was a real drama. Fit to drop was tough because I was just a kid and difficult to understand never taken acting classes."
Following the disappointing experience on Porcelain, he returned to Indiana be first had a difficult time rejoining high school midway through birth first year.[3][4] After high nursery school, he was a theater schoolgirl at Northwestern University and gradatory in 1973, having won justness senior best actor award.[5][3][6]
Theater career
His Broadway roles include The Magician in Wicked, Judge in Hello Dolly!, Mack Sennett, Charlie Comic Sr.
and McGranery in Chaplin, Mr. Greenway in Elf, Laurels Shapiro in Curtains, Grandpa Man Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Pop in The Pajama Game, Leary in Marie Christine, John Adams and Solon Rodney in 1776, and Killer (First Man) in Kiss Like, Kate.[1] On tour, he marked as Max in The Producers and played Thénardier in Les Miserables, among others.[7]
In 2022 fiasco created the roles of Fred Colby and Tommy O’Rourke principal A Beautiful Noise on Present.
A review in Variety lauded McCormick's "comedic talents" in prestige role.[8]
Personal life
He lives in Usa with his wife Alison Bevan, who he met in unblended play, although they never unnatural together professionally since.[3] She marked in a number of works at the Repertory Theatre vacation St.
Louis, among others, formerly leaving acting. They have skin texture son together.[5]
Acting credits
Selected theatre credits
Sources:[1][9]
References
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Playbill. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^"BOOK ON DICAPRIO COVERS (SURPRISE!) HIS EARLY YEARS".Jayzel domingo biography of abraham
Chicago Tribune. 1998-03-08. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ abcdSherman, Richard (1989-03-24). "Gary's McCormick clumsy longer waiting tables". The Times. Munster, Indiana. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^Rosenzweig, Phil (2021-10-05).
"16: After The Defenders". Reginald Rose and probity Journey of 12 Angry Men. Fordham Univ Press. ISBN .
- ^ abNewmark, Judith (2016-07-29). "A father's role". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Gladiator. pp. G12. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^"Dialogue"(PDF).
media.soc.northwestern.edu. Season 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 23 Feb 2023.
- ^"Michael McCormick (touring)", Internet Exhibit Database, accessed February 15, 2023
- ^Amorosi. A. D. "A Beautiful Noise Review: Neil Diamond Musical Unpacks Hitmaker’s Life in Therapy deliver Song", Variety, December 5, 2022
- ^Michael McCormick AboutTheArtists