Michael Cormick (born ca 1966/1967) is an Australian singer and actor, best known for performances in musical theatre in Australia and in the United Kingdom. [1]
In Australia, he originated the role of The Beast in the original Australian production of Beauty and the Beast opposite Hugh Jackman as Gaston. His other Australia stage credits include The Phantom and Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera , Munkustrap in Cats , Joe in Sunset Boulevard , Levi and the Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Sam in Mamma Mia! , Commissioner Grey in Eureka , Georges in La Cage aux Folles, and The Narrator in Blood Brothers . [2]
In the West End, his roles include Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera and Sir Percival Glyde in The Woman in White . [3]
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. [4]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
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1996 | Michael Cormick | Male Musical Theatre Performer of the Year | Won |
Michael Patrick Smith, known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian, and singer.
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, it tells the tragic story of a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, masked musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.
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