Michael McCormick | |
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Born | July 24, 1951 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1965–present |
Michael McCormick (born July 24, 1951) is an American actor who has appeared in many Broadway productions as well as national tours, off-Broadway and regional theatre, as well as television.
McCormick was born on July 24, 1951, in Gary, Indiana, where his father was a steelworker. [1] [2] At 12, he made his stage debut in a touring company of Oliver! at the then-Sam Shubert Theatre (now CIBC Theatre) in Chicago. [3] After the touring company, he performed on a return performance of Oliver! on broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. After Oliver!, in 1965 he was cast as one of teenage children of the lead characters in The Porcelain Year, an ill-fated broadway show written by Reginald Rose that closed quickly after poor reviews; McCormick said "It was a real drama. It was tough because I was just a kid and had never taken acting classes."
Following the disappointing experience on Porcelain, he returned to Indiana and had a difficult time rejoining high school midway through the first year. [3] [4] After high school, he was a theater student at Northwestern University and graduated in 1973, having won the senior best actor award. [5] [3] [6]
His Broadway roles include The Wizard in Wicked , Judge in Hello Dolly! , Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin Sr. and McGranery in Chaplin , Mr. Greenway in Elf , Oscar Shapiro in Curtains , Grandpa Seth Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas , Pop in The Pajama Game , Leary in Marie Christine , John Adams and Caesar Rodney in 1776 , and Gangster (First Man) in Kiss Me, Kate . [1] On tour, he starred as Max in The Producers and played Thénardier in Les Miserables , among others. [7]
In 2022 he created the roles of Fred Colby and Tommy O’Rourke in A Beautiful Noise on Broadway. A review in Variety praised McCormick's "comedic talents" in the role. [8]
He lives in Connecticut with his wife Alison Bevan, who he met in a play, although they never worked together professionally since. [3] She starred in a number of productions at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, among others, before leaving acting. They have one son together. [5]
Year(s) | Production | Role | Notes |
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1964-65 | Oliver! | Workhouse Boy / Fagin's Gang | National tour |
1965 | Londoner u/s Noah Claypool | Broadway | |
1987-91 | Les Misérables | Grantaire / Bamatabois / Chain Gang / Drinker u/s Monsieur Thénardier | National tour |
Monsieur Thénardier | |||
1989 | The Secret Garden | Dr. Neville Craven | Regional |
1991 | La Bête | Servant u/s Rene Du Parc | Broadway |
1993 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Marcos u/s Warden | |
1995 | Warden | National tour | |
1997 | 1776 | Caesar Rodney u/s John Hancock | Broadway |
John Adams | |||
2003 | Gypsy | Cigar/Uncle Jocko u/s Herbie | |
2004 | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | National tour |
2006 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical | Grandpa Seth Who | Broadway |
2007-08 | Curtains | Oscar Shapiro | |
2008 | Les Misérables | Monsieur Thénardier | Hollywood Bowl |
2010-11 | Elf | Mr. Greenway | Broadway |
2011 | The Producers | Max Bialystock | Regional |
2013 | Regional | ||
Les Misérables | Monsieur Thénardier | The Muny | |
2015 | My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle | |
Into the Woods | The Mysterious Man / Cinderella's Father | ||
2016 | 1776 | John Hancock | Encores! |
Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye | The Muny | |
2017 | Hello, Dolly! | Judge / Ensemble u/s Horace Vandergelder | Broadway |
2019–22 | Wicked | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | |
2022–present | A Beautiful Noise | Fred Colby / Tommy O’Rourke | |
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