MICHAEL

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Performer/Music Director/Arranger and all around hep cat!
Location Tampa, FL, United States
Introduction I LIVE for music and movies. I am inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, and the musical partnership of Steve and Eydie! The three most important things in life are love, family, and friends.... and I am blessed beyond compare. I work as a Music Director for freeFall Theatre and other venues in the Tampa Bay area.
Favorite Movies The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, The Station Agent, Once, Junebug, For The Boys, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Home For The Holidays, Amelie, Donnie Darko, Bubble Boy, Summer Stock, Girl Crazy, Waitress, The Science of Sleep, Grey Gardens, Broadway:The Golden Age, Singin' In The Rain, Being Julia, Billy Elliot, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Little Voice, Kissing Jessica Stein, Broken Heart's Club, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Across the Universe, Waiting for Guffman
Favorite Music Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, Steve and Eydie, Mel Torme', Jamie Cullum, Nichole Nordeman, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Christy Baron, Sally Mayes, Jane Monheit, Eva Cassidy, Patty Griffin, Ann Hampton Callaway, Stacey Kent, Sara Gazarek, Frances Faye, Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr, Holly Cole, Michael Buble', The Ditty Bops, The Puppini Sisters, Tierney Sutton, Janis Siegel, The Susie Arioli Swing Band, k.d. lang, New York Voices, Betty Hutton, Bernadette Peters, Rufus Wainwright, Karen Carpenter, Bette Midler, Over The Rhine, Bonnie Raitt, Jonny Lang, Susan Tedeschi, Patsy Cline, Johnny Hartman, Alison Krauss, Sugarland, Donny Hathaway, Lizz Wright, Sondre Lerche, Martin Sexton, Sara Groves, Avalon... and Cast Recordings!!!...(to be continued)
Favorite Books the Bible, LAMB - The Gospel According to Biff (Christ's Childhood Friend), anything by David Sedaris, The Kid by Dan Savage, The Commitment by Dan Savage, Brian Andreas