Career
He has recently appeared in Roger"s and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC at Lincoln Center, He made debut as “The Beast” in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and later returned to play Gaston in the same production. His career continued with roles as Javert in LES MISÉRABLES, Billy Flynn in CHICAGO, Don Quixote in Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg OF Los Angeles MANCHA, Harold Hill in THE MUSIC Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg, and the title role in PHANTOM. He has played Captain von Trapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and as Billy Flynn in Kander & Ebb’s CHICAGO. Michals regularly appears with the country’s leading orchestras, including the San Francisco, San Diego, Utah, and Hartford Symphonies, The New York Pops, and Philly Pops. He has sung The National Anthem for major league sporting events.
He has also performed for House and Senate inside The United States Capitol. he also sang at the December 11, 2001 memorial service at Ground Zero, singing "Let There Be Peace On Earth".
He has performed opera, in New York, Boston, and in concert at the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Festivals. "
His moniker is “America"s Baritone”.
He made his debut with The Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast, The Beast & Gaston
South Pacific, Emile De Beque
Les Misérables, Javert
Phantom, The Phantom
The Music Manitoba, Harold Hill
Manitoba of Louisiana Mancha, Don Quixote
CHICAGO, Billy Flynn
The Sound of Music, Captain von Trapp
Camelot, Lancelot
Opera
Carmen, Escamillo in,
Le nozze di Figaro, Figaro
Die Zauberflute, Papageno
Law and Order
All My Children
Guiding Light
2011: South Pacific, lead role as "Emile de Becque", at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. 2012: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lead role as "Sweeney Todd", at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
