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Michael Misita grew up in Ohio and is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music. He subsequently carved a brilliant career as a dancer, actor and choreographer.
Early work commenced in the American theatre tradition of summer-stock at the Melody Top theatre in Milwaukee.\\xa0 There he \\u2018cut his teeth\\u2019 on shows that included\\xa0Irma La Douce, Sweet Charity, Lady in the Dark\\xa0and\\xa0The Boyfriend.\\xa0
He landed a Broadway show on his first day in New York City; a brief run in a musical titled\\xa0The Fig Leaves are Falling, alongside Dorothy Louden and David Cassidy. More successful runs allowed him to work with a host of master Directors and Choreographers, who included Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune and Hal Prince.\\xa0
Michael appeared in nine Broadway productions including the original\\xa0Follies, and\\xa0Applause, and as replacement cast in\\xa0Pippin.\\xa0He was cast in\\xa0A Chorus Line\\xa0when it began at the Public Theatre, and performed in\\xa0Equus, where Richard Burton and Tony Perkins played the lead at different times. Other leading players he was able to watch up close included Lauren Bacall, Marian Seldes, Alexis Smith, Yvonne de Carlo, and Anne Miller in\\xa0Mame.
He has appeared in over fifty plays and musicals in regional theatres across the country, 200 television commercials, including the first\\xa0Dr Pepper\\xa0commercial. In Los Angeles Michael appeared in numerous television series, soaps and films; among them\\xa0The Great Gatsby\\xa0and\\xa0Alligator.
Michael now enjoys retirement in Hawaii - and it was there that I eventually got to meet him \\u2018in person\\u2019 during a recent visit. And he didn\\u2019t disappoint - charming, erudite and still passionate about the life he carved in the theatre.\\xa0
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