Michael was born into a show business family, and raised in New York City, where he attended the legendary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts (a.k.a. the High School of Performing Arts). He later attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts/Playwrights Horizons Theater School, where he earned his B.F.A. Michael made his stage debut, at age 12, as Nathan Detroit in his junior high school's production of "Guys and Dolls." From there he went to work in regional theater for many years, appearing in productions of "The Lambda," "Annie," "Into the Woods," "Our Town," "Evita," and "West Side Story," among others. Since graduating from N.Y.U., Michael has appeared on the New York stage in productions of "Waiting for Godot," "Down the Road" by Lee Blessing, "Twelfth Night," "Dark Rapture" by Eric Overmyer, "Audience" by Vaclav Havel, and "The Bald Soprano," among others. Michael is the Co-Artistic Director of the New York based theater company, Pilot House. Show less «