William Paul Michals is an American stage actor and baritone singer. He has appeared as Emile de Becque in Rogers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC at Lincoln Center,. He made his Broadway 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

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in LES MISÉRABLES, Billy Flynn in CHICAGO, Don Quixote in MAN OF LA MANCHA, Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN, the title role in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, and recently appeared as Captain Hook in Leonard Bernstein's PETER PAN. He has received the Anselmo Award, he also earned recognition by Chicago’s “Jeff” and the National STAR awards for his portrayal of Chauvelin in a national tour of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL. He has played Captain von Trapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and 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”.

Career

He made his debut with '' The Beauty and the Beast''

Broadway

*Beauty and the Beast (The Beast & Gaston) * South Pacific (Emile De Beque)

Other Live Theater and Opera

*Les Misérables (Javert) *Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom) *The Music Man (Harold Hill) *Man of La Mancha (Don Quixote) *CHICAGO (Billy Flynn) *The Sound of Music (Captain von Trapp) *Camelot (Lancelot) *The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvlin) *The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dom Claude Frollo)

Opera

*Carmen (Escamillo) *Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro) *Die Zauberflute (Papageno)

TV

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Live Theater

Other Broadway and Off-Broadway roles also include: *2011: South Pacific, lead role as "Emile de Becque", at the

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. *2012: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lead role as "Sweeney Todd", at the

. *2018: South Pacific, lead role as "Emile de Becque", at the Olney Theatre Center of the Arts in Olney Theatre - running from August 31 to October 7, 2018. *2019:

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, starring as "Max von Mayerling", at the

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in Beverly, Massachusetts - running from september 24 to October 6, 2019.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Michals, William American male musical theatre actors Living people American baritones 1965 births