Meet Michael
Michael Patrick Walker is an award-winning composer/lyricist, writer and musician who The New York Times hailed as "a skilled songwriter" and The Huffington Post dubbed one of today's "must-know songwriters”. He has been honored with an Outer Critics’ Circle Award and multiple Drama Desk nominations for his theatrical writing and his songs have been performed and recorded by a diverse group of artists including Chita Rivera, Kelli O’Hara, Andy Karl, Telly Leung and many more. As a musician he has performed extensively both on and off Broadway as well as at Carnegie Hall, on PBS’ Great Performances and around the world.
“I’m vaguely nauseous and I know I should be cautious /
but I all I want to do is leap”
-CUPID’S ERROR
Most recent Projects
Where did the year go?!
The whirlwind of the past year found Michael writing and rewriting his original in-development musicals being theo and Cupid’s Error - look for more on both coming soon! - all while playing up a storm at the Broadway productions of Aladdin and Once Upon A Mattress and the off Broadway Cats: The Jellicle Ball. As for the coming year…well, some pretty exciting things are on the horizon and they’ll be posted here as soon as possible!
In the meantime, enjoy a small sample of the many, many talented theatre artists that Michael had the pleasure of working with in the past year!
Aladdin: Adi Roy, Michael James Scott, Sonya Balsara, Dennis Stowe, Jacob Ben-Schmuel, Colt Prattes, Michael Schimmele, JC Montgomery, Don Darryl Rivera and Company
Once Upon A Mattress: Sutton Foster, Michael Urie, Brooks Ashmanskas, Daniel Breaker, Will Chase, Nikki Renée Daniels Ana Gasteyer, David Patrick Kelly and Company
Cats: The Jellicle Ball: André De Shields, Junior LaBeija, “Tempress” Chasity Moore and Company
Production Photos by: Evan Zimmerman (Aladdin), Joan Marcus (Once Upon A Mattress, Evan Zimmerman & Matthew Murphy (Cats: The Jellice Ball)
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