Stages With Peter Eyers

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.  There he ‘cut his teeth’ on shows that included Irma La Douce, Sweet Charity, Lady in the Dark and The Boyfriend. He landed a Broadway show on his first day in New York City; a brief run in a musical titled The 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. Michael appeared in nine Broadway productions including the original Follies, and Applause, and as replacement cast in Pippin. He was cast in A Chorus Line when it began at the Public Theatre, and performed in Equus, where Richard Burton and Tony Perkins played the lead at different times. Other leading pl