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Michael Cerveris

ActorBorn 1960On stage 1993 to 202416 productions on this page

Michael Cerveris
Cerveris

Michael Cerveris Jr. (born November 6, 1960) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sunday in the Park with George, Road Show, and Passion. In 2004, Cerveris won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Assassins as John Wilkes Booth. In 2015, he won his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Fun Home as Bruce Bechdel. He was called, by Playbill, "arguably the most versatile leading man on Broadway", playing roles from "Shakespeare's Romeo to The Who's Tommy, from the German transsexual rock diva…

On stage

16 productions, 31 years
1993
The Who\Broadway Original. Directed by Des McAnuff
899 performances
1993
The Who\Broadway St. James Theatre. Original. Directed by Des McAnuff
899 performances
1993
TommyBroadway St. James Theatre. Revival. Directed by Des McAnuff
899 performances
1997
TitanicBroadway Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Original. Directed by Richard Jones
804 performances
2004
Assassins (2004 Revival)Broadway Studio 54. Revival. Directed by Joe Mantello
101 performances
2004
PassionBroadway Ambassador Theatre. Revival
1 performance
2005
Children and ArtBroadway New Amsterdam Theatre. Original. Directed by Lisa Shriver
1 performance
2005
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBroadway Revival. Directed by John Doyle
349 performances
2007
CymbelineBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Mark Lamos
40 performances
2007
LovemusikBroadway Biltmore Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
60 performances
2009
Hedda GablerBroadway American Airlines Theatre. Revival. Directed by Ian Rickson
74 performances
2009
In the Next RoomBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Revival. Directed by Les Waters
60 performances
2012
Assassins (2004 Revival)Broadway Studio 54. Original. Directed by Joe Mantello
2012
EvitaBroadway Marquis Theatre. Revival. Directed by André Ptaszynski
337 performances
2015
Fun HomeBroadway Circle in the Square Theatre. Original. Directed by Sam Gold
582 performances
2024
Tammy FayeBroadway Palace Theatre. Original. Directed by Rupert Goold
29 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Also credited on

3 works

Sunday in the Park with George
The Who’s Tommy
Company

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