Michael Vita

On stage 13 productions, 23 years

1960	Bye Bye Birdie Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion	607 perf.
1965	Skyscraper Lunt-Fontanne · Original · directed by Cy Feuer	248 perf.
1966	Sweet Charity Palace Theatre · Revival · directed by Bob Fosse	608 perf.
1968	Golden Rainbow Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Storch	385 perf.
1968	Promises, Promises Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore	1,281 perf.
1972	That’s Entertainment Edison Theatre · Original · directed by Paul Aaron	4 perf.
1975	Chicago 46th Street Theatre · Revival · directed by Bob Fosse	936 perf.
1978	Ballroom Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett	116 perf.
1979	Saravá Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Rick Atwell	140 perf.
1980	42nd Street Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion	3,486 perf.
1980	Charlie and Algernon Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Louis W. Scheeder	17 perf.
1982	A Doll's Life Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince	5 perf.
1983	On Your Toes Virginia Theatre · Revival · directed by George Balanchine	505 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Jerry Orbach	3 productions
Gene Foote	3 productions
Frank Pietri	3 productions
Terry Violino	2 productions
Scott Salmon	2 productions
Scott Hunter	2 productions
Ronn Forella	2 productions
Ron Schwinn	2 productions
Richard Korthaze	2 productions
Rex Everhart	2 productions
P. J. Benjamin	2 productions
Michon Peacock	2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership. A long-running company puts the same forty people together every night, but it is where one would start looking. 7 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature5 passages

• Cast: Natalia Makarova, George S. Irving, Dina Merrill, George de la Peña, Christine Andreas, Lara Teeter, Betty Ann Grove, Peter Slutsker, Michael VitaBroadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
• EBB: Michael Vita played the district attorney, and during the trial scene he had only two words to deliver: “Your witness.” After that line, Billy Flynn would launch into his summation.Colored Lights_ Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz - Greg Lawrence & John Kander & Fred Ebb
• vid), Michael Vita (Bricker), Swings: Kathie Dalton, Ken Urmston MUSICAL NUMBERS:Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis)
• De La Pena (Beggar), George Kmeck (Kringa Khan), Eugene J. Anthony (Ah Shar), David Gold (Ahmud Ben B'Du), Michael Vita (Hank Jay Smith)Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis)
• "On Your Toes" Ballet: Alexander Filipov, Starr Danias (Ballet Leaders), Dirk Lumbard, Dana Moore (Tap Leaders), Michael Vita (Cop), Dean Badolato (Messenger Boy) "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet: Lara Teeter (Hoofer), Natalia Makarova (Strip Tease Girl), Michael Vita (Big Boss), Jerry Mitchell (Cop) ENSEMBLE: Melody A. Dye, Michaela K.…Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis)

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