These local reviewers will see selected Broadway and Arts Alive! performances and post their reviews on Encore - the new interactive section of foxcitiespac.com. Community reviewers attend the hottest touring shows and share their opinion on all aspects of the performance – from the acting to the set design and the choreography to the storyline!
   
MEET MIKE
Teacher
 

What is your real job? 
English/Communications/Theater teacher

What is your dream job? 
Managing Director of a theater troupe or billionaire playboy by day and crime fighter by night.

What do you do during your free time? 
Read, bike and travel

What are your musical preferences?
Wide taste: Jazz, Soul, Rock and Classical

What are your favorite TV shows? 
“The Daily Show with John Stewart,” “Lost” and “Seinfeld”

What are your favorite movies? 
“Eternal Sunshine or the Spotless Mind,” “Pulp Fiction,” Monty Python films, “Dumb and Dumber”

What is a little known fact about you? 
I am color blind. My students get a kick out of it because they think I only see in black and white.

What is your favorite Broadway show? 
Cabaret – perfect blend of:  story, character and music. The message of the show sustains and resonates with audience

What was the first show you saw at the P.A.C.? 
CHICAGO, in fact, this show provided me the opportunity to direct CHICAGO at Neenah High School

If you could star in a Broadway show, which role/show would you choose and why?
Encie – Cabaret, the character really is the emotional symbol of the show. As a performer, with this role, an actor has to face risk because the nature of the role breaks down barriers of what constitutes the normal stereotype of the behavior of men.

Has there been one show you thought you wouldn’t like and ended up enjoying? 
Mamma Mia! – my fiancée wanted to go, and I dreaded it because I thought it was a “chick” show. The music and vibe of the show sucked me in.

How about a show you thought you would love and was disappointed? 
I Am My Own Wife.  Extremely dour and depressing

 
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