Michael John LaChiusa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael John LaChiusa
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jul 24, 1962(1962-07-24)
Age	62
Birthplace	Chautauqua
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Cancer

Michael John LaChiusa Biography

Michael John LaChiusa is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on July 24, 1962 in Chautauqua, New York, United States. Michael John LaChiusa, born July 24, 1962, is an American composer of musical theatre and opera, lyricist, as well as a librettist. His musically complex shows include Hello Again, Marie Christine and The Wild Party. In 2000, he was nominated for four Tony Awards for his book and score for Marie Christine and The Wild Party. He also received another nomination for his libretto for Chronicle of a Death Foretold in 1996.

Little Fish, a one-act musical that LaChiusa found uncharacteristically cheery, was premiered Off-Broadway in 2003. It was based on two stories by Deborah Eisenberg. LaChiusa was devastated by the show’s failure and he said, “My God, they don’t want the difficult stuff or more challenging material here in that city from me. They also don’t want anything nice and entertaining. “What am I supposed do?”

In October 2005, LaChiusa’s musical See What I Wanna See, based on the stories “In a Grove,” “The Dragon,” and “Kesa and Morito” by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater and closed on December 4, 2005. LaChiusa was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics.

In August 2005, LaChiusa published an article in Opera News that disparaged several successful, upbeat Broadway musicals of the 2000s, among them The Producers and Hairspray, which LaChiusa dubbed a “faux-musical”. He continued, “Instead of choreography, there is dancing. Instead of crafted songwriting, there is tune-positioning. Faux-musicals are mechanical; they have to be. For expectations to be met, there can be no room for risk, derring-do or innovation.” The article caused a great deal of controversy and provoked shocked responses from several of LaChiusa’s colleagues, who saw it as an attack.

Two of LaChiusa’s large-scale musicals were premiered on Broadway during the 1999-2000 season: Marie Christine, and The Wild Party. Marie Christine, a retelling the Medea myth set 19th-century Louisiana, stars Audra McDonald. It attracted controversy because of its dark subject matter and demanding score. The New York Times reported that even the classically trained and formidable McDonald’s could only sing it six times per week rather than the usual eight. Marie Christine was closed after 42 performances. LaChiusa stated that the show should have been performed for only three performances …. It’s enormous and extremely difficult. The Wild Party was inspired by the 1928 poem of that name by Joseph Moncure March. It starred Toni Collette and Mandy Patinkin and Eartha Kitt. The Wild Party was a failure commercially. It received seven Tony nominations, but failed to win one. Producers closed the show. LaChiusa was nominated for Best Book of a Musical as well as Best Original Score.

Michael John LaChiusa Net Worth

Michael John LaChiusa is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael John LaChiusa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

LaChiusa immigrated to New York City in 1980. He worked as an accompanist and music director while trying to find songwriting jobs. He joined the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop in the mid-1980s. There he was heavily influenced by a number of mentors. This allowed him to transition from writing “camp” songs into more serious work. George C. Wolfe, The Public Theater’s producer, presented LaChiusa’s First Lady Suite in 1993. Lincoln Center presented his musical Hello Again Off Broadway a year later. Hello Again, a series of interconnected stories about the love of Arthur Schnitzler’s play La Ronde, was nominated to ten Drama Desk Awards, three of which were Outstanding Music, Outstanding Book of a Musical, and Outstanding Lyrics for LaChiusa.

LaChiusa also wrote book material for the Broadway musical, Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It was an adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s 1981 novella of that name. LaChiusa was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for this book that she co-authored with Graciela Danile and Jim Lewis.

In 2004, LaChiusa told The Washington Post that he was a “gay man, happily single”.

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LaChiusa’s work, Nine Fathers of Ariel, is “a dance musical which centers on a mother’s effort to provide her son with good fathering in the face of a war- obsessed world”. It had a 29-hour private industry reading on April 5, 2014. It was a co-collaboration with Ellen Fitzhugh, with Graciela Daniele directing and musical direction by Mary Mitchell Campbell. The cast included Tonya Pinkins, Marc Kudisch, Malcolm Gets, Telly Leung, Bryce Ryness, Darius de Haas, Stanley Bahorek, Sydney James Harcourt, Ashley Robinson, Casey Robinson, and Hayley Feinstein.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael John LaChiusa celebrates birthday on July 24 of every year.

The world premiere of LaChiusa’s musical Rain (book by Sybille Pearson, based on the short story “Rain” by Somerset Maugham), runs March 24-May 1, 2016 at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. It is directed by Barry Edelstein, and stars Eden Espinosa as Sadie Thompson.