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MICHAEL LONGORIA

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MICHAEL LONGORIA is best known for his star turn as Frankie Valli in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys on Broadway, later touring the world as a lead singer and co-creator of The Midtown Men. Their debut album, Sixties Hits, featured on SiriusXM’s ’60s Channel, and was followed by the holiday single “All Alone on Christmas,” produced by Stevie Van Zandt and backed by Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Longoria’s debut solo album, Broadway Brick by Brick (Broadway Records), reached #2 on the iTunes Vocal Chart, and his holiday follow-up, Merry Christmas Darling, earned critical acclaim and introduced his original song “Merry Me This Christmas,” which he performed live on The Hallmark Channel. His third album, Like They Do in the Movies, continued his work as a singer-songwriter with the original track “Kiss Me, Like They Do in the Movies.”

On stage, Longoria recently originated the role of Phil Lopez in the world premiere of Trading Places (Alliance Theatre, dir. Kenny Leon), earning a Suzi Award nomination for Best Featured Performer. Broadway credits include Hairspray (debut), Jersey Boys (Joey Pesci / Frankie Valli), and Off-Broadway The View UpStairs (Freddy), where he is featured on the original cast album singing the eleven o’clock number “Sex On Legs.”

A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Longoria began his professional career in the American premiere of Peter Pan & Wendy (Barrymore nomination). His other stage credits include West Side Story(Walnut Street Theatre), A Chorus Line (Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center), and Avenue X (Abe Burrows Theater). Internationally, he appeared in West Side Story at Teatro alla Scala in Milan and A Chorus Line in Munich.

His television and film work includes America’s Got Talent (NBC), Broadway Under the Stars (WCBS), Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, the documentary One Night Stand, and his voice can be heard singing in the Barbie movie. As a frequent concert headliner, he’s performed at 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, and symphony halls nationwide. Michael is working on his next studio album called Catch A Wave, with his take on the songs of The Beach Boys.

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