Broadway credits include Wicked, Beautiful, Hairspray, Losing Louie, Mamma Mia!, Hollywood Arms (for which she won the Tony Award), Chicago, Seussical, Cabaret (receiving Drama Desk & Outer Critics' Circle Award nominations), Triumph of Love, Crazy for You (Drama Desk nomination), Mail. Off-Broadway, she appeared in Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Lucille Lortel & OBIE Awards), Picnic, 17 Orchard Point, Giant, A Small Fire (Drama Desk & Lucille Lortel nominations), Mahida’s Extra Key to Heaven, Flyovers, Prayer for my Enemy, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Paris Letter (Drama Desk nomination), Reefer Madness, After the Fair, Hello Again, Merrily We Roll Along, jon & jen, A Little Night Music. Regional favorites include Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bounce (Helen Hayes nomination); The Fall to Earth; Natural History; The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Beautiful Redhead; and The Gig. Television appearances include “New Amsterdam,” “Madam Secretary,” “Law & Order” (7x), “The Golden Girls,” “Dear John,” and “Quantum Leap.” She can be heard on 14 Original Cast Albums and several books on tape. Directing credits include My Queer Youth and The Disney Diaries at the Beechman Theatre in NYC, West Side Story at Creighton University in Omaha, NE (nominated for Best Direction, Best Musical Awards), Carapace Isle at Manhattan Rep, Picnic for the William Inge Center, and Seussical, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Merrily We Roll Along, A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Small Town Story, A Little Night Music, Urinetown, Into the Woods, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Plano (for Wagner College Theatre). Michele is a proud faculty member in the Theatre Department at Wagner College. Michele also sits on the Board of Directors for American Theater Group and Riverdale Children’s Theatre.

Wicked, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!