MICHAEL MCCORMICK (Thénardier) just completed the entire Broadway run (also here at the Ahmanson) as Oscar Shapira in Curtains. He starred in the recent Broadway revivals of 1776 and Kiss Me, Kate. Other Broadway credits include: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Pajama Game, Sam Mendes’ revival of Gypsy, Marie Christine, Kiss of the Spider Woman and La Bête. McCormick’s national tours include The Producers (Franz Liebkind) and Les Misérables (M. Thénardier) in the very first national tour. TV work includes the three Law and Order series, Cosby, PBS’s My Favorite Broadway, and the staged concert of Candide. Film credits include Paul Schneider’s Pretty Bird, Charles Busch’s A Very Serious Person, The Producers, A Couch in New York, and The Gutter Song. He has been a member of Actors’ Equity since 1964, when he made his Broadway debut in Oliver!. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, and lives in Connecticut with Alison Bevan and son Dylan.