A Disney Afternoon, on October 24, 2015, will be musically directed by Michael Lavine, who has worked as a musical director, pianist, vocal coach and singer all over the world. He gives master classes on auditioning in New York, Los Angeles, Australia, Martha’s Vineyard and other locations and has worked several times at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. He works regularly with Heather MacRae on her show about her father, Gordon and has accompanied Broadway and television star Bryan Batt in New Orleans, at 54 Below, Feinstein’s and the Metropolitan Room. He musically directed Bryan’s show BATT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in Australia, touring subsequently to Melbourne and Sydney. He regularly plays for the Outer Critics Circle Awards and musically directed the Broadway Cares Teddy Bear Auction for its entire 15-year run. Michael has conducted orchestras in Wichita, Kansas, Traverse City, Michigan, and Beverly, Mass., among other cities. He co-produced and musically directed the American premiere recording of HONK! At the York Theatre, Michael served as musical director for the Comden & Green musical BILLION DOLLAR BABY starring Kristin Chenoweth, Marc Kudisch and Debbie Gravitte and the Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner musical CARMELINA. He shared the stage with Mimi Hines and Peter Howard (his mentor) at the Kennedy Center in a Rodgers & Hart revue, THIS FUNNY WORLD. Michael is known for owning one of the largest privately held sheet music collections in the world.
