Featuring Michael Lee Brown
Broadway on the OC Boardwalk - Broadway will truly come to the Boardwalk as professional performers appearing in Ocean City Theatre Company's 2018 Summer Season take to the stage to bring Broadway favorites to life.
Michael Lee Brown is currently the alternate Evan Hansen, performing weekly as the title role in the six time Tony Award and Grammy winning musical Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Michael started performing at a young age, learning the business and working professionally from Los Angeles to New York City. Growing up in Bucks County, PA he would spend his summers in Ocean City, NJ attending the Ocean City Theatre Company's theatre camps and eventually performing with the professional company in Suessical and Cinderella. A Marymount Manhattan graduate, Michael has performed in various regional theatre productions such as Torch Song Trilogy at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC under the direction of the infamous director Michael Kahn. He has been seen on television in shows like Happish and live with the Dear Evan Hansen company on The Today Show, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Michael just released his solo EP, "Way It Used to Be" comprised of his
original songs, and produced by Matthew James Thomas (star of Pippin) and recorded at Duncan Sheik's studio (Composer of Spring Awakening, Barley Breathing). His EP premiered recently on Billboard and can be heard on all streaming services world wide including iTunes and Spotify. The songs on his EP have been described as "bubbling with heart, spirit and a refreshing brand of sing-along familiarity that veteran songsmiths struggle to achieve."