Wicked
(2015) Michele Lee joined the mega hit Broadway musical, “Wicked” on July 5th, 2015 as Madame Morrible, the Headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University. WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The […]
Catch the Light
(2005) Michele Lee performed a one-woman nightclub act, Catch the Light, in New York City in 2005. It was Michele’s first nightclub performance after nearly a 40-year hiatus. Songs during the show included: Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” John Lennon’s ‘”Imagine” “Nobody Does It Like Me” from “Seesaw” “I Believe in You” from “How to Succeed in Business Without […]
Hello, Dolly!
(2005) Michele played legendary matchmaker Dolly Levi. Dolly takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire,” Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City. In New York, she fixes Vandergelder’s clerks up with the woman Vandergelder had been courting, and […]
Mame
(2004) The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association presents a one-night-only performance of the Tony Award winning musical, Mame, at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, August 1, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. Television actress and stage star Michele Lee is the free-spirited Mame Dennis in this staged concert adaptation under the direction of Gordon Hunt, with an all-star supporting cast. The performance features […]
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Tracee Ellis Ross, Michele Lee, Debra Monk, Casey Wilson, and Katie Finneran in Love, Loss, and What I Wore (2010) Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman. It is organized as a series of monologues and uses a rotating cast […]
Tale of the Allergist’s Wife
(2000) Charles Busch’s play, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, chronicles the spiritual turmoil of Marjorie, (Linda Lavin), a middle-aged Upper West Side doyenne, and how her life changes when a stranger from the past (Michele Lee) arrives on her doorstep. Michele’s performance in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife earned her a 2001 Best Featured Actress in a Play […]
Seesaw
(1973) Jerry Ryan (Ken Howard), a simple, handsome, young lawyer from America’s Midwest, comes to New York where he gets involved in a romance with a kooky, young dancer (Michele Lee) whose background, ideas and attitudes are completely different from his own. Michele’s performance in Seesaw earned her a 1974 Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award nomination.
How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Broadway Musical)
(1962) Michele Lee played Rosemary Pilkington in the Broadway show of How to Succeed in Business…” the show about an ambitious young window cleaner who buys a book describing how to get ahead in the business world and sets out to try the methods shown. Michele went on to star in the feature film version with Robert Morse.
Bravo Giovanni
(1962) 19-year old Michele Lee starred with Cesare Siepi in Bravo Giovanni. Set in Rome, Bravo Giovanni a musical about two rivaling restaurants.
Vintage ’60
(1960) 18-year old Michele Lee made her Broadway debut in the David Merrick produced musical revue that came to New York from Los Angeles.