About
West End musicals include: Titaníque (Criterion); Hello, Dolly! (The London Palladium); The Little Big Things (@sohoplace); Crazy For You (Gillian Lynne); The Wizard of Oz (The London Palladium and Gillian Lynne); Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s); The Drifters Girl (Garrick); two seasons of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The London Palladium); Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (Garrick); Annie (Piccadilly); Gypsy (Savoy); The Bodyguard (Adelphi and Dominion).
Over 1 million people have seen Michael’s London Palladium pantomimes.
In 2022, with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael formed Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals to create and produce both new musicals and new productions from Andrew’s existing catalogue of work. Productions include: Jesus Christ Superstar (The London Palladium & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane & UK tour) starring Sam Ryder; Starlight Express (Troubadour and UK tour); Sunset Blvd. (Savoy Theatre, St James Theatre on Broadway), which won seven Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival; Evita (The London Palladium) starring Rachel Zegler; Cats (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and UK tour); Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway), which recently won three Tony Awards.
With Cameron Mackintosh, he produced the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Barnum and the major 2025 revival of the legendary musical Miss Saigon.
Michael produced Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks on tour in the UK.
He is the Chief Executive of Crossroads Pantomimes, responsible for many of the major number one pantomimes across the UK and is Chair of the National Theatre’s commercial producing board.
He is the recipient of six Olivier Awards and a Tony Award.
Michael was awarded a companionship to the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts by Sir Paul McCartney and the Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in recognition of his services to theatre in the region.