Michael Cavanaugh

Michael Cavanaugh's career-making performance was as the lead singer and pianist in Movin' Out, Twyla Tharp's 2002 Billy Joel jukebox musical. Tharp conceived and choreographed the piece and Joel selected Cavanagh to act as his effective surrogate. Movin' Out helped push Cavanaugh into the spotlight -- it earned him Tony and Grammy nominations -- and after the show ended its run, Cavanagh formed his own touring productions featuring the music of Billy Joel and other classic rockers. By the 2010s, he was a fixture on the corporate circuit and he started to focus on original mat...