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MICHAEL BELLO is a Cuban-American director with Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional experience. He is currently the Associate Director on Tony Award winner Des McAnuff’s upcoming Broadway revival of The Who’s Tommy, which recently completed a record-breaking, sold-out run at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
As the resident Associate Director for Jersey Boys, he has been responsible for the remounting, setting and supervising of the New York production at New World Stages and both the US and UK tours, as well as an upcoming live capture starring Nick Jonas. Additionally, he currently directs and maintains SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Michael's work on new musicals has led him to direct world premieres around the country including We Are The Tigers off-Broadway at Theatre 80 St Marks (cast album now available on Broadway Records). He also directed Tigers at The Hudson Backstage Theatre in Los Angeles, which received 3 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Award nominations including Outstanding Production of a Musical and won Best Music & Lyrics. Other projects include Letters to the President, a historical song-cycle he conceived with Jessica Kahkoska, that was performed in concert at The Great Hall at Cooper Union and is currently being developed at Goodspeed Musicals after appearing in their 2023 Festival of New Musicals. Additionally, his work has been recognized by the Ovation Awards, IRNE Awards, NY Innovative Theater Awards and others.
As an Associate Director, Michael has worked with Des McAnuff on SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, a position he held on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne, for its premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, and on its first national tour. He has assisted Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller on A Little More Alive at the Kansas City Repertory Theater, Bill Fennelly on Fly By Night at the Dallas Theater Center and TheaterWorks Silicon Valley, and Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman on her acclaimed adaptation of Candide at the Huntington Theater Company, among others.
Michael is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, a past participant in the SDCF Observership Program, an alumni of Interlochen Center for the Arts, and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Emerson College.