OMG. I have found the male Natalie Weiss.

So, a while back, I went to Monday Night New Voices, hosted by Scott Alan and the cast of [title of show]. Wonderful evening, featuring the music of Jeff Bowen. And if it's possible to fall in love with a set of vocal chords, I have done it. And I know what I'm talking about, because I was obsessed with Natalie Weiss before it was cool. So listen up kiddies, you all better hop on the Mike Harrison train before it pulls out of the station. Seriously. I did some myspace stalking and felt like sharing the love.

www.myspace.com/mikeeharrison

I stage doored Wicked and gave Annaleigh Ashford his myspace link, and she was like, "Good, I'm glad."

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Updated On: 5/30/08 at 12:31 AM

Don't you love him? I feel like he's the love child of Kate Shindle and Daniel Breaker, but raised by Shoshana Bean and Titus Burgess, and I'm fairly sure that he has some relation to Susan Blackwell and Jackie Hoffman. Don't you think?

wow. He sounds great! Has he been in anything recently? I could totally hear the influence of his talented family tree...haha. He and his "adopted mother" Shoshana should do a duet together.

Me neither.

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Isn't he amazing? But I don't want this thread to be come solely about Natalie Weiss (even though she's AMAZING). This is a Mike Harrison thread, set up to worship him in all his vocal pyrotechnic glory.

I did some more facebook/myspace/friendster stalking, and I've learned a good bit about him. He's been in dozens of musicals, actually. He was Jamie in L5Y, Cable in South Pacific, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Lord Evelyn Oakley in Anything Goes, to name a few. This boy sang at SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO (i didn't know white people could do that)! He was also, until recently, a member of BLUE JUPITER, a professional acapella group. I found some clips of them, and Mike was by far the best thing in the group. I wonder how they are even coping without him. These days, he is keeping himself busy singing backups for Nick Howard (the guy that sings that song from THE HILLS), gigging with the Starlight Orchestra, and the most exciting thing... he is planning a Make-A-Wish benefit filled with Broadway SuperSTARS in the fall. OMG. Don't you just love him?

on a totally seperate note I actually love Nick Howard and Natalie Weiss so other than the fact that he has a great voice, he is automatically great in my book by association!

Ok, one of Mike's friends just sent me a PM, and they told me that he auditioned for America's Got Talent, got called back several times, and that they ended up telling him he was too talented, professional, and polished for their show. How lame is that? Although, it makes perfect sense, because that show sucks. It should be called America's Got Mediocre Singers and Some Decent Jugglers. But seriously, couldn't you see him on American Idol? He's like a more charismatic version of Elliot Yamin.

I was at that Scott Alan event at Birdland and I don't remember any Natalie Weiss.
There were many amazing singers there, but i have no recollection of her.

Updated On: 5/30/08 at 10:17 PM

totes on fiyero!!! clearly i'm obsessed...how'd you find my name? did you watch my blogg? ha ha, lol.

i have some similar dream roles!!!
what do others think?

joy, good find here. he totally sounds like baby face mixed w/ elliot yamin. did he go to penn state too?

check out this pic i found w/ that girl who plays the assistant in little mermaid and some of her friends!!!!








check my blogg!

Updated On: 5/30/08 at 10:35 PM

that's title of show?
that's the show about vampires right?
ohhh.

my girlfriend totally thinks he is hot.

gotta go, i'm stage dooring grease tonight...wanna get laura and max to sign something for my bff's bday! is it too late?

mike harrison could be teen angel!

no jokes, he is amazing! he even has original songs!

I was just about to write that Joy. I recently friended Mike on Myspace due to your suggestion and saw that he thanked the BroadwayWorld community for their support. Definitely a fan and hope his voice catches on in the community!

Ok, so I just saw RENT tonight. I've seen in 12 times now, and the last time I saw it, Drew Lachey was in it (which is funny, because they just announced today that he's going to be in spamalot). It got me thinking, and I totally think that you could be Mark. You would be so much better than Drew (and no offense if Drew is reading this board - JK!) I mean, i posted earlier that you should play Roger (and you should) but I think that you could really do an awesome Mark.

Off-topic: Has there ever been a white Collins? That could work, right?

www.myspace.com/mikeeharrison