#NewYorkNotes #WestCoastPeachy #CatchaWaveLive by #MichaelLongoria #MichaelLongoriaSings CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF THE BEACH BOYS Earns Whom You Know's Highest Recommendation
We are absolutely thrilled to lift the curtain on the hottest live show we have seen in YEARS: Catch a Wave Live by Michael Longoria!
Michael is a truly phenomenal talent with a gifted voice of superior range that executes flawlessly from song to song and he nails the dance routines with equal precision and upbeat flair.
If you really know us, this recommendation should not surprise you at all. Peachy Deegan grew up going to Beach Boys concerts at the Oakdale in Wallingford, Connecticut every year they came which makes her uniquely qualified to judge those covering their music. And Frankie Valli concerts too, every year he came. So, she went to see Jersey Boys with her family BEFORE WHOM YOU KNOW EVER STARTED IN 2006. She has not seen any show twice ever.
She saw Jersey Boys three times NOT as a critic, as an audience member, because the first time she saw it, it was so phenomenal. In this first time, Michael Longoria played both Joe Pesci and Frankie Valli and we were SO IMPRESSED. And you can see our videos here. (and this is a video she made on it in 2006 where you can see their picture then.)
We have recommended thousands of brands over 200 columns in over 30,000 posts in 17 years on WhomYouKnow.com, but there are only three people Peachy can remember recommending before this that she is still raving about: Joel Quenneville, whom she said would be an amazing coach and she knew it since she spent her childhood watching him play; Dr. Garo Nazarian, our friend from Boston College and today also our Official Dentist, Best Dentist in the world; and Michael Longoria whose performance in Jersey Boys was the best we'd ever seen.
In fact, when we worked with Warner Brothers Pictures and Clint Eastwood on the Jersey Boys movie review in 2014 we alluded to the fact that Longoria was the Star of the Broadway show, and we quote ourselves:
Michael Longoria is just as good today if not better, and this is a show you should book now. Catch a Wave Live by Michael Longoria has earned our Highest Recommendation.
CATCH A WAVE AND CATCH THIS SHOW!
ABOUT
MICHAEL LONGORIA is best known for his star turn as Frankie Valli in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys on Broadway, later touring the world as a lead singer and co-creator of The Midtown Men. Their debut album, Sixties Hits, featured on SiriusXM’s ’60s Channel, and was followed by the holiday single “All Alone on Christmas,” produced by Stevie Van Zandt and backed by Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Longoria’s debut solo album, Broadway Brick by Brick (Broadway Records), reached #2 on the iTunes Vocal Chart, and his holiday follow-up, Merry Christmas Darling, earned critical acclaim and introduced his original song “Merry Me This Christmas,” which he performed live on The Hallmark Channel. His third album, Like They Do in the Movies, continued his work as a singer-songwriter with the original track “Kiss Me, Like They Do in the Movies.”
On stage, Longoria recently originated the role of Phil Lopez in the world premiere of Trading Places (Alliance Theatre, dir. Kenny Leon), earning a Suzi Award nomination for Best Featured Performer. Broadway credits include Hairspray (debut), Jersey Boys (Joey Pesci / Frankie Valli), and Off-Broadway The View UpStairs (Freddy), where he is featured on the original cast album singing the eleven o’clock number “Sex On Legs.”
A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Longoria began his professional career in the American premiere of Peter Pan & Wendy (Barrymore nomination). His other stage credits include West Side Story (Walnut Street Theatre), A Chorus Line (Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center), and Avenue X (Abe Burrows Theater). Internationally, he appeared in West Side Story at Teatro alla Scala in Milan and A Chorus Line in Munich.
His television and film work includes America’s Got Talent (NBC), Broadway Under the Stars (WCBS), Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, the documentary One Night Stand, and his voice can be heard singing in the Barbie movie. As a frequent concert headliner, he’s performed at 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, and symphony halls nationwide.
Note from the Editor:
Previously on Whom You Know, The Beach Boys were featured for their charity efforts with John Stamos, and we Highly Recommended
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