Artist:Michael Cavanaugh
Song:Just the Way You Are
Album:Movin' Out: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Though Michael Cavanaugh is best known for starring as Billy Joel in the Broadway musical Movin' On, as a performer he's more Las Vegas than Broadway. So that's kind of what he's been doing since the show closed in 2005. He was born in 1972 in Cleveland the youngest of four brothers. His aunt bought him a piano when he was age seven. Cavanaugh has played ever since. After playing local clubs while in high school, Cavanaugh took a job in an Orlando piano bar. In 1999 he moved to the New York New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Billy Joel caught his act in 2001. At the time Joel was developing the jukebox musical Movin' On with famed choreographer Twyla Tharp for Broadway. Cavanaugh moved to New York and the rest is history. The show ran for three years and won two Tonys. Cavanaugh was nominated for a Grammy. The original cast album is available as a budget CD. After the show closed Cavanaugh created his own show The Songs of Billy Joel and More. He has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra among others. This performance of Just the Way You Are is from the 2010 CD and DVD An Evening at the Symphony released on his own label. The DVD is available. Normally Cavanaugh would be on tour. But the pandemic put a stop to that. But he did a live concert from his home on Facebook in May. Here's Michael Cavanaugh performing Just the Way You Are from his 2010 DVD An Evening at the Symphony.
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