michele ragusa
BIO
Michele Ragusa is a Broadway veteran who made her Broadway debut in the 1993 original cast of Cyrano: The Musical as The Novice. She went on to be featured in the original Broadway cast of Titanic as Caroline in 1997, followed by the Broadway productions of Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit, Mona in A Class Act and covering Penny and Hope in Urinetown. Ragusa then came into the starring role of Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein on Broadway. She currently stars in Flying Over Sunset on Broadway.
In addition to Broadway, Ragusa played Corinna in the premiere of Adrift In Macao she won a Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater and for a subsequent Off-Broadway production was nominated for a Drama League Award and a Lucille Lortel Awards. She performed the role of Alice Bean at Avery Fisher Hall in a one night concert of Titanic and was also featured as Madame Theodore in the Susan Stroman directed World Premiere production of Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center. She has also sung with major symphony orchestras around the US including Kansas City Symphony, Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. Regionally she has appeared in numerous productions including Spamalot, ...Forum, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy, Mame, Annie, Bullets Over Broadway, The King and I, Into the Woods, Kiss Me Kate, Sweeney Todd, She Loves Me, and more, co-starring with Tony Award winner Roger Bart and renowned award winning actors Elaine Stritch, Robert Cuccioli and American Idol’s Justin Guarini.
