Michael Crawford's Career Highlights
The Critics reviews of Michael Crawford
Awards
1999 - NODA Award, the 100th Anniversary of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association, Michael Crawford in a vote by the theatergoing public was awarded best male performer. (Julie Andrews received best female performer.)
1998 - Emmy nomination as Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program for Michael Crawford In Concert, a PBS special. Music director Ian Fraser is also nominated.
1996 - Live Magazine readers Greatest Performance Ever by an actor/actress in a musical.
1990 - LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement in Theatre, Lead Performance (Phantom of the Opera)
1988 - Tony Award, Best Performance By An Actor In A Lead Role, Musical (Phantom of the Opera)
1988 - Drama Desk Awards, Actor in a Musical
1988 - Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Actor
1987 - Olivier Award, Best Actor in a Musical (Phantom of the Opera)
1987 - Presented with O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1987 - Personality of the Year, Variety Club of Great Britain
1982 - Olivier Award, Best Actor in a Musical (Barnum)
1978 - TV Actor of the Year, by The Sun Newspaper
1974 - TV Actor of the Year, by the Sun Newspaper
1974 - Funniest Man on TV by TV Times Readers
1962 & 1965 - Most Promising Newcomer by the Variety Club of Great Britain
Theatre & Performances
Dance of the Vampires, New York, 2002-2003
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, New York, hosted by Julie Andrews, 2000
An Evening With Michael Crawford Concert Tour, 1998
EFX, Las Vegas, 1995-96
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Tour, 1991-92
Phantom of the Opera, London, New York, and Los Angeles, 1986-1990
Barnum, London and Manchester, England, 1981-1986
Flowers for Algernon, London, 1979
Same Time, Next Year, London 1976-77
Billy, London, 1974-76 Click here for pictures from the show
No Sex Please, We’re British!, London, 1971-72
Black Comedy/White Lies, New York, 1967
Film
Once Upon a Forest, 1993
Condorman, 1981
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1973
The Games, 1970
Hello and Goodbye, 1970
Hello Dolly, 1969
The Jokers, 1967
How I Won the War, 1967
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1966
The Knack, 1965
Television
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, PBS special hosted by Julie Andrews, 2001
Trans-Siberian Orchestra "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" 1999
Howie Mandel, 1998
My Favorite Christmas Songs, hosted by Barbara Mandrell, 1998
Hour of Power, 1998
Regis and Kathie Lee, 1998
1998 Emmy Pre-Show, 1998
Michael Crawford in Concert, a PBS special, 1998
Chalk and Cheese (BBC), 1979
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em (BBC), 1973-75; 1977
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (BBC), 1964-65
Sorry (BBC Television play)
Recordings
The Best of Michael Crawford, 2001
The Disney Album, 2001
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, PBS special hosted by Julie Andrews, 2001
A Christmas Album, 1999
On Eagle’s Wings, 1998
The Phantom of the Opera, Original Cast Recording (Quadruple platinum in the US, 20 million copies sold worldwide)
EFX Soundtrack Recording, 1995
Michael Crawford’s Favorite Love Songs, 1994
A Touch of Music in the Night, 1993
Songs from Stage and Screen
With Love, 1992
Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1991
Books
Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String, Autobiography. 1999 in the UK by Century.
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