# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-john-lachiusa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:53:29.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-john-lachiusa"
name: "Michael John LaChiusa"
slug: "michael-john-lachiusa"
description: "Michael John LaChiusa Lah-KYOO-suh is an American musical theatre and opera composer, lyricist, and librettist. He is best known for such musically esoteric shows as Hello Again, Marie Christine, The Wild Party, and See What I Wanna See. He was nominated for four Tony Awards in 2000 for his score and book for both Marie Christine and The Wild Party and received another nomination in 1996 for his work on the libretto for Chronicle of a Death Foretold."
tagline: "American musical theatre and opera composer (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_John_LaChiusa_Headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.487114666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1098051/"
    handle:    "nm1098051"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_John_LaChiusa"
    title: "Michael John LaChiusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael John LaChiusa"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_John_LaChiusa"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump