b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nMichael Mayer\n_START_SECTION_\n\xc5\xbdivotopis\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nNarodil se v Bethesd\xc4\x9b ve st\xc3\xa1t\xc4\x9b Maryland jako syn Jerryho a Louise Mayerov\xc3\xbdch. Po absolvov\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xad st\xc5\x99edn\xc3\xad \xc5\xa1koly Charlese W. Woodwarda studoval herectv\xc3\xad na Newyorsk\xc3\xa9 univerzit\xc4\x9b, kde v roce 1983 z\xc3\xadskal titul MFA (magistr um\xc4\x9bn\xc3\xad). Za\xc4\x8dal vystupovat v divadlech v New Yorku, ale v devades\xc3\xa1t\xc3\xbdch letech obr\xc3\xa1til sv\xc3\xa9 \xc3\xbasil\xc3\xad k re\xc5\xbe\xc3\xadrov\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xad. Pracoval jako nez\xc3\xa1visl\xc3\xbd profesion\xc3\xa1l, zat\xc3\xadmco tak\xc3\xa9 u\xc4\x8dil na newyorsk\xc3\xa9 univerzit\xc4\x9b, v divadeln\xc3\xadm institutu Lincolnova centra a na Juilliardu.\n_START_SECTION_\nBrodway\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nV roce 2007 vyhr\xc3\xa1l svou prvn\xc3\xad cenu Tony za re\xc5\xbeii muzik\xc3\xa1lov\xc3\xa9 adaptace Spring Awakening, kter\xc3\xa1 tak z\xc3\xadskala cenu za nejlep\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad muzik\xc3\xa1l. Na cenu Tony byl p\xc5\x99edt\xc3\xadm nominov\xc3\xa1n v roce 2002 ze re\xc5\xbeii muzik\xc3\xa1l Thoroughly Modern Millie, kter\xc3\xbd pot\xc3\xa9 re\xc5\xbe\xc3\xadroval i na lond\xc3\xbdnsk\xc3\xa9m West Endu. Za Spring Awakening a Thoroughly Modern Millie tak\xc3\xa9 vyhr\xc3\xa1l cenu Drama Desk Award za nejlep\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad re\xc5\xbeii muzik\xc3\xa1lu._NEWLINE_Mezi jeho dal\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad broadwaysk\xc3\xa9 kredity pat\xc5\x99\xc3\xad The Lion in Winter (1999), revival You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Side Man (1998; Drama Desk Award), v\xc3\xadt\xc4\x9bz ceny Tony z roku 1998 za nejlep\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad revival, A View from the Bridge od Arthura Millera v hlavn\xc3\xadch rol\xc3\xadch s Anthonym LaPagliou a Brittany Murphy, za kter\xc3\xbd byl nominov\xc3\xa1n na Tony a vyhr\xc3\xa1l Drama Desk Award a muzik\xc3\xa1l Triumph of Love, v hlavn\xc3\xadch rol\xc3\xadch se objevili Betty Buckley, Susan Egan a F. Murray Abraham, s hudbou od Jeffreyho Stocka a textem p\xc3\xadsn\xc3\xad od Susan Bikenhead. Pracoval na muzik\xc3\xa1lu American Idiot, zalo\xc5\xbeen\xc3\xa9m na stejnojmenn\xc3\xa9m albu od hudebn\xc3\xad skupiny Green Day a v roce 2011 na revivalu On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, kde se v hlavn\xc3\xad roli objevil Harry Connick mlad\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad.\n_START_SECTION_\nMimo Broadway\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nMezi jeho mimo Broadwayskou pr\xc3\xa1ci pat\xc5\x99\xc3\xad p\xc5\x99edstaven\xc3\xad The Credeaux Canvas, Stupid Kids, Baby Anger, View of the Dome a Antigone in New York.\n_START_SECTION_\nFilm a televize\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nPot\xc3\xa9, co po v\xc3\xadce ne\xc5\xbe patn\xc3\xa1ct let re\xc5\xbe\xc3\xadroval broadwaysk\xc3\xa1 a mimobroadwaysk\xc3\xa1 p\xc5\x99edstaven\xc3\xad, tak p\xc5\x99i\xc5\xa1el jeho re\xc5\xbeis\xc3\xa9rsk\xc3\xbd filmov\xc3\xbd debut v roce 2004 ve filmu T\xc5\x99i do p\xc3\xa1ru(A Home at the End of the World), v hlavn\xc3\xadch rol\xc3\xadch s Colinem Farrellem a Robin Wright Penn. V roce 2006 re\xc5\xbe\xc3\xadroval rodinn\xc3\xbd film Flicka, kter\xc3\xbd se stal hitem v prodejnosti na DVD._NEWLINE_V sou\xc4\x8dasn\xc3\xa9 dob\xc4\x9b je jedn\xc3\xadm z re\xc5\xbeis\xc3\xa9r\xc5\xaf seri\xc3\xa1lu televize NBC, Smash."