Projects
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Puppeteer’s “LAW GOAT” for up-and-coming LawBoss.com campaign
- Returns as Cartoon Network’s “Glob” for Warner Media Upfronts opposite Anderson Cooper
- Plays Shriv the Andorian on CBS/Paramount+ Picard: Season 2 Premiere Launch
- Michael and Nadia Coma appear on Gordon Ramsey’s “Hell’s Kitchen”
- Featured in the October edition of Philadelphia Style magazine
- Puppeteering/directing the CJS Workshop experience at 2023 IAAPA Expo.
- Ex Populus Award for Best Virtual Event: Little Cinema/Paramount+ “Picard S2”
- Guest on “Dream A World” Arts & Education Series
Harris Law Commercial Series
Michael Paul as SHRIV the Andorian
Performance consulting/coaching @BROADWAY PLUS.
Production directing, producing, branding @BTS.
WINNER OF 4 TELLY AWARDS FOR DIRECTING & PROGRAM CONTENT
WINNER OF THE COMMUNICATOR AWARD BRANDED EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
THE BOOK is in reprint with all new pages and wonderful reviews! E-books or Hard Copy avail now on Amazon and Barnes&Noble
THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY PARTNERSHIPS OVER THE YEARS.
2021-2022
- Plays “Glob” on Cartoon Network’s “Cartoonito” Launch
- Commercial Series for Harris Law
- “Not So Silent Night” – premiering Dec 2nd, NYC
- Jan 1-2: www.MichaelPaulBTS.com production booking
- Jan 11: Major League Baseball Network – Scouts Salute
- Jan 13-15: Viking Cruise Product Launch – Beverly Hills
- Jan 17 & 18: Vermont Burlesque Fest
- Jan 23: Yacht & Raquet Club – Boca Raton
- Jan 24: Emerald Point Resort – Delray
- Jan 25: Florial Lake Resort – Delray
- Jan 26: Coco Wood Lakes – Delray
- Jan 28: Villagio – Boca Raton
- Jan 30: Golden Lake Resort – Boyton Beach
- Feb 3-6: Celebrity Reflection (Antigua – St Kitts)
- Feb 7: The Publicist Awards
- Feb 15-18th: Thermo Fisher Convention – Orlando
- Feb 19: Desertview Performing Arts Center – AZ
- Feb 20: Sun City Festival – AZ
- Feb 22: Sun City Oro Valley, AZ
- Feb 24-26: The Holocaust Museum Event
- Mar 9-12: Oaktree Corporate Conference
- Mar 13-15: New Orleans
- Mar 18 – 22: Marvyn’s Magic Theater, CA.
- Apr 10: “Late Night Magic Touch with Michael Paul” DEBUT
- Apr 11-14: Celebrity Silhouette (Barbados – St Kitts)
- Apr 17: Ponte Vecchio West – Boynton Beach
- Apr 17: “Late Night Magic Touch” Ep.#2 – “The Magic Partners” (aka The Lovely Assistants)
- Apr 18: Private Event – Boynton Beach
- Apr 19: Boca (TBA)
- May 19: Nexus Solutions Conference – Orlando
- May 21-25: Celebrity Summit (Maine/Nova Scotia)
- Apr 14: “Late Night Magic Touch” Ep.#3 – “The Kid’s Performers”
- May 8: “Late Night Magic Touch” Ep.#4 – “The Duos”
- May 15: “Late Night Magic Touch” Ep.5 – “The Magic Stage Technicians”
- May 22: “Late Night Magic Touch” FINALE
- May 31 – June 7: NCL Breakaway (Miami r/t)
- June 15: Magic Mondays – Santa Monica
- June 18-23: Celebrity Summit (Nova Scotia)
- July 23rd: JVS Live Stream Gala
- Oct 10: NCL Breakaway
- Oct 21: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust LIVE STREAM GALA
- Nov 7: NCL Pearl
- Jan 14: 34th American Cinematheque Awards honoring Spike Lee
- Feb 12: Downtown Cowtown at the Isis – Fort Worth –
- May 19: Nexxus Conference – Orlando
2019
- Jan 8-11: Philly (TBA)
- Jan 12: The Grove, Boyton Beach
- Jan 14: Carnival Pride
- Jan 20-25: Hilo, HI
- Jan 26: Bay Indies Resort – Venice, FL
- Jan 30: Desertview Performing Arts Center, AZ
- Jan 31: Recording at Don Bluth Studios
- Jan 31: Silverside Resort -AZ
- Feb 1: Sun Village Auditorium – AZ
- Feb 2: Arizona Traditions – AZ
- Feb 4: Fiesta Grand – AZ
- Feb 5: Happy Trails Resorts – AZ
- Feb 6: Voyager Resort – AZ
- Feb 7: RCSCW & Sun City West – AZ
- Feb 8: Rancho Rialto Performing Arts Center – AZ
- Feb 9: Mountain Brook Resort – AZ
- Feb 10: Guest Artist @ Puppet Pie Studio
- Feb 12: Monte Vista – AZ
- Feb 19: Fortuna De Oro – AZ
- Feb 20: Sunland Springs – AZ
- Feb 22: Estrella Foothills High School PAC – AZ
- Mar 1-14: TV booking
- Mar 14-17: Moisturefest – Seattle
- Mar 20: Corporate – TX
- Mar 25-28: Celebrity Cruise (Antigua)
- Apr 5-9: Celebrity Cruise (Columbia)
- Apr 11: Boca Black Box solo show – Boca Raton
- Apr 12: Boca Black Box with Robert Klein
- Apr 13: Palm Isles Resort – Boynton Beach
- Apr 15: Lyric Hyperion Theatre – LA
- Apr 16: Viper Room – LA
- Apr 20-26: TV booking
- Apr 29: Magic Mondays @ Santa Monica Playhouse
- May 11: The Red Song Bird Foundation Event – with Terry Crews, Kenny Ortega & Gabriel Iglesias
- May 20-27: Celebrity Cruise (Alaska)
- May 28: America’s Got Talent – premiere
- May 30: The Variety Artist – Podcast
- June 8: People Magazine teaser
- June 10: The Variety Artist podcast with John Abrams
- June 11: America’s Got Talent
- June 12: PennLive.com interview
- June 13: Philly Magazine Interview
- July 1-4 Boston
- July 10: NBC10 – Philly
- July 15: Sun River Resort – OR
- July 17-21: Maryvn’s Magic Theater- cancelled and to be rescheduled
- Aug 1-4: Celebrity Equinox – Caribbean
- Aug 15: Help2Succeed Radio Show 7pm EST
- Aug 25: Eastern Connecticut State College
- Aug 27: On the Rocks Radio Show – iHeartRadio
- Aug 28: The Wonders Theater – Myrtle Beach
- Aug 29 – Sept 4: Bermuda
- Sept 9: Allen-Matkins Event – Beverly Hills
- Sept 21 & 22: Juneau, Alaska
- Sept 25: GardnWise Inc. Show – Denver
- Oct 10: Coach Arts – Los Angeles
- Oct 11: SAG-AFTRA Red Carpet
- Oct 20-22: TAD Expo
- Oct 23: Beverly Hills PD Black & White Ball
- Oct 24: LA Public Council Event
- Oct 28: Cedar Sinai Event
- Oct 30: Boobytrap – LA
- Nov 2: Carnival Freedom
- Nov 10-12: Carnival Pride
- Nov 15: Big Brothers Big Sisters Gala
- Nov 17: Trevor LIVE! Concert – LA
- Nov 18: The Saban Clinic Gala- LA
- Nov 21: www.MichaelPaulBTS.com production booking
- Nov 30: El Portal Theater – North Hollywood
- Dec 2 & 10: www.MichaelPaulBTS.com booking
- Dec 14: Don McCleen Show – Boynton Beach
- Dec 21: Bellagio Resort, Boyton Beach
- Dec 26: Jazz and Cabaret Club, Lake worth, FL
- Jan 30-2: www.MichaelPaulBTS.com production booking
2018
- Jan 3-5: Good Life Resorts – AZ
- Jan 11-15: RIU Resort & Casino
- Jan 18: Legends of Aviation Awards
- Jan 25: The Comedy Store
- Feb 1-6: See MichaelPaulBTS.com
- Feb 15-18 Royal Caribbean
- Feb 17-20: Celebrity Cruises
- Feb 21-24: Mesa Golf Resorts – AZ
- Feb 24: Comedy Writing/Character Development Workshop – Puppet Pie Studio, AZ
- Feb 27 & 28: Forbes Magazine Event – Beverly Hills
- Feb 28: Boston University interview for sociology, occupations and organizations study
- Mar 2: Comedy Writing/Character Development Workshop – Pacific SW P of A Fest, Santa Barbara
- Mar 3: The Muppets & Hosting Puppetzilla Puppet Slam – Santa Barbara
- Mar 5-14: Directing / Writing The Legacy Awards @ the Hollywood Dolby Theatre with Robert DeNiro, Kate Hudson & more. (more at MichaelPaulBTS.com)
- Mar 21-25: Shooting duel TV special: Master Class / Live from the Grand – Toronto (FergusFilming.ca for tickets)
- April 21: The Thirst Project
- April 27: USC
- May 7-12: Broadway Concert Series STARRING Analisa Leaming, Denver Colorado
- May 21-16: Celebrity Cruise (San Fran – Victoria CA)
- May 25: Shooting “Hotline” short film – Jim Henson’s “Puppet Dreams”
- May 27-29: Toronto – shooting pilot “Wondertown”
- June 5-8: Teaching master class at 2018 Eugene O’Neill Conference
- June 9-13: NYC
- June 14-21: Philly
- June 22: Writing Deal with Don Bluth Studios (Land Before Time, American Tail, Anastasia)
- July 12: The Magic Castle
- July 20: Directing Norman Lear Tribute
- July 26: New webisodes of “WORRY WART”
- July 28: Dead Frogs Podcast
- Aug 4: The Ice House
- Aug 9: Directing the Golden Globes / Hollywood Foreign Press Gala
- Sept 1: Interview on “Under the Puppet”
- Sept 5: Punchline – Philly
- Sept 8: Comedy Cabaret – Philly
- Sept 13-16: Maine
- Sept 20: Recording for a new Don Bluth production
- Sept 22-24: Roatan
- Sept 26: ACG Global Conference with Richard Branson
- Oct 11-14: Celebrity Summit (Quebec)
- Oct 23: LAPD Policeman’s Ball
- Oct 28: Larger Than Life Show – LA
- Nov 7-11: Celebrity Equinox
- Nov 12: Saban Clinic Event with Sean Hays, Maz Jobrani & Jenifer Hudson
- Nov 14-16: San Juan
- Nov 21-22: Carnivale
- Nov 29: Wynmoor Estates, Boyton Beach
- Nov 30: Boca Black Box
- Dec 1: Wonders Boutique Hotel, Aruba
- Dec 2-7: Celebrity Reflection
- Dec 9: Stand with Us Gala – Beverly Hills
- Dec 11: Aruba
2017
- Jan 5: The New World’s Oldest Gymnast
- Jan 7-10: The NCL Breakaway
- Jan 15: Gold Canyon Ranch & Gold Club, AZ.
- Jan 18-22: Directing for BTS
- Jan 25-28: The Grand Princess
- Feb 4-8: Brad Garrett Comedy Club, LV
- Feb 13-15: Sandia Casino, New Mexico
- Feb 15: “TripTease”, Santa Monica
- Mar 5: PuppetSLAM, LA
- Mar 18-27: Celebrity Equinox & Eclipse
- March 29-31: ABC Writers Room
- April 3: Hollywood Burlesque Fest @ Monday Night Tease
- April 7: Mesa Golf Resort – AZ
- Apr 10-14: NCL Sky
- Apr 21: Campbell Hall Gala hosted by LL Cool J and Sharon Stone – LA
- Apr 23: Hollywood Gypsies Honor Carol Channing – Beverly Hilton
- Apr 24: HAHA Comedy Club – Hollywood
- May 5: New Huffington Post Comedy Editorial
- May 8: Hosting Monday Night Tease – Hollywood
- May 11: Comedy & Magic Club – Hermosa Beach
- May 14: Ice House – Pasadena
- May 19, 26 & 27: “Showgirls: A Tribute to Feathers & Rhinestones” – LV
- May 19-26: Celebrity Millennium
- June 2-4: Stand Up New York
- June 9: Comedy Cabaret – Philly
- June 20-24: Fairmount Hotel – Bermuda
- June 25: LA Puppet Guild
- June 26: HaHa Comedy Club – Hwood
- July 6-13 Celebrity Infinity – Alaska
- July 16-23: 64th National Puppetry Festival – Guest Speaker/Workshop
- July 24-28: NCL Cruise Lines
- Aug 1-27: Directing for MichaelPaulBTS.com
- Sept 14-18: Yellowstone Park
- Sept 19-22: Directing for MichaelPaulBTS.com
- Signs contracts with Celebrity Cruises for the Infinity (Alaska), Reflection (Columbia) & Silouette (Caribbean).
- Oct 3-7: Directing for MichaelPaulBTS.com
- Oct 15 & 16: Wild Horse Pass Casino – AZ
- Nov 2: “Right to Laugh” – Avalon Theater
- Nov 26: The Comedy Store
- Dec 10: Stand With Us Charity
- Dec 22: Ft. Lauderdale
- Dec 28: Miami
2016
- Jan 1: The Orleans Casino, Las Vegas
- Jan 2: Lance Burton Benefit, Las Vegas
- Jan 3-7: Tom Jones Tour
- Jan 8-10: Yuk Yuks Comedy Clubs, Canada
- Jan 27- Feb 2: Shooting pilot with IMAGES in MOTION
- Feb 8-16 Royal Caribbean
- Feb 18: Signs deal with LEIBO Management
- Feb 21: LA Puppet Slam
- March 2: VOG for The Holocaust Museum Gala
- March 9-13: Crystal Casino, Aruba
- March 23-26: Celebrity Cruise
- April 3-8: HBO writer’s room
- April 20: Directing new ABC network digital pilot with comic, Deepak Sethi (Family Guy/Dumb & Dumber)
- April 21: Princess Hotel, Bermuda
- April 24: VOG Gypsies of Hollywood show – Beverly Hills
- April 27-May 2: Directing American Idol’s Branden James
- May 7: Mad Cow Cabaret Festival, Orlando
- May 2-17: Returns to puppet directing Avenue Q
- July 14: Harrah’s, Tahoe
- July 23-27: Norwegian Escape
- August 3-11: Directing for www.MichaelPaulBTS.com
- August 17: TOURING TRICKS Podcast
- Oct 20: Esquire Magazine & Accidental Information interviews
- Oct 21: Big Brothers Charity
- Oct 22: Ace Hotel Theater, LA
- Oct 24: Union Mission
- Oct 27: CoachArts Charity Show
- Oct 29: VOG – City of Hope Concert
- Nov 1: Diana Ross @ Beverly Hilton Hotel
- Nov 2: Beverly Hills PD – Black & White Ball
- Nov 22: Interview with Accidental Information’s Christopher Swan
- Nov 9: Regency Theater – Westwood, CA
- Nov 10-13: Celebrity Equinox
- Dec 1-4: New Orleans
- The New World’s Oldest Gymnast
2015
- Comedy piece for USA TODAY’s 10 Best
- Make the LGBT/JEWISH PROFESSIONALS OF LA List
- February 20: VOG Announcer for the Publicist Guild Awards
- February 27: VOG Announcer for the Nobel Awards
- March 13,14,15: Sin City Comedy Club – Las Vegas
- March 27: “Michael Patrick Shiels in the Morning” Radio @ 8:15am – Michigan
- “San Diego Living” Live on Channel 6 @ 9am
- Tim Constantine, WILC Radio @ 1:05pm Washington DC
- March 27, 28: The Comedy Palace, San Diego
- March 29: Flappers Comedy Club – Burbank Ca.
- March 30-5: NCL’s Pearl
- April 6: 8:30 AM ET – NewsRadio 1049, Gulf Coast Mornings, Biloxi MS
- 10:20 AM ET – WBKV w/ Bob Bonenfant, West Bend, WI
- 3:15 PM ET – KJAG Radio w/ James Lowe, Hutchinson KS
- April 7: 8:30 AM ET – iTalkUS w/ Doug Allan, Augusta GA
- 10:15 AM ET Michael Duke Show, Anchorage AK
- April 9: 9 PM ET – TalkZone w/ David Campbell
- April 10: 8:30 AM ET w/ Pippa Jones, Talk Radio Europe
- April 11-13: Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas
- April 14: 11AM EST – Stuart Vener, IHeart Radio
- 5:30pm EST – Tom Barnard, KQRS Minneapolis MN
- 9 PM ET – WWPR w/ Bruce Collins, Tampa Bay FL
- May 1-3: Cobbs Comedy Club – San Fran
- May 4- 7: Yuk Yuks, Canada
- ACTORS! THE NEW BOOK IS NOW CARRIED AT THE SAMUEL FRENCH BOOKSHOPS!
- May 25: Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas
- June 6: American Cancer Society Benefit
- June 13: Comedy Cabaret – Philadelphia
- June 15: Philadelphia Daily News Gossip Nod
- June 16: Positive Living with Sara Troy
- June 17: Taping with Broadway’s Seth Rudetsky on Sirius XM
- June 23: In VANISH Magazine
- June 27: Shoot new web series, “Bedfellas”
- June 29: Signs $100,000 contract with RCI Entertainment
- June 30: Directing THE THIRST GALA – Beverly Hills
- July 11: Alaska Comedy Festival
- July 13: The new book is accepted to UCLA and YALE bookstores
- July 21-28: Royal Carribean
- July 29: Disneyland Movie Magic Host – 1 Show Only
- Sept 13-29: YouTube Studios
- Oct 1 & 2: Costa Rica
- Oct 6-10: Puerta Villarta
- Oct 12: VOG for Cedar Sinai – LA
- Oct 15: COACH ARTS Event
- Oct 16: Jesse Jackson Birthday Gala
- Oct 22nd: Jerry Seinfeld Charity – LA
- Oct 23: Big Brother & Sister’s 60th Anniversary with Kathy Griffin
- Oct 25: VOG for Larger Than Life Show
- Nov 7-12: Royal Caribbean
- Nov 16-20: Miami
- Nov 24-30: Philadelphia
- Dec 10: Jesture’s with Lance Burton – The Orleans, Casino LV