Michael Whitaker Smith has become one of the most enduringly popular artists on the Christian Contemporary Music front and is also finding considerable success as a mainstream artist. He was born in Kenova, West Virginia, the son of an oil refinery worker and a caterer. He became a devout Christian at age ten and spent his teens hanging around with a solid support group of fellow believers who frequently gathered to play and make music. After high school, that support group split up, and Smith turned to alcohol, drugs and wild times. He scraped through a couple semesters of college and began honing his songwriting skills. In 1978, a songwriting company expressed interest in his songwriting, and he moved to Nashville, where he played with local bands, including Rose. He was still heavily into drugs and continued using until October 1979, when he suffered a sort of emotional mental breakdown that culminated in recommitting to Christ. The next day he auditioned for a new CCM group, Higher Ground, as a keyboardist. While touring with them, Smith cleaned up his act.
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Frozen Jr
Studio Vibe (7/24 - 7/25) | ||
Birds of North America
Theatre B (2/21 - 3/9) | ||
CATS
Stage West (6/30 - 7/18) | ||
The Addams Family
Minot State University (7/9 - 7/14) | ||
The Wedding Singer
Ft Totten Little Theatre (7/10 - 8/3) | ||
Newsies
Studio Vibe (8/11 - 8/14) | ||
Jersey Boys
Sleepy Hollow Theatre and Arts Park (7/25 - 8/4) | ||
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