 He has produced 40 world premieres including the musicals "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" and "Sleeping Beauty Wakes", and the plays "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo", "Water & Power" and "Yellow Face"; and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from "Dead End" to "Romance" to "The Black Rider" to blockbusters such as "Jersey Boys", "Edward Scissorhands, God of Carnage, , Matilda, The Trip to Bountiful" and "Mary Poppins".In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work.Michael Ritchie was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.