NEW YORK — Singer and actor Myles Frost is a Tony Award nominee for his performance as superstar Michael Jackson in the Broadway musical “MJ,” but the path to fame was no moonwalk in the park.
The 22-year-old Silver Spring, Maryland, breakout star has gone from being a castoff during the 2017 season of reality music competition “The Voice” to a Tony nod for best leading actor in a musical.
The jukebox musical, now playing at the Neil Simon Theatre, was written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and helmed by Tony winner Christopher Wheeldon. “MJ” is set in 1992, before the pop icon had been tarnished by public allegations of child sexual abuse, and glosses over the controversy. The “King of Pop” died in 2009.
