I make musical and non-musical films rooted in chronic illness and disability advocacy.
Michael Bihovsky is a Philadelphia-based musical theater composer and performer, director, playwright, poet, and chronic illness advocate. He is best known for his viral YouTube video “One Grain More,” a Les Misérables food allergy parody which won multiple film festival awards and was featured in The Village Voice, the Huffington Post, and hundreds of other internet and print publications. Its unofficial sequel, “Trapped Inside the House” (written about the COVID-19 quarantine) also won the award for “Best Musical Film” in The Faux Film Festival (Pandemic Edition), and pioneered innovations in the field of remote directing to comply with social distancing.
Michael has written the music, lyrics, and book for four original musicals and one dramatic play. His work has been presented Off-Broadway as in the “Scene It: New York” competition, and produced throughout the state of New York and the Greater Philadelphia area. Michael is a graduate of NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where he graduated magnum cum laude with a concentration in musical theater, astrophysics and mythology. Michael has the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and most of his work centers around physical and mental health advocacy. He also facilitates support groups and is a recurring columnist for the Stanford Medical Journal’s SCOPE Project.
College
New York University
20052009
Birth Date
November 14, 1986
Current City
Philadelphia
Hometown
Wynnewood, PA
Height
6'2
Gender
Male
Eye Color
Brown
I make musical and non-musical films rooted in chronic illness and disability advocacy.
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