Michael Croiter is the owner of Yellow Sound Lab, a recording facility that serves as the musical home of Sesame Street on PBS, on which Michael plays drums and percussion, and is the music mixing engineer for the show.
Michael has appeared in performances with diverse artists/composers such as Keith Lockhart, Jerry Goldsmith, Jesus Lobos Cobos, Jack Elliot, Wynonna Judd, John Legend, Elvis Costello, Miche Dichter, Randy Brecker, Audra McDonald, Don Rickles, Christian McBride, Kristin Chenoweth and Ernie Watts.
Michael serves as music director, drummer, and guitarist for Chita Rivera, played the Broadway run and subsequent tour of Chita Rivera, The Dancer's Life, was the drummer for the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close, and was the drummer for the hit TONY Broadway show Avenue Q for 7 years.
Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain’t Too Proud.
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