Office Entertainer Doesn't Always Leave 'Em Laughing

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Joe Michaels was bitten by the showbiz bug years ago at summer camp, where he participated in weekly musicals. So it isn't surprising that the 36-year-old never fantasized about being the Wharton-educated software executive he has since become. Instead, he wanted to grow up to play the role of Matt in "The Fantasticks."

Once hooked on musical theater, says Michaels, "we have to live with it for the rest of our lives." And, in fact, the business- development manager has never really left the stage.

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Office Entertainer Doesn't Always Leave 'Em Laughing

Whether at parties marking employee anniversaries at a company he founded or at office barbecues thrown by his current employer, Michaels hushes the crowd, pulls hastily written lyrics from his pocket and, in a move at odds with som...

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