Michael K. Lee is a Korean-American musical-theatre actor whose career has moved between Broadway and South Korea. While studying psychology at Stanford University, he won the role of Thuy in the second national tour of Miss Saigon, accelerated his graduation, and later made his Broadway debut in the same role in 1996. He returned as Thuy for the production’s final weeks in 2000–01 and subsequently appeared on Broadway in Jesus Christ Superstar, Pacific Overtures, and Allegiance. Lee made his Korean stage debut as Chris in the 2006 Korean premiere of Miss Saigon and went on to build a major parallel career in Seoul, with credits including Jesus Christ Superstar, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Notre-Dame de Paris, and other major productions.