Taking on MJ and More with Ephraim Sykes | New York Live TV

Tony Nominee Ephraim Sykes chats with New York Live’s Joelle Garguilo about his rise to Broadway stardom and what is next for him, including “MJ: The Musical.”

[@riaw5612]

Yesss Ephraim!

[@DustyMayT]

Oh my gosh --- MJ the musical?!?! WHAT?!

[@g.hunter9509]

just want to leave a message. I'm excited to see where this young man goes.

[@kate_m_k88]

As someone who grew up in the pre-professional dance world and did many summer intensive: Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, DCDC [Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, etc. To hear the words and see the clips of this gem dancing at Alvin Ailey; man, talk about bringing the ”feels,” lol. ❤️

[@InnaVitamina777]

MJ the musical!? Yess

[@Officialveronicapipkin]

i'm auditioning for it now

[@aprilb1920]

I hope that you got the role.

[@darkodevonta6291]

Did you get it

[@TheFlratcatcher]

Pretty talented guy.

[@jeannekellom7114]

Crazy that his is not the one playing Mj in the play. Myles Frost is alittle more believable because he sounds and favor Michael more.

[@lisacox5405]

What happened? Why did they switch

[@AJMWriter]

@@lisacox5405 the other guy left, quit. He was asked to other things and chose that over playing MJ. Honestly I'm glad thata what happened, Myles is better in my opinion.

[@Jae-pe2xh]

Why was he recast?

[@mattstbe6452]

Please don’t try to imitate him when you sing. A lot of people who cover mj try to do that. I want to hear natural singing.

[@theprince_jay]

The difference is those people are covering a Michael song. He’s actually playing Michael Jackson so he’s going to have to imitate in some kind of way or else it won’t feel like Michael but at the same time I get what your saying. He can imitate Michael and still be natural to his own voice without going overboard!

[@alfredolopez4092]

he looks nothing like mj

[@jazmorrison9030]

Looks like there going by mj in 1970s

[@jazmorrison9030]

this guy is not playing mj now he been recast

[@GalaxyNexus1]

Angela Bassett looks nothing like Tina Turner, Leonardo DiCaprio looks nothing like Howard Hughes, Rami Malek looks nothing like Freddy Mercury, Jennifer Hudson looks nothing like Aretha Franklin, Cynthia Erivo looks nothing like Harriet Tubman, Andrew Garfield looks nothing like Jim Baker, Jessica Chastain looks nothing like Tammy Faye Baker...and on...and on...and on.

[@upclose22]

Good for you Ephraim👏👏👏💕💕💕

[@jazmorrison9030]

so what happen to him doing the musical he been recast but why?

[@GalaxyNexus1]

Production shut down during Covid. During that time, he got cast in film/television roles that conflicted with MJ when rehearsals resumed.