LEGACY and the STAGES

Hello and welcome!

Before I begin, I want to introduce myself in a nutshell since I will be writing to you very often.

My name is Luis Castillo, also known as “Mike, MJ, Michael" and occasionally, "Chamone”

I’ve been mimicking Michael Jackson as long as I can remember. I recall being a little boy in my mother’s living room wearing a utility glove as my MJ glove and a baseball cap as my fedora trying to dance to Billie Jean. I could write a book about why, how and Michael Jackson but this something I will save for another day. I was chronically obsessed with Michael as a child.

Next thing you know, I find myself in front of thousands of people (over the many shows we’ve done over the years) looking, dressing and being Michael Jackson for a few hours. On top of that, they actually scream and express their joy when the music begins and we step out onto the STAGE. I’m so thankful; it never fails.

I am confident stating that I’m a Professional Michael Jackson Impersonator and I Love what I do. I love the people I work with and I love the people who love to see us entertain them. Enough said about me. And now, the real blog.

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This blog is called “STAGES”. I want to bring you closer to LEGACY. You may have seen one of our shows in the past, you may have not and that’s okay. LEGACY is a show that honors the LEGACY of the King of Pop; Michael Jackson. It’s a fully staged production, fully costumed and the whole works.

Audiences get to see the final product of the show but never get to see the process and the different STAGES and phases we go through as members of this production. My long-time friend, Marques Mathias who is a cast/production member in the show suggested that we do more things to bring our audiences closer to the production. I thought that was somewhat unusual because there are many things I probably would not want people to see. For example, our bad days, our “creative brawls” and our sweat and tears.

However, when I gave it more thought, I realized that that is the beauty of what we do. We go through so much and so many great moments, moments of eternal frustration but in the end, we have an amazing product called: “LEGACY- A Tribute to The King of Pop.





Luis Castillo as Michael Jackson (2011)