Conversation so far:
Where was Bennett born?
Bennett was born Michael Bennett DiFiglia in Buffalo, New York.
When  was he born?
CANNOTANSWER.
Who are his parents?
the son of Helen (nee Ternoff), a secretary, and Salvatore Joseph DiFiglia, a factory worker.
when did his career begin?
Bennett's career as a Broadway dancer began in the 1961 Betty Comden-Adolph Green-Jule Styne musical Subways Are for Sleeping.
what was the play?
CANNOTANSWER.
What show did he begin his career?
he appeared in Meredith Willson's Here's Love and the short-lived Bajour.
what was his role in the plays?
In the mid-1960s he was a featured dancer on the NBC pop music series Hullabaloo, where he met fellow dancer Donna McKechnie.
Did he ever choreograph ?
Bennett made his choreographic debut with A Joyful Noise (1966), which lasted only twelve performances.

Question: was any of his work a success?
Self-contained rewrite: was any of Michael Bennett's work a success?