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| Born | Joseph Mantello December 27, 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
Joseph Mantello (born 27 December 1962) is an American actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked, Take Me Out and Assassins, as well as earlier in his career being one of the original Broadway cast of Angels in America. Mantello directed The Ritz, his sixth production with playwright Terrence McNally, in 2007.
Biography
Mantello was born in Rockford, Illinois and studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts and started the Edge Theater in New York City with actress Mary-Louise Parker and writer Peter Hedges. He is a member of the Naked Angels theater company and an associate artist at the Roundabout Theatre Company.
Mantello directs a variety of theatre works, as the New York Times noted: "Very few American directors -- Jack O'Brien (director) and Mike Nichols come to mind -- successfully jump genres and styles the way Mr. Mantello does, moving from a two-hander like Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune to the huge canvas of a mainstream musical comedy like Wicked, from downtown stand-up (The Santaland Diaries) to contemporary opera (Dead Man Walking) to political performance art (The Vagina Monologues)."[1]
A Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Lips Together, Teeth Apart was scheduled to open at the American Airlines Theatre in April 2010, when one of the stars, Megan Mullally, suddenly quit. The production was postponed indefinitely due to her departure.[2] According to The New York Times, "Mr. Mantello, who is known in the theater industry for having a temper, reacted to Ms. Mullally in private on a couple of occasions in a manner that she found to be brusque or unsympathetic."
Mantello returned to acting with the role of Ned Weeks in the Broadway limited engagement revival of The Normal Heart in April 2011,[3] for which he was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.[4] Mantello had previously been nominated for the Tony Award for his role as Louis in Angels in America.
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 1993 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
- 2003 Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - Take Me Out
- 2004 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Wicked
- 2004 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical - Assassins
- Nominations
- 1993 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Play - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
- 1995 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Love! Valour! Compassion!
- 1995 Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - Love! Valour! Compassion!
- 1998 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Direction of a Play - Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks'
- 2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - A Man of No Importance
- 2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Take Me Out
- 2004 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Assassins
- 2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Glengarry Glen Ross
- 2005 Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - Glengarry Glen Ross
- 2011 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play - The Normal Heart
Work
Stage productions
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Filmography
- Love! Valour! Compassion! (director)
- Cookie (1989)
- Law & Order
- Sisters
Notes
- ^ Green, Jesse."Surviving 'Assassins'".The New York Times, April 11, 2004
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Broadway Won't See Lips Together, Teeth Apart This Season" playbill.com, March 25, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart', Starring Joe Mantello, Opens on Broadway April 27" playbill.com, April 27, 2011
- ^ Jones, Kenneth and Gans, Andrew."2011 Tony Nominations Announced; 'Book of Mormon' Earns 14 Nominations" playbill.com, May 3, 2011
References
- Playbill writers (2008). "Playbill Biography: Joe Mantello". Playbill. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- "The Old Globe Presents Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out" (PDF) (Press release). The Old Globe. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- Allmovie (2008). "Joe Mantello Biography". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-24.