Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello | |
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Born | Joseph Mantello December 27, 1962 Rockford, Illinois,U.S. |
Education | University of North Carolina School of the Arts(BFA) |
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Years active | 1989–present |
Partner | Jon Robin Baitz(1990–2002) |
Awards |
Joseph Mantello(born December 27, 1962) is an American actor and director known for his work on stage and screen. He first gained prominence for hisBroadwayacting debut in the original production ofTony Kushner's two-part epic playAngels in America(1993–1994), for which he received aTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Playnomination. He has since acted in acclaimed Broadway revivals ofLarry Kramer'sThe Normal Heart(2011) andTennessee Williams'The Glass Menagerie(2017).
Mantello has transitioned into a career as a Broadway director, winning theTony Award for Best Direction of a PlayforTake Me Out(2003) and theTony Award for Best Direction of a MusicalforAssassins(2004). He has directed notable productions such asWicked(2003),Glengarry Glen Ross(2005),The Humans(2016),Three Tall Women(2018), andThe Boys in the Band(2018).
Early life and education
[edit]Mantello was born inRockford, Illinois,the son of Judy and Richard Mantello, an accountant.[1][2]His father is of Italian ancestry and his mother is of half Italian descent.[3]He was raised Catholic.[4]
Mantello studied at theNorth Carolina School of the Arts;he started the Edge Theater inNew York Citywith actressMary-Louise Parkerand writerPeter Hedges.He is a founding member of theNaked Angelstheater company and an associate artist at theRoundabout Theatre Company.
Career
[edit]Mantello came to New York from Illinois in 1984 in the midst of theAIDScrisis, having overcome a youthful feeling, he admitted to a reporter in 2013, that "for some reason I was deeply ashamed of the theater early on. I think it had to do with this growing sense I was gay, although I couldn’t have put a word to it back then. Where I grew up, boys played sports. When [teacher] Mrs. Windsor wrote in my yearbook, 'Have you ever considered a career in the theater?' it was literally like she wrote the word 'faggot'. "[5]
Mantello began his theatrical career as an actor in Keith Curran'sWalking the DeadandPaula Vogel'sThe Baltimore Waltz.On the transition from acting to directing, Mantello said, "I think I've become a better actor since I started directing, although some people might disagree. Since I've been removed from the process I see things that actors fall into. Now there's a part of me that's removed from the process and can stand back."[6]
Mantello directs a variety of theatre works, asThe New York Timesnoted: "Very few American directors –Jack O'BrienandMike Nicholscome to mind – successfully jump genres and styles the way Mr. Mantello does, moving from a two-hander likeFrankie and Johnny in the Clair de Luneto the huge canvas of a mainstream musical comedy likeWicked,from downtown stand-up (The Santaland Diaries) to contemporary opera (Dead Man Walking) to political performance art (The Vagina Monologues). "[7]
ARoundabout Theatre Companyrevival ofLips Together, Teeth Apartdirected by Mantello was scheduled to open at theAmerican Airlines Theatrein April 2010, when one of the stars,Megan Mullally,suddenly quit. The production was postponed indefinitely due to her departure.[8]
Mantello directed theJon Robin BaitzplayOther Desert Citiesat theBooth Theaterin 2011. He returned to acting for the first time in over a decade with the role of Ned Weeks in the Broadway limited engagement revival ofThe Normal Heartin April 2011,[9]for which he was nominated for theTony Awardas Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.[10]Mantello had previously been nominated for the Tony Award for his role as Louis inAngels in America.
He directed the Off-Broadway world premiere of the musicalDogfightin the summer of 2012 at theSecond Stage Theater.[11]In January 2013, he directed the Broadway premiere ofSharr White'sThe Other Placeat theSamuel J. Friedman Theatre.In 2014 he directedSting's newmusicalThe Last Ship.[12]He directed theHarvey FiersteinplayCasa Valentina,which premiered on Broadway in April 2014.[13]
Mantello acted in the revival ofThe Glass Menageriewhich opened on Broadway at theBelasco Theatrein February 2017. Directed bySam Gold,the play starredSally Fieldas Amanda Wingfield, with Mantello playing Tom.[14][15]
In 2018, Joe Mantello was inducted into theAmerican Theater Hall of Fame.[16]In 2022, Mantello was featured in the book50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre.[17]
Personal life
[edit]From 1990 to 2002, Mantello was in a relationship with playwrightJon Robin Baitz.[18][19]As of 2018, he lives with Paul Marlow, who owns a custom clothing company inManhattan.[20]
Theatre credits
[edit]As an actor
[edit]Year | Title | Credit(s) | Playwright | Venue |
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1991 | Walking the Dead | Stan | Keith Curran | Circle Repertory Company,Off-Broadway |
1992 | The Baltimore Waltz | Third Man | Paula Vogel | Circle Repertory Company,Off-Broadway |
1993 | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Louis Ironson | Tony Kushner | Walter Kerr Theatre,Broadway |
1994 | Angels in America: Perestroika | Louis Ironson Sarah Ironson Council of Principalities | ||
2010 | The Normal Heart | Ned Weeks | Larry Kramer | John Golden Theatre,Broadway |
2017 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Tennessee Williams | Belasco Theatre,Broadway |
As a director
[edit]Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1989 | Cookie | Dominick | |
1997 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | — | Director |
2020 | The Boys in the Band | — | Director and producer |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1990 | Three Hotels | — | Director; Television movie |
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Mickey | Episode: "Here's Why You Can Never Have Too Much Petty Cash" | |
1991–98 | Law & Order | Public Defender / Philip Marco | 2 episodes |
1993 | Sisters | Adam Olderberg | Episode: "Moving Pictures" |
1995 | Central Park West | Ian Walker | 3 episodes |
2014 | The Normal Heart | Mickey Marcus | HBOtelevision film |
2020 | Hollywood | Dick Samuels | 7 episodes |
2022 | The Watcher | John Graff | 5 episodes |
American Horror Story: NYC | Gino Barelli | 10 episodes | |
2024 | Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | Jack Dunphy | 7 episodes |
Awards and nominations
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^"Joe Mantello Biography (1962-)".www.filmreference.com.RetrievedJuly 5,2018.
- ^"Cedar Rapids Gazette Archives, Jun 24, 2003, p. 30".June 24, 2003.RetrievedJuly 5,2018.
- ^Times, Windy City (June 25, 2014)."Joe Mantello talks 'The Last Ship,' 'The Normal Heart' - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive - Windy City Times".Windy City Times.RetrievedJuly 5,2018.
- ^Pacheco, Patrick (March 19, 1995)."Mr. Mantello's Wild Ride: He had the 'role of a lifetime' in 'Angels in America.' So why is Joe Mantello putting his acting aside? Here's a clue: His other theatrical love is directing".RetrievedJuly 5,2018– via LA Times.
- ^Bernstein, Jacob (June 9, 2013)."Turning point: Broadway Joe".T: The New York Times Style Magazine.RetrievedJune 10,2013.
- ^Burdette, Nicole."Joe Mantello"ArchivedNovember 20, 2011, at theWayback Machine,BOMB Magazine,Summer 1992
- ^Green, Jesse."Surviving 'Assassins'".The New York Times,April 11, 2004
- ^Jones, Kenneth."Broadway Won't See Lips Together, Teeth Apart This Season"ArchivedMarch 28, 2010, at theWayback Machineplaybill.com, March 25, 2010
- ^Gans, Andrew."Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart', Starring Joe Mantello, Opens on Broadway April 27"ArchivedMay 4, 2011, at theWayback Machineplaybill.com, April 27, 2011
- ^Jones, Kenneth and Gans, Andrew."2011 Tony Nominations Announced; 'Book of Mormon' Earns 14 Nominations"ArchivedMay 7, 2011, at theWayback Machineplaybill.com, May 3, 2011
- ^Healy, Patrick."New Musical Set in 1960s Coming to Second Stage Theater"."The New York Times", January 31, 2012
- ^"Sting's Musical 'The Last Ship' Is Broadway Bound".rollingstone.com.Rolling Stone.September 19, 2013. Archived fromthe originalon March 1, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 22,2014.
- ^Purcell, Carey."MTC To Present Broadway World Premiere of Harvey Fierstein's 'Casa Valentina'"ArchivedFebruary 25, 2014, at theWayback Machineplaybill.com, September 9, 2013
- ^Gans, Andrew."Dates Set for 'Glass Menagerie' Broadway Revival With Sally Field and Joe Mantello"Playbill, June 6, 2016
- ^McPhee, Ryan."Read What Critics Had to Say About the Broadway Revival of 'The Glass Menagerie'"Playbill, March 9, 2017
- ^Lefkowitz, Andy (September 17, 2018)."Joe Mantello, Cicely Tyson, David Henry Hwang & More Named Theater Hall of Fame Inductees".Broadway Buzz.RetrievedFebruary 6,2019.
- ^Wilson, James F. (2022). "Joe Mantello". In Noriega and Schildcrout (ed.).50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre.Routledge. pp. 151–155.ISBN978-1032067964.
- ^Dowd, Maureen."Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard"The New York Times,May 30, 2018
- ^Stone, Judith."Playmates"New York Magazine,retrieved August 9, 2018
- ^Dowd, Maureen."Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard"The New York Times,May 30, 2018
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Playbill writers (2008)."Playbill Biography: Joe Mantello".Playbill.Archived fromthe originalon June 6, 2008.RetrievedMay 24,2008.
- "The Old Globe Presents Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out"(PDF)(Press release). The Old Globe. November 12, 2004. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 7, 2007.RetrievedMay 24,2008.
- "Joe Mantello Biography".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.2011. Archived fromthe originalon May 20, 2011.RetrievedMay 24,2008.
External links
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- Living people
- American male stage actors
- American theatre directors
- Broadway theatre directors
- Drama Desk Award winners
- American gay actors
- Helpmann Award winners
- Actors from Rockford, Illinois
- Tony Award winners
- Male actors from Illinois
- LGBTQ people from Illinois
- American people of Italian descent
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
- 20th-century American male actors
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