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Joe Mantello
Born Joseph Mantello
December 27, 1962 (1962-12-27) (age 47)
Rockford, Illinois, USA
Occupation 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.

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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.

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

Work

Stage productions

Filmography

References

External links

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Arthur Laurents (1975) · Michael Bennett (1976) · Martin Charnin (1977) · Peter Masterson / Tommy Tune / Stephen Schwartz (1978) · Harold Prince (1979) · Harold Prince (1980) · Wilford Leach (1981) · Tommy Tune (1982) · George Abbott (1983) · James Lapine (1984) · Wilford Leach (1986) · Mike Ockrent (1987) · Harold Prince (1988) · Tommy Tune (1990) · Scott Ellis (1991) · Jerry Zaks (1992) · Des McAnuff (1993) · Nicholas Hytner (1994) · Harold Prince (1995) · Christopher Renshaw (1996) · Walter Bobbie (1997) · Julie Taymor (1998) · Matthew Bourne (1999) · Michael Blakemore (2000) · Susan Stroman (2001) · Michael Mayer (2002) · Jack O'Brien (2003) · Joe Mantello (2004) · James Lapine (2005) · John Doyle (2006) · Michael Mayer (2007) · Bartlett Sher (2008) · Stephen Daldry (2009)
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

Susan Stroman (2001) · John Rando (2002) · Jack O'Brien (2003) · Joe Mantello (2004) · Mike Nichols (2005) · John Doyle (2006) · Michael Mayer (2007) · Bartlett Sher (2008) · Stephen Daldry (2009)

Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

Daniel J. Sullivan (2001) · Mary Zimmerman (2002) · Joe Mantello (2003) · Jack O'Brien (2004) · Doug Hughes (2005) · Nicholas Hytner (2006) · Jack O'Brien (2007) · Anna D. Shapiro (2008) · Matthew Warchus (2009)

Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
Wicked
Books
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West • Son of a Witch • A Lion Among Men
Stage adaptations
Characters
Songs
People
Other







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