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American actor and director

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 his Broadway acting debut in the original production of Tony Kushner's two part epic play Angels in America (1993–1994) for which he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination. He has since acted in acclaimed Broadway revivals of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart (2011) and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (2017). Mantello has transitioned his career as a Broadway director winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for Take Me Out (2003) and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Assassins (2004). He has directed notable productions such as Wicked (2003), Glengarry Glen Ross (2005), The Humans (2016), Three Tall Women (2018), and The Boys in the Band (2018).

Mantello was born in Rockford, Illinois, the son of Judy and Richard Mantello, an accountant. His father is of Italian ancestry and his mother is of half Italian descent. He was raised Catholic. Mantello studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts; he started the Edge Theater in New York City with actress Mary Louise Parker and writer Peter Hedges. He is a founding member of the Naked Angels theater company and an associate artist at the Roundabout Theatre Company.

Mantello came to New York from Illinois in 1984 in the midst of the AIDS crisis, 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'." Mantello began his theatrical career as an actor in Keith Curran's Walking the Dead and Paula Vogel's The 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." Mantello directs a variety of theatre works, as The New York Times noted: "Very few American directors – Jack O'Brien 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)." A Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Lips Together, Teeth Apart directed by Mantello 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. Mantello directed the Jon Robin Baitz play Other Desert Cities at the Booth Theater in 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 of The Normal Heart in April 2011, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Mantello had previously been nominated for the Tony Award for his role as Louis in Angels in America. He directed the Off Broadway world premiere of the musical Dogfight in the summer of 2012 at the Second Stage Theater. In January 2013, he directed the Broadway premiere of Sharr White's The Other Place at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. In 2014 he directed Sting's new musical The Last Ship. He directed the Harvey Fierstein play Casa Valentina, which premiered on Broadway in April 2014. Mantello acted in the revival of The Glass Menagerie which opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre in February 2017. Directed by Sam Gold, the play starred Sally Field as Amanda Wingfield, with Mantello playing Tom. In 2018, Joe Mantello was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2022, Mantello was featured in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre.

From 1990 to 2002, Mantello was in a relationship with playwright Jon Robin Baitz. As of 2018, he lives with Paul Marlow, who owns a custom clothing company in Manhattan.

Year Title Playwright / composer Venue1990Imagining BradPeter HedgesPlayers Theatre, Off Broadway1991Babylon GardensTimothy MasonCircle Repertory Company, Off Broadway1992Three HotelsJon Robin BaitzCircle Repertory Company, Off Broadway1994Love! Valour! Compassion!Terrence McNallyNew York City Center, Off BroadwayWhat's Wrong with This PictureDonald MarguliesBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway1995Love! Valour! Compassion!Terrence McNallyWalter Kerr Theatre, Broadway1996Blue WindowCraig LucasNew York City Center, Off BroadwayThe Santaland DiariesDavid Sedaris Joe MantelloLinda Gross Theater, Off Broadway1997God's HeartCraig LucasMitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off BroadwayProposalsNeil SimonBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway1998Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks"Jon Robin BaitzNew York City Center, Off BroadwayCorpus ChristiTerrence McNallyNew York City Center, Off Broadway1999The Mineola TwinsPaula VogelLaura Pels Theater, Off BroadwayThe Vagina MonologuesEve EnslerWestside Theatre, Off BroadwayAnother American: Asking and TellingMarc WolfTheatre at St. Clement's, Off Broadway2001 Design for LivingNoël CowardAmerican Airlines Theatre, Broadway2002 An Evening with Mario CantoneMario CantoneTake Me OutRichard GreenbergThe Public Theater, Off BroadwayFrankie and Johnny in the Clair de LuneTerrence McNallyBelasco Theatre, BroadwayA Man of No ImportanceLynn AhrensStephen FlahertyTerrence McNallyMitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off Broadway2003 Take Me OutRichard GreenbergWalter Kerr Theatre, BroadwayWickedStephen Schwartz Winnie HolzmanGershwin Theatre, Broadway2004 AssassinsStephen Sondheim John WeidmanStudio 54, BroadwayLaugh WhoreMario CantoneCort Theatre, Broadway2005 Glengarry Glen RossDavid MametRoyale Theatre, BroadwayThe Odd CoupleNeil SimonBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway2006 Three Days of RainRichard GreenbergBernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway2007 BlackbirdDavid HarrowerNew York City Center, Off Broadway The RitzTerrence McNallyStudio 54, Broadway The ReceptionistAdam BockNew York City Center, Off Broadway2008 NovemberDavid MametEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway Pal JoeyRichard RodgersLorenz HartJohn O'HaraStudio 54, Broadway20099 to 5Dolly PartonPatricia ResnickMarquis Theatre, Broadway2010The PrideAlexi Kaye CampbellLucille Lortel Theatre, Off Broadway2011Other Desert CitiesJon Robin BaitzMitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off BroadwayThe Other PlaceSharr WhiteLucille Lortel Theatre, Off Broadway8Dustin Lance BlackEugene O'Neill Theatre, BroadwayOther Desert CitiesJon Robin BaitzBooth Theatre, Broadway2012DogfightBenj PasekJustin PaulPeter DuchanSecond Stage Theater, Off Broadway2013 The Other PlaceSharr WhiteSamuel J. Friedman Theatre, BroadwayI'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue MengersJohn LoganBooth Theatre, Broadway2014Casa ValentinaHarvey FiersteinSamuel J. Friedman Theatre, BroadwayThe Last ShipSting John LoganNeil Simon Theatre, Broadway2015The HumansStephen KaramLaura Pels Theater, Off Broadway2015–16An Act of GodDavid JaverbaumStudio 54, BroadwayAirline HighwayLisa D'AmourSamuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway2016The HumansStephen KaramGerald Schoenfeld Theatre, BroadwayBlackbirdDavid HarrowerBelasco Theatre, Broadway2018 Three Tall WomenEdward AlbeeJohn Golden Theatre, BroadwayThe Boys in the BandMart CrowleyBooth Theatre, Broadway2019Hillary and ClintonLucas HnathJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway2020Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Edward AlbeeBooth Theatre, Broadway2023Grey HouseLevi HollowayLyceum Theatre, BroadwayHere We AreStephen Sondheim David IvesThe Shed, Off Broadway

Year Title Role(s) Notes1990 Three Hotels Director; Television movieThe 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 episodes1993 Sisters Adam Olderberg Episode: "Moving Pictures"1995 Central Park West Ian Walker 3 episodes2014 The Normal Heart Mickey Marcus HBO television film2020 Hollywood Dick Samuels 7 episodes2022The Watcher John Graff 5 episodesAmerican Horror Story: NYC Gino Barelli 10 episodes2024Feud: Capote vs. The SwansJack Dunphy7 episodes