Joe Mantello

On stage 4 productions, 24 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on6 works

Wicked
Assassins (2004 Revival)
9 to 5: The Musical
The Last Ship
Death of a Salesman
Little Bear Ridge Road

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In the literature8 passages

• Sadly, Jason lost to another very talented director, Joe Mantello, who’d directed Assassins . The award was given out during a quiet scene at the barricade, in which our rebels are resting and regrouping for another day of battle. I saw one of these rebels ever so subtly cast his gaze into the wings. An offstage cast member shook his head…ebooks/Kostroff, Michael/Letters From Backstage_ The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor - Michael Kostroff.txt
• Lyrics first appear in sources consulted for this study in the October 2002 script; de Giere (p. 355) reports that Joe Mantello helped provide the context of the Talking Animal component of the plot that allowed Schwartz to write this song; later versions include alterations.ebooks/Laird, Paul R_/Wicked - Paul R. Laird.txt
• 25. E-mail from Stephen Schwartz to Joe Mantello, 28 October 2002. I would like to thank Stephen Schwartz for permission to quote this message.ebooks/Laird, Paul R_/Wicked - Paul R. Laird.txt
• Thankfully the director, Joe Mantello, got someone else for the stage directions and cast me in multiple roles. I don't want to overly impress you, but I ran the gamut from "patron" to "snobby patron" to "patron." I had up to and including five lines. But it was very cool to be asked to do it. I felt like a true theatre insider! Speaking…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• First of all, my hair. Joe Mantello wants us all to grow our hair out until rehearsals begin for The Ritz . We're going to have our hair cut into ‘70s styles, so the more hair we have to work with, the better. It feels bizarre to have crazily long sideburns. I don't know if I look like a Village Person or a Yeshiva student.ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• I actually have been doing non-stop laughing at rehearsal. Turns out, Joe Mantello is so much fun. I first figured that because he was such a bigwig, he would be distant and unfriendly (father issues, anyone?), but instead he's like your best friend at theatre camp. We all spend breaks huddled around a laptop while he shows us his favorit…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt

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