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Stephen Spinella

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Actor b. 1956 On stage 19932018

Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956) is an American actor. He originated the role of Prior Walter in the original Broadway production of Angels in America, winning the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and the 1994 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play.

On stage 9 productions, 25 years

1993 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Walter Kerr Theatre · Original · directed by George C. Wolfe 367 perf.
1993 Angels in America: Perestroika Walter Kerr Theatre · Original · directed by George C. Wolfe 217 perf.
1997 A View From the Bridge Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Michael Mayer 239 perf.
1998 Electra Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Revival · directed by David Leveaux 116 perf.
2000 James Joyce's The Dead Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Seán Curran 120 perf.
2002 Our Town Booth Theatre · Revival · directed by James Naughton 59 perf.
2006 Spring Awakening Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Mayer 859 perf.
2014 The Velocity of Autumn Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Molly Smith 16 perf.
2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Lyric Theatre · Original · directed by John Tiffany 2,231 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Tracy Sallows 2 productions
Ron Leibman 2 productions
Megan Gallagher 2 productions
Marcia Gay Harden 2 productions
Laurie Kennedy 2 productions
Kevin Carroll 2 productions
Kathleen Chalfant 2 productions
Joe Mantello 2 productions
Jeffrey Wright 2 productions
F. Murray Abraham 2 productions
Ellen Mclaughlin 2 productions
David Marshall Grant 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 9 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • Years later, during Angels in America , Stephen Spinella and I would each ride our bikes to the theater. After we did our show, we would leave the stage door of our theater, the Walter Kerr , on our bikes. I remember the feeling of the two of us riding down Broadway, after doing that play. It was springtime, and there was something so lib…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt
  • Ellen McLaughlin and Stephen Spinella in “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,” winner of 1993 “Tonys” for Best Play, Leading Actor in a Play (Ron Leibman), Featured Actor in a Play (Stephen Spinells), Direction of a Play (Joan Marcus Photo)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1992-93 Season, v. 49 (Willis).txt
  • Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen Spinella Center Left: Stephen Spinella, David Marshall Grant, Marcia Gay Harden, Joe Mantello Top Left: Joe Mantello, Stephen Spinellatheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1992-93 Season, v. 49 (Willis).txt
  • Top Right: Ellen McLaughlin Below: Jeffrey Wright Bottom: Stephen Spinella Above:Kathleen Chalfanttheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1992-93 Season, v. 49 (Willis).txt
  • Top: John Leguizamo, Giancarlo Esposito, Stephen Spinella, Rosetta LeNoire, Ben Vereen, Marcus Chong, Below: Martin Short (accepting his own award), Eileen Heckart, Cliff Robertson, Dorothy Loudon, Brent Carver Bottom: Morristown (TN) High School Chorus performing medley from “Guys and Dolls,” Derector Gerald Maloy (also above) Photos by…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1992-93 Season, v. 49 (Willis).txt
  • .Kathleen Chalfant +1 ..Ellen McLaughlin +2 .Stephen Spinella +3 .Joe Mantello +4 .David Marshall Grant +5 ....Marcia Gay Harden +6 .Jeffrey Wright +7 .Ron Leibman +8 .The Companytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt

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