Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello
Joseph Mantellois 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth27 December 1962
CountryUnited States of America
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I lived with a playwright for 12 years,
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I suppose if I chose to sit down and dwell on it, I'd be paralyzed, ... But at the end of the day, you have block as much of the noise out as possible and try to deliver a quality production. My responsibility is primarily to the actors.
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Because the show has such a high profile, people want to read too much into what I consider to be normal give and take. From my heart, this man has been my friend and he will continue to be my friend.
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There's this mythology about Nathan and Matthew, though they've just done one play together.
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She comes from the theater, so she has tons of experience. She has intelligence and the audience has an immediate sympathy for her.
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The vultures who come to the first preview are not going to see a show that's in perfect shape. But we have four weeks of previews, and it's a question of how you make the best use of them. Of course the show has gotten better. I am confident in everybody in the cast, and audiences are loving it.
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But there is a process that happens when you're making something, be it a musical or a new play. That process takes time, and mistakes will be made along the way, and you will go down and hit dead ends. But it is so public now. Any yahoo with a computer can start a firestorm.
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I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.