Skip top navigation

This is an advertisement skip this ad

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=513de408357ce&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE"><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24547&cs=513de408357ce&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

New York
- United States
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Cincinnati
- Columbus
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fox Cities
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Jacksonville
- Kansas City
- Louisville
- Madison
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- New Orleans
- New York
- Omaha
- Orange County
- Orlando
- Pittsburgh
- Portland
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Tempe
- Canada
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Kitchener
- Montreal
- Ottawa
- Quebec City
- Regina
- Saskatoon
- Vancouver
- Winnipeg
- United Kingdom
- London
On the Road

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=4e0248d261e86&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE"><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24547&cs=4e0248d261e86&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=4e0248dd342cb&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE"><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24547&cs=4e0248dd342cb&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=4e0235fe7eeda&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" ><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24525&cs=4e0235fe7eeda&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=4e020798e10ab&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE"><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24547&cs=4e020798e10ab&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

Joe Mantello

Star Files

Claim to fame

An actor turned director, Mantello is a three-time Tony winner. He made his Broadway debut and picked up his first Tony Award as Louis in Angels in America. He left acting and went on to direct 18 Broadway shows, including Other Desert Cities. His biggest success came from directing the blockbuster musical Wicked. He returned to acting on Broadway in 2011 with his Tony-nominated performance as Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart.

Latest Broadway Buzz

NEWS April 26, 2013 | 6:14PM
Jonathan Groff to Play Taylor Kitsch's Lover in The Normal Heart Film; Tony Winner Joe Mantello Joins Cast
PHOTOS December 19, 2012 | 12:29PM
Jim Parsons Congratulates Big Bang Mom Laurie Metcalf & Joe Mantello Backstage at The Other Place
PHOTOS June 1, 2012 | 2:35PM
Other Desert Cities’ Scribe Jon Robin Baitz Receives a Sardi’s Portrait

See All

Photos

Rosie Perez looks happy to be reuniting with director Joe Mantello, who directed her in The Ritz and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

Tony winner John Benjamin Hickey and Jim Parsons congratulate Joe Mantello, their co-star in The Normal Heart and director of The Other Place.

It's a The Normal Heart reunion for stars Ellen Barkin, Joe Mantello, Jim Parsons and John Benjamin Hickey.

Jon Robin Baitz celebrates the honor with Other Desert Cities stars Stacy Keach, Thomas Sadoski, Judith Light, Stockard Channing and director and friend Joe Mantello.

The lovely Tony nominee Judith Light enjoys sharing an afternoon with her Other Desert Cities director Joe Mantello and playwright Jon Robin Baitz.

Stockard Channing gets between Justin Ellington, who composed original music for the production, and her Other Desert Cities and Pal Joey director, Joe Mantello.

Seems like yesterday that Joe Mantello and David Marshall Grant co-starred in Angels in America! The pals pose with John Benjamin Hickey and Mario Cantone.

It’s a triumphant evening for Tony-winning director Joe Mantello and his former real-life partner Jon Robin Baitz, who is getting a long-overdue Broadway debut with Other Desert Cities.

Rosie Perez steps in for snapshot with four stars of George C. Wolfe’s Tony-winning revival of The Normal Heart: Joe Mantello, Ellen Barkin, John Benjamin Hickey and Jim Parsons.

Best Actor nominee Joe Mantello of The Normal Heart.

Lookin' good, Joe! The Tony-winning director has returned to his acting roots and earned a spot on Sardi's wall.

Co-stars John Benjamin Hickey, Ellen Barkin and Joe Mantello can't wait to see how they've been captured in caricature.

Village Voice columnist Michael Musto and Sardi's honcho Max Klimavicius were on hand to help reveal these latest portraits.

Joe Mantello snaps a shot of pal John Benjamin Hickey’s caricature for his personal collection.

The Tony nominees of The Normal Heart get together for a group shot: Hickey, Barkin, co-director George C. Wolfe, Mantello and co-director Joel Grey. Congratulations!

After working together on the original production of Angels in America, director George C. Wolfe and star Joe Mantello are having a ball reuniting on the revival of The Normal Heart.

The Normal Heart’s Joe Mantello goes head to head with Distinguished Performance Award winner, Jerusalem headliner Mark Rylance.

Paul Sparks reunites with his Take Me Out director Joe Mantello.

With four Tony Awards between them, Joe Mantello and Patti LuPone sure make a powerful Broadway pairing.

It's a Wicked reunion for Joe Mantello and Idina Menzel! The original Elphaba couldn't be happier to support her former director on his return to the stage in The Normal Heart.

The Normal Heart's Joe Mantello and The Importance of Being Earnest's Brian Bedford both have experience as directors and actors on Broadway.

The Normal Heart director Joel Grey throws an arm around the show's star Joe Mantello, who earned a Best Actor Tony nomination 15 years after the star director gave his last performance.

Best Actor in a Play nominee Joe Mantello leans in for a photo alongside his Normal Heart producer Daryl Roth.

Jim Parsons, Ellen Barkin and Joe Mantello pose for a picture for the one and only Dr. Ruth Westheimer!

Joe Mantello is honored to be starring in The Normal Heart as Ned Weeks, a character based on playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer.

Naked Angels artistic director Geoffrey Nauffts celebrates his Naked Angels company member Joe Mantello on his return to the stage!

Richard Topol and Joe Mantello butt heads on stage, as a less-then-helpful Mayoral aide and an activist trying to get a foot in the door, but off stage they are all smiles together.

It's an opening night party reunion for Joe Mantello and his Pal Joey leading man Matthew Risch.

Broadway funnyman Mario Cantone is excited to see Joe Mantello, who directed him in Assassins and two Broadway solo shows, stretch his acting muscles again.

Playwright Jon Robin Baitz, who penned the recent Mantello-helmed smash Other Desert Cities, wouldn’t miss an opening night with his longtime friend and collaborator.

Videos

Opening Night: Other Desert Cities

The starry cast, led by Stockard Channing and Rachel Griffiths, celebrates the opening of Jon Robin Baitz's new play.

Other Videos

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=4e021fc280dd4&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE"><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24547&cs=4e021fc280dd4&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

<a href="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=4e02369d29874&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE"><img src="http://ox-d.broadway.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=24547&cs=4e02369d29874&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a>

Buzz Categories

Get the

Broadway.com App for iPad®Download Now

X