Anthony Crivello

Anthony Crivello
Anthony Crivello
	Les Misérables
Spouse	Dori Rosenthal (m. 2005)
Children	2

Anthony Crivello (born August 2, 1955) is an American actor, known for his performances on both stage and screen He appeared in the original cast of several Broadway shows, including playing

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman

.

Early life

Crivello was born in

Saint Thomas More High School in 1973. He was inducted into the Saint Thomas More Alumni Hall of Fame in 1995. Early in his career, he appeared in 12 community theatre productions, including three at Sunset Playhouse, directed by Alan Furlan and Mary H. Strong.^[2]

He married actress/commercial talent agent Dori Rosenthal on May 14, 2005, and they have two children together.

Career

He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio (NYC/LA). His former acting teachers include: Tony Greco, Estelle Parsons, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau as well as Michael Howard, Terry Schreiber and Mary H. Strong. His vocal coach for over thirty years is Anne Perillo/DePaul University. He studied comic improv with Del Close at the The Second City in Chicago.

Crivello is an Honored Member of Marquette University's Century of Scholarship. He was the recipient of Marquette University's College of Speech & Communications 2003 Communicator of the Year Award. He is listed in

Who's Who in America, and is a member of the Saint Thomas More High School Alumni Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Marquette University Hall of Fame with his image displayed in Johnston Hall in the Diederich College of Communication on the campus of Marquette University

.

In 2008, Crivello was the host of his own radio show on FOX SPORTS/ 920 AM Las Vegas called Tony Crivello and The Sicilians.[3] Mr. Crivello has also moonlighted as a ring announcer & commentator for ESPN2's Kickboxing Championships, and owns stock with the NFL's Green Bay Packers.

Theater

Crivello got his

Forum Theatre. Shortly thereafter, in 1980, he was cast in a national touring company of Evita by director Harold Prince, where he played "Che". Prince eventually cast Crivello as a replacement Mandy Patinkin in the original Broadway production of Evita in 1981; it was Crivello's Broadway debut .^[4]

After completing his “Evita” run, he appeared off-Broadway in

Measure For Measure directed by Mark Lamos

.

He appeared in the musical

Les Miserables in Concert

.)
He starred on Broadway as "Valentin" in the
Ovation Award nomination, a Garland Award nomination, a Robby Award nomination, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical" for Do I Hear a Waltz? at the Pasadena Playhouse directed by David Lee
.
Crivello starred in the
Edward Fairfax Rochester
with that production.
In 2006, he was cast by director
Las Vegas production of The Phantom of the Opera
. Subsequently, he was cast as “The Phantom", c and by September 2012, he appeared in over 2,400 performances.
He appeared in the Lincoln Centre 75th Anniversary revival of Clifford Odets'
Heathers Off-Broadway in New York City at New World Stages, and directed by Andy Fickman
.
In 2015 and 2016, Crivello starred in producer
the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Stewart played the role of Keely Smith to Crivello's 'Las Vegas Lounge Legend' Louis Prima
.
In 2017, Crivello portrayed the

McGuire, written by HOF broadcaster Dick Enberg. Crivello received critical praise for his work in the show and won the 2017 Wisconsin Footlights Award for Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.^[5] An eight-minute presentation of McGuire was presented at the 2017 Wisconsin Sports Awards on May 20, 2017, at the University of Wisconsin Field House. Crivello reprised his award-winning performance in McGuire in a relaunched new touring production in 2022 at Milwaukee's Next Act Theatre, produced by Bob Rech and Rech Entertainment, and directed by Edward Morgan.^[6]^[7]

In 2019, Crivello portrayed "The Old Man" Santiago in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, adapted for the stage by A. E. Hotchner and Tim Hotchner, presented at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on the campus of Point Park University, directed by Ronald Allan-Lindblom and produced by RWS Entertainment Group of New York City/Long Island City, receiving critical praise for his work.^[8]^[9]

In July 2019, Crivello made his Hollywood Bowl debut as "The Mysterious Man" in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods directed by Robert Longbottom.^[10]^[11]^[12]

He has also performed comic improv Off-Broadway and is a resident company alumni of Chicago City Limits in New York City.

As a producer, he has co-produced the plays Hear What's In The Heart and Mcguire at the Next Act Theatre, as well as Please Leave with Rob Sedgwick at The Theatre Center in New York City. He produced readings of his screenplays and plays Scouting Patti Style, The Great Stupid, Allegoria, Lucrece, and The Chicken Brothers and screenplays by Charles D. Zicari. He served as executive producer on Bobby Sheehan's documentary films Mr. Prince and The Talent Collector.^{[citation needed]}

Television and film

Crivello started his feature film work co-starring in two films:

Spellbinder. He was featured in director James Ivory's comedy Slaves of New York

in 1989.

Crivello co-starred in the Jim Abrahams film comedy Mafia! (1998), Texas Rangers (2001), Material Girls (2006), Independence Day, and Trade (2007). In 1992, Crivello starred in the short film The Bet for director Ted Demme. Crivello has also starred in the independent short films Petal Of A Rose, Henry Toy for director Anthony Engelken in 2014, and portrayed "Boonie" in director Taryn Kosviner's NYShorts Festival's The Mark in 2016.

In 2016, he starred in the Hallmark Television movie Emma's Chance. Director

Dominic Dunne's 919 Fifth Avenue. In 1996 he followed with Alien Avengers. In 2000, he was featured in the Wonderful World Of Disney made-for-television musical Geppetto. In 1988, Crivello guest starred as Miguel Carrera in Miami Vice directed by Don Johnson

.

Crivello has guest starred on the science fiction television series

CSI: New York and Law & Order

.

In 2013, he appeared in the

Ryan Murphy's 2017 FOX miniseries Feud

.

In 2021, he appeared in Black Easter.

In 2022, Crivello completed principal photography, starring as "Joe" in the independent feature film Children of God. Additionally in 2023, he will recur as a comedic officious butler “Sebastian” at “Snickering Mansion” in Disney's new comedic anthology Pretty Freekin Scary.

He starred in the

The Guiding Light

.

Stage credits

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Bye Bye Birdie	Conrad Birdie	Regional
1979–1980	Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?	Felix Lindor	Regional
1980	Evita	Person of Argentina u/s Che	US Tour
1980–1981		Che	US Tour
1981–1983		Che	Broadway
1985	The News	The Killer
1987	Les Misérables	Grantaire / Bamatabois / Chain Gang u/s Inspector Javert
1987–1988	Les Misérables	Inspector Javert
1989	Measure for Measure	Father Thomas / Barnardine
1992	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Valentin	Canada
1992–1993			West End
1993–1995			Broadway
1995	Camila	Father Ladislao Gutierrez	NYC
1995	Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert	Grantaire	Royal Albert Hall
1996	The House of Martin Guerre	Arnaud	Regional
1996	Jane Eyre	Edward Fairfax Rochester	Canada
1999-2000	Marie Christine	Dante Keyes	Broadway
2000	Expecting Isabel	Nick	Regional
2001	Do I Hear a Waltz?	Renato Di Rossi
2003	Romantique	Eugene Delacroix
2003	Assassins	Giuseppe Zangara	Concert
2004	Kismet	The Caliph	Regional
2004	The Underpants	Frank Versati	Regional
2005	Doctor Zhivago	Victor Komarovsky	Workshop
2006–2012	The Phantom of the Opera	The Phantom of the Opera	Las Vegas Spectacular
2012–2013	Golden Boy	Eddie Fuseli	Lincoln Center
2014	Heathers: The Musical	Bill Sweeney / Big Bud Dean / Coach Ripper	Off-Broadway
2015	Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara	Louis Prima	Regional
2016	Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara	Louis Prima	Geffen Playhouse
2016	Evita	Juan Perón	Regional
2017	McGuire	Al McGuire
2019	The Old Man and the Sea	The Old Man
2019	Into the Woods	The Mysterious Man	Hollywood Bowl
2022	McGuire	Al McGuire	Regional

Discography

Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular (The Phantom Of The Opera)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Original Broadway Cast)
Marie Christine (Original Broadway Cast)
Jane Eyre (Toronto, Canada – Original Cast)
Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Misérables – 10th Anniversary 'The Dream Cast' in Concert-live from Royal Albert Hall, London
Do I Hear a Waltz? (Pasadena Playhouse)
Heathers: The Musical (Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Cabaret Noel: A Broadway Cares Christmas
Living Water: Wasser Fur Die Welt (Germany)
Andreas Vollenweider's Dancing With The Lion (Guest Artist)
Lucid Structure: Measures (vocals on "Village of Sand")
The Prince of Egypt – Playing with the Big Boys Demo (with Stephen Schwartz) 1998
Cry To Heaven by Matthew Wilder – Demo
Lucky Lucy and The Fortune Man by Corinna Manetto and Ronald Bazarini – Demo
"Love Is Worth It If Together We've Cried" co-written with Eric Allaman, from the soundtrack from the film "Midnight Blue"
"Ave Maria" from the soundtrack for the film The Glass Jar
Night Of A Thousand Voices, A Tribute to John Kander and Fred Ebb – Live from Royal Albert Hall, London, 2007
The News by Paul Schierhorn – Demo
Deep Song – music by Mchael Moricz, lyrics by Eduardo Machado and Michael Moricz Demo
Wake Up – Music by Eric Allaman Demo
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Original Toronto Cast Press Demo)

Filmography

1979: Bog
1988: Crocodile Dundee II
1988: Shakedown
1988: Spellbinder
1989: Slaves of New York
1990: The Lost Capone
1992: The Bet
1995: Dillinger and Capone
1995: Monster Mash: The Movie
1996: Alien Avengers
1996: Independence Day - Lincoln
1997: Twisted
1998: Jane Austen's Mafia!
2001: Texas Rangers
2003: Alien Hunter
2006: Material Girls
2006: Trade
2014: Henry Toy (Short)
2016: Emma's Chance
2016: The Mark (Short)
2021: Black Easter
2022: Children of God

Television

1988 – Miguel Carrera, "Hostile Takeover," Miami Vice, NBC
1990 – Celine, "Prisoner of Love," Law & Order, NBC
1990 – Johnny Dee, One Life to Live, ABC
1995 – 919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's 919 Fifth Avenue)
1996 – Adin, "Warlord," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN
1996 – Grantaire, Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert – Live from London's Royal Albert Hall, Great Performances PBS
1997 – Linder, "Everything to Fear," Team Knight Rider
1998 – John, "No Compromises," Babylon 5
1998 – Maxwell, "The Maid," Seinfeld, NBC
2000 – Reverend Burns, "Just Another Normal Christmas," Normal, Ohio, Fox Broadcasting Company
2002 – Band leader, "Love Is the Key," In-Laws, NBC
2003 – "Strangled," Crossing Jordan, NBC
2003 – Maître d', "The Placeholder," Frasier, NBC
2005 – Ringmaster, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears," CSI: NY, CBS
2013 – Stage Hand, Behind the Candelabra HBO
2015 – Valentin, Great Performances Kiss of the Spider Woman, PBS – Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do
2017 – David Lean, Feud: Bette and Joan; FX
2023 - Sebastian, "Streak Life" and others Pretty Freekin Scary, Disney

Other work

Voice overs

Nobody Studios/Promotional-Parentipity
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend/Looping-CW Network
Mistresses/Looping-ABC
NASCAR/VO / TV Spot-NBC
The Black List (Promo)-NBC
Domino's/"Braveheart" Manager
Atlantic Bell Telephone/Pizza Restaurant Owner

Video games

Raven/WB
Witches/Formosa Interactive
Midnight/Formosa Interactive
Ubisoft/Company CEO 'Tony'/Ubisoft
Hot Shots Golf Fore!/SONY PlayStation

Commercials

Peugeot (UK/Europe)/Principal Performer
Silo Audio/Video NYC
Cherry 7-up /Leo Burnett
Security Force/ "Monsters"/Frankenstein
FIAT 500 "Tony Fixes It" SUV 2015 /Tony
FIAT / Various TV- Internet/ Funny or Die
FIAT 500 "Tony Fixes It" SEDAN 2015 /Tony
FIAT / Various TV- Internet/ Funny or Die

Audio books

Calvin The Christmas Tree
Christmas Is
Christmas Is Special Things
Grandma's Spooky House
Winston Has Lunch

References

^ "Anthony Crivello Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
^ "Milwaukee Journal". July 10, 1988.^{[dead link]}
^ "Simpson planned acquittal party". October 6, 2008.
^ Rich, Frank (October 17, 1982). "In the Arts: Critics' Choice". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^ Schumacher, Amanda (June 23, 2017). "First-Ever Footlights Performing Arts Awards Announce Winners". Footlights.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
^ "Al McGuire's legacy lives on at the Next Act Theatre". May 22, 2022.
^ "Theater: Tony Crivello Returns in 'McGuire'".
^ Rawson, Christopher (February 3, 2019). "Stage Review: 'The Old Man and the Sea' is a feast for the senses". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
^ Gordon, Alex (February 6, 2019). "At 101, Ernest Hemingway's friend and biographer finishes his adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
^ Valente, Ash (July 30, 2019). "Review: Into the Woods at the Hollywood Bowl". Our Culture.
^ Jalali, Imaan (July 27, 2019). "Review: A Star-Studded 'Into the Woods' Electrifies the Hollywood Bowl". LA Excites.
^ McNulty, Charles (July 28, 2019). "Review: 'Into the Woods' and stars align in magical night at the Hollywood Bowl". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019.

External links

Anthony Crivello at the Internet Broadway Database
Anthony Crivello at
IMDb
darkestnight: the works of Alain Boubil & Claude-Michel Schönberg
BroadwayWorld.com interview with Anthony Crivello, June 23, 2007
"'Louis and Keely' Finds its Louis and Keely"
Tony Award Winner Anthony Crivello Joins Studio Tenn at the Wayback Machine (archived February 8, 2017)

[1] "Anthony Crivello Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2008.

[2] "Milwaukee Journal". July 10, 1988.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Simpson planned acquittal party". October 6, 2008.

[4] Rich, Frank (October 17, 1982). "In the Arts: Critics' Choice". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

[5] Schumacher, Amanda (June 23, 2017). "First-Ever Footlights Performing Arts Awards Announce Winners". Footlights.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[6] "Al McGuire's legacy lives on at the Next Act Theatre". May 22, 2022.

[7] "Theater: Tony Crivello Returns in 'McGuire'".

[8] Rawson, Christopher (February 3, 2019). "Stage Review: 'The Old Man and the Sea' is a feast for the senses". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

[9] Gordon, Alex (February 6, 2019). "At 101, Ernest Hemingway's friend and biographer finishes his adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

[10] Valente, Ash (July 30, 2019). "Review: Into the Woods at the Hollywood Bowl". Our Culture.

[11] Jalali, Imaan (July 27, 2019). "Review: A Star-Studded 'Into the Woods' Electrifies the Hollywood Bowl". LA Excites.

[12] McNulty, Charles (July 28, 2019). "Review: 'Into the Woods' and stars align in magical night at the Hollywood Bowl". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019.

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