1. Anthony Crivello was born on August 2,1955 and is an American actor, known for his performances on both stage and screen.
31 Facts About Anthony Crivello
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Anthony Crivello appeared in the original cast of several Broadway shows, including playing Grantaire and Inspector Javert in Les Miserables, Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Eddie Fuseli in Golden Boy, Dante Keyes in Marie Christine, and the Killer in The News.
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Anthony Crivello originated the title role in The Phantom of the Opera: The Las Vegas Spectacular and stayed with the cast through its closing six years later.
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Anthony Crivello played the Mysterious Man in the star-studded production of Into the Woods at the Hollywood Bowl and starred as Che in the closing cast of the original Broadway production of Evita.
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Anthony Crivello graduated from Saint Rita's Grade School on Milwaukee's East Side, and then Saint Thomas More High School in 1973.
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Anthony Crivello was inducted into the Saint Thomas More Alumni Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Anthony Crivello is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
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Anthony Crivello's 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.
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Anthony Crivello studied comic improv with Del Close at The Second City in Chicago.
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Anthony Crivello is listed in Who's Who in America, and is a member of the Saint Thomas More High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
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Anthony Crivello 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.
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Anthony Crivello got his Equity Card at age 19, playing Conrad Birdie in a production of Bye Bye Birdie by Milwaukee's Melody Top Theatre.
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Anthony Crivello was an original Broadway cast member of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Les Miserables for directors Trevor Nunn and John Caird and producer Cameron Mackintosh, first as Grantaire, and ten months later taking over the leading role of Javert.
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Anthony Crivello starred on Broadway as "Valentin" in the Kander and Ebb Terrence McNally musical Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1993 directed by the incomparable Harold Prince.
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Anthony Crivello starred in the Goodman Theater of Chicago production of The House Of Martin Guerre for which he received Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for his portrayal of Martin Guerre.
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Anthony Crivello starred in the Steve Martin adaptation of The Underpants at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by John Rando, as well as David Ives' adaptation of A Flea in Her Ear for the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre directed by Gary Griffin for which he received his second Joseph Jefferson Award nomination.
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In 2015 and 2016, Anthony Crivello starred in producer Hershey Felder's production of Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara directed by Taylor Hackford, and written by Hackford, Vanessa Claire Stewart and Jake Broder.
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Anthony 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.
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Anthony 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.
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In July 2019, Anthony Crivello made his Hollywood Bowl debut as "The Mysterious Man" in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods directed by Robert Longbottom.
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Anthony Crivello has performed comic improv Off-Broadway and is a resident company alumni of Chicago City Limits in New York City.
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Anthony Crivello 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.
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Anthony Crivello served as executive producer on Bobby Sheehan's documentary films Mr Prince and The Talent Collector.
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Anthony Crivello then starred in director Janet Greek's MGM film Spellbinder with Kelly Preston and Tim Daly.
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Anthony Crivello was featured in director James Ivory's comedy Slaves of New York in 1989 opposite Bernadette Peters.
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In 1992, Anthony Crivello starred in the short film The Bet for director Ted Demme.
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In 1988, Anthony Crivello guest starred as Miguel Carrera in Miami Vice directed by Don Johnson.
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Anthony Crivello has guest starred on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, Team Knight Rider, and Babylon 5.
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In 2022, Anthony Crivello completed principal photography, starring as "Joe" in the independent feature film Children of God.
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Anthony Crivello starred in the ABC Daytime series One Life to Live as mobster Johnny Dee Hesser from 1990 to 1991.
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Anthony Crivello has appeared on the daytime series The Bold and The Beautiful and The Guiding Light.