Manoel Felciano

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Manoel Felciano
Born (1970-11-12) November 12, 1970 (age 52)
Education
OccupationActor, singer, songwriter
Years active2005–present

Manoel Felciano (born November 12, 1970)[1] is an American actor, singer, and songwriter.

Career

He received a humanities degree from Yale University.[2] Felciano attended the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2004.[3] He joined the American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco)'s core acting program in 2009, having previously performed there in Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo and Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll.[2]

Feliciano is known for playing Tobias Ragg in the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. In this production, all of the actors played their own instruments, with Felciano playing the piano, violin and clarinet.[4][5]

He appeared in the "Reprise" (Los Angeles) production of Sunday in the Park with George in January 2007.[6] He appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Three Sisters in July 2008, as "Andrei".[7] He appeared at the Kennedy Center in Ragtime in April to May 2009, as "Tateh".[8] He performed in the stage musical Anastasia at Hartford Stage (Connecticut) as "Gleb". The production ran from May 12 to June 12, 2016.[9]

Profiled as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre by Columbia University School of the Arts in 2022.[10]

Personal life

His father is Richard Felciano, a contemporary composer and UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus, and his mother is Rita Felciano, a dance critic.[2]

Manoel Felciano has a Swiss passport and fluently speaks Swiss-German and French. He is part of the worldwide Baumgartner family which has branches in Switzerland (Zürich), Spain (Barcelona) and Australia (Sydney) and which is widely known for its creative and successful family members.

He lives with his wife, Christina, and their daughter, Vera. They live in Uptown Manhattan, New York.

Theatre credits

Broadway
Off-Broadway
American Conservatory Theater[11]
Regional (U.S.)

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role
2009 Uncertainty Greg
Television
Year Title Role
2009 Life on Mars Bradley Thomas (Episode: "Let All the Children Boogie")
2009 The Unusuals Jeremy Foer (Episode: "The Apology Line")
2010 Trauma Frank (Episode: "Tunnel Vision")
2014 NCIS CIA agent Jim Brisco (Episode: "Page Not Found")
2016 Elementary Franklin (Episode: "A Study in Charlotte")

Discography

Cast albums
  • 1998 — Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording
  • 2004 — Brooklyn: The Musical (2004 Original Broadway Cast)
  • 2005 — Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
  • 2017 — Amélie - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Solo recordings
    • 2008 — Moonshot (Debut album)
    • Tracks: 1/Keep it Slow 2/Another Day 3/Ready to Fly 4/Time 5/Sing it to Me 6/Wake Up 7/Don't Feed The Beast 8/Faux Pas 9/More Than You Know 10/Louisiana 1927

References

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Vol 2 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Hamlin, Jesse (October 25, 2009). "Manoel Felciano back home in ACT's 'November'". SFGATE.
  3. ^ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  4. ^ "Manoel Felciano". IBDB.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ Hernandez, Ernio (3 November 2005). "Fresh Blood: A New Sweeney Todd with Cerveris and LuPone Opens on Broadway, Nov. 3". Playbill. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ Gans, Andrew (January 30, 2007). "Hello, George! Sunday in the Park — with Felciano and O'Hara — Begins Reprise! Run Jan. 30". Playbill.
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew (July 16, 2008). "Cash, DeWitt and Hecht are Three Sisters at Williamstown Beginning July 16". Playbill.
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew (January 28, 2009). "Bohmer, Felciano, Noll, Darrington and More Cast in Kennedy Center's Ragtime". Playbill.
  9. ^ Viagas, Robert; Hetrick, Adam (March 9, 2016). "Cast Announced for Ahrens and Flaherty's Stage Anastasia". Playbill.
  10. ^ "Manoel Felciano: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre". arts.columbia.edu. 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  11. ^ "Manoel Felciano". American Conservatory Theater. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

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