Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories?
Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories? #1
Posted: 3/24/10 at 8:24am
Is Joe Mantello hard to work with? Now i am curious. What stories have you heard?
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Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories? #2
Posted: 3/24/10 at 9:24amI don't know if he's hard to work with, but most of his shows are hard to watch.
Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories? #2
Posted: 3/24/10 at 9:29amI heard a story once that Neil Simon, when they were working together on Proposals, told him, "You take all the joy out of being in the theatre." But I'm sure there are many people who love working with him as well, don't you think?
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Posted: 3/24/10 at 10:17amDuring Wicked, Kristin Chenoweth had to wear a neckbrace. They said a lighting tree fell on her. But I've always had my doubts.
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Posted: 3/24/10 at 10:43amI think he's OK.
Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories? #5
Posted: 3/24/10 at 10:46amI think he's sexy.
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Posted: 3/24/10 at 4:42pmDuring TAKE ME OUT he made one of his assistants go get him a cup of coffee. And he didn't even say "please"!
--Aristotle
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Posted: 3/24/10 at 5:37pmIdk if you're joking about Cheno, but it wasn't a lighting tree that fell on her. She hurt her neck while doing the hair flip.
Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories? #8
Posted: 3/24/10 at 5:37pmIdk if you're joking about Cheno, but it wasn't a lighting tree that fell on her. She hurt her neck while doing the hair flip.
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Posted: 3/24/10 at 5:44pmHe should have gotten naked in Take Me Out. It would have been more interesting.
Joe Mantello abrasive director? Anyone have any stories? #10
Posted: 3/24/10 at 5:49pmHe did give me a rash once.
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Posted: 3/25/10 at 9:39am^ Well, if you had applied the cream in the first place, maybe that wouldn't be a problem. That said, most of Mantello's collaborators like his style, but wind up having more disagreements with him than it's worth hiring him for (witness the Wicked half of the new book on Schwartz, Defying Gravity).
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