Manoel Felciano

Manoel Felciano
Born (1970-11-12) November 12, 1970 (age 54)
Education
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, songwriter
Years active2005–present

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

Career

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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

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

Theatre credits

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

Filmography

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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

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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

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  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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