of the stars, Megan Mullally, suddenly quit. The production was postponed indefinitely due to her departure. Mantello directed the Jon Robin Baitz play Other Desert Cities at the Booth Theater in 2011. He returned to acting for the first time in over a decade with the role of Ned Weeks in the Broadway limited engagement revival of The Normal Heart in April 2011, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Mantello had previously been nominated for the Tony Award for his role as Louis in Angels in America. He directed the Off-Broadway world premiere of the musical Dogfight in the summer of 2012 at the Second Stage Theater. In January 2013, he directed the Broadway premiere of Sharr White's The Other Place at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. In 2014 he directed Sting's new musical The Last Ship. He directed the Harvey Fierstein play Casa Valentina, which premiered on Broadway in April 2014. Mantello acted in the revival of The Glass Menagerie which opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre in February 2017. Directed by Sam Gold, the play stars Sally Field as Amanda Wingfield, with Mantello playing Tom. In 2018, Joe Mantello was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Personal life From 1990 to 2002, Mantello was in a relationship with playwright Jon Robin Baitz. As of 2018, he lives with Paul Marlow, who owns a custom clothing company in Manhattan. Theatre credits As an actor As a director Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations Notes See also LGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York City References External links Joe Mantello at the American Theatre Wing 1992 BOMB Magazine interview with Joe Mantello by Nicole Burdette 1962 births Living people American male stage actors American theatre directors Broadway theatre directors Drama Desk Award winners American gay actors Helpmann Award winners Actors from Rockford, Illinois Tony Award winners Male actors from Illinois LGBT people from Illinois American people of Italian descent University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors