Anthony Crivello | |
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Born |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
August 2, 1955
Occupation | Actor, singer |
Spouse(s) | Dori Rosenthal |
Awards |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Anthony Crivello (born August 2, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He has won numerous theatre awards, including the 1993 Tony for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. He has written several scripts and more than twenty songs.
Crivello was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Josephine (née Mussomeli) and Vincent J. Crivello. He graduated from Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in 1973 and was inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame in 1995. In the Milwaukee area, he appeared in productions at Sunset Playhouse directed by Alan Furlan. He married actress Dori Rosenthal on May 14, 2005, and they have two children together.
Mr. Crivello is an experienced writer for film, TV, music, and theater. He has co-written a comedic screenplay, based on a story he conceived entitled Scouting Patti Style. Mr. Crivello wrote the book and lyrics for Allegoria-An Irreverent Fairy Tale Musical. Additionally, he is working on a musical-opera for the stage entitled Lucrece as well as the sitcom The Chicken Brothers. Crivello directed the workshop production of John Kassir's one-man play Confessions of A TV Junkie. He also co-authored and directed the one-man stage play Hear What's In The Heart.
He is currently writing a one-man play The King Of Sicily.
Mr. Crivello is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America.
Mr. Crivello is also a member of the Actors Studio (NYC/LA). His past teachers include: Tony Greco, Estelle Parsons, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Michael Howard, Terry Schreiber and Mary Strong. His vocal coach for over thirty years is Anne Perillo, retired from DePaul University.
Mr. Crivello is an Honored Member of Marquette University's Century of Scholarship. He was the recipient of Marquette University's College of Speech & Communications distinguished 2003 Communicator of the Year Award. He is listed in Who's Who in America, and is an outstanding member of the Saint Thomas More High School Alumni Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Marquette University Hall of Fame with his likeness on a plaque at Johnston Hall in the Diederich College of Communication on the campus of Marquette University.