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

Career

He received a humanities degree from Yale University. Felciano attended the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2004. He joined the

American Conservatory Theater The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a nonprofit theater company in San Francisco, California, United States, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. It also has an attached acting school. History The Ameri ...

(San Francisco)'s core acting program in 2009, having previously performed there in

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...

's '' At Home at the Zoo'' and Tom Stoppard's '' Rock 'n' Roll''. 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. He appeared in the "Reprise" (Los Angeles) production of ''

Sunday in the Park with George ''Sunday in the Park with George'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatt ...

'' in January 2007. He appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of '' Three Sisters'' in July 2008, as "Andrei". He appeared at the Kennedy Center in '' Ragtime'' in April to May 2009, as "Tateh". He performed in the stage musical '' Anastasia'' at Hartford Stage (Connecticut) as "Gleb". The production ran from May 12 to June 12, 2016. Profiled as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre by

Columbia University School of the Arts The Columbia University School of the Arts, (also known as School of the Arts or SoA) is the fine arts graduate school of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, New York. It offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, ...

in 2022.

Personal life

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

Theatre credits

;Broadway *'' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' - Tobias - ( Tony Award nomination) *'' Brooklyn'' - u/s Taylor Collins *''

Jesus Christ Superstar ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with ...

'' - Ensemble & u/s Judas and Annas *'' Cabaret'' - Swing (Broadway debut) *'' Amelie'' - Raphael/Bretodeau *'' Dear Evan Hansen'' - Larry Murphy * ''Disaster!'' - Wealthy Man/Taxi Driver/Workman 2 & u/s Tony, Ted, & Maury * ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' - Horace Gilmer * ''Parade'' - Tom Watson ;Off-Broadway *'' The Changeling'' *''Trumpery'' *''

Shockheaded Peter ''Der Struwwelpeter'' ("shock-headed Peter" or "Shaggy Peter") is an 1845 German children's literature, children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann (author), Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Ea ...

'' *'' Much Ado About Nothing'' *'' By the Way, Meet Vera Stark'' ;American Conservatory Theater *'' Clybourne Park'' *''Round and Round the Garden'' *'' The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' *''

November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. No ...

'' *'' Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo'' *'' Rock 'n' Roll'' *''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

'' ;Regional (U.S.) *'' Anastasia'' ( Hartford Stage), 2016 *'' Ragtime'' ( The Kennedy Center), 2009 *'' Three Sisters'' ( Williamstown Theatre Festival), 2008 *''

'' (Reprise Theatre Company), 2007

Filmography

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 *

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Felciano, Manoel 1970 births Living people American male stage actors Tisch School of the Arts alumni Yale University alumni