Joe Mantello

Personal context

Summary

Joe Mantello is an actor and director whose stage work includes Angels in America, The Normal Heart, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Boys in the Band, Wicked, Assassins, and Take Me Out. Gay male history, relationships, stigma, and self-loathing recur in several of his best-known projects. Mantello has said he volunteered with Gay Men’s Health Crisis and worked with ACT UP during the AIDS crisis; he has also spoken about honoring gay history and the lasting effects of oppression. His public record includes LGBTQ advocacy, while no public statements on DEI or party politics are on record.