Manoel Felciano

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 (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.

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 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 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

Cabaret - Swing (Broadway debut), 1998-1999
Jesus Christ Superstar - Ensemble & u/s Judas Iscariot and Annas, 2000
Brooklyn - u/s Taylor Collins, 2004-2005
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Tobias Ragg - (Tony Award nomination), 2005-2006
Disaster! - Wealthy Man/Taxi Driver/Workman 2 & u/s Tony, Ted, & Maury, 2016
Amelie - Raphael/Bretodeau, 2017
To Kill a Mockingbird - Horace Gilmer, 2019
Dear Evan Hansen - Larry Murphy, 2022
Parade - Tom Watson, 2023