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Mr. Mistretta is a veteran of Broadway, TV, Film and Cabaret performances. He has performed on both coasts in major productions including Evita and Sunset Blvd and the Ace Award-winning Sweeney Todd as Pirelli. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)starred Angela Lansbury and was filmed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and preserved on video as well. The filming was directed by veteran Terry Hughes of The Golden Girls (1985) fame. His performances of such diverse characters as Gus/Growltiger in 'Cats', Uncle Grahame in 'The Fix', and the Phantom in Ken Hill's version of the American premiere of 'Phantom Of The Opera' garnered the Helen Hayes Award, Boston Theatre Critics Award and the St. Louis Theatre Critics Award.

His home is in New York where he has enjoyed working with the team on Law & Order and with Spike Lee on a New York Knicks commercial. Rob Marshall and Sam Mendes' innovative production of Cabaret took him all over the country twice and then to Tokyo and Broadway. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and has spent most of his professional life between there and Los Angeles. He holds a BFA in Theatre and a BS in Radio/ TV from Ithaca College. His Lecture/Master Class series was lauded throughout the country and he enjoys coaching acting in New York. His journey in the Arts has placed him onstage opposite such major names as Lauren Bacall, Madeline Kahn, Kevin Kline, Mandy Patinkin. Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Glenn Close, George Hearn, Dyan Cannon, Audra Macdonald, Mary Louise Parker, Mareitte Hartley, Faith Prince and the incomparable Angela Lansbury. Chris Columbus, Edward Zwick, Dick Wolf, Spike Lee, Terry Hughes, Trevor Nunn, Rob Marshall, Sam Mendes and Hal Prince are among the illustrious directors he has worked with.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

In Original American Cast of Sunset Blvd (Webber), and on CD

TV for New York Knicks: The Collector: (2001)

Oklahoma! Playing Andrew Carnes opposite Shirley Jones as Aunt Eller. At the Benedum Center&#39;s Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera

(1985-1986 Season) He acted in Hugh Wheeler and Leonard Bernstein&#39;s musical, &quot;Candide,&quot; at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Patti Allison, Marsha Bagwell, Maureen Brennan, Jack Harrold, Robert Johanson, Kenneth Kantor and Patrick Quinn in the cast. Robert Johanson and Phillip Wm. McKinley were directors and choreographers. Jim Coleman was musical director. Michael Anania was scenic designer. Brian MacDevitt was lighting designer. Guy Geoly was costume designer.

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