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Tony Sportiello

TONY SPORTIELLO  

 Nationality:    USA
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         Absent Friends         Bet, The         Contract Time         Cornered         Grandfather Paradox, The         Instant Replay         LOL (Love On Trial)         National Pastime, The         News Story         Second Chance         Star Power         Suicide Ring         Summer of Katya         Tickets Please!         Waiting for Al         Wild Thing

Absent Friends

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Bet, The

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Contract Time

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Cornered

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by David Ives, Jacquelyn Reingold, Richard Lauchman, Antony Sportiello

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EMEE Theater Group

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Grandfather Paradox, The

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Four travelers from the year 2111 arrive in present day time. their mission? To stop a future world assassin from killing a professor whose book will one day be responsible for the deaths of millions throughout the twenty-first century. the play examines the question of morality, and when, if ever, the taking of life is justified for the greater good.
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Algonquin Seaport Theater, 89 South Street Seaport Mall, Pier 17 (second floor), NY    10 Nov 2011

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Instant Replay

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Part of the Derek Jeter Plays. Writers were asked to come up with plays which centered on some aspect of the Yankee shortstop, including his fans, his teammates, his rivals, etc. Plays are: "Screw Loose" by Wende O'Reilly, "Hardball" by Mike Folie, "Pasta Diving Jeter" by Paul Buzinski, "3000 Reasons" by Robin Rothstein, "I'm Derek Jeter" by Bo Wilson, "the Jeter Report" by Susan Barsky, and "Instant Replay" by Tony Sportiello.
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Algonquin Seaport Theater on Pier 17, South Street Seaport, NY    29 Sep 2011

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Algonquin Productions

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short play

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LOL (Love On Trial)

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LOLis the modern day Frankenstein story of life and love on the internet. Danny Lawrence has a hard time relating to women, both in real life and on the web, until he creates a fictional online feminine personality of himself named Karen. Karen is everything Danny is not. She's aggressive, confident, sexual. . ..through Karen, Danny slowly starts to discover what women truly want. the problem comes when Karen refuses to let go, forcing Danny to stay online for hours, days even weeks. A literal life and death struggle ensues between the two halves of Danny's personality, with everything on the line.
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Midtown International Theatre Festival    2006

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National Pastime, The

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about a small 1930s radio station which cannot compete for the rights to broadcast a real baseball team's games. . .so they create their own team. This play has been produced twice at Cooperstown at the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and is in the Literature Library there.

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Book by Tony Sportiello; Music And lyrics by Al Tapper

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Algonquin Theater, NY    2008

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News Story

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Second Chance

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Star Power

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A backstage comedy about a struggling indie theatre company that casts a washed-up movie star in their newest production in order to get financial backing.
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the Midtown International theatre Festival inaugurates its new Next Step MITF Developmental Series, which showcases new works by six MITF Alumni

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WHERE Eagles Dare, NY    2007

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Suicide Ring

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Summer of Katya

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Tickets Please!

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An angel is sent to collect a soul but then realises he has the wrong one.

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Contained in "Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays 26" published by Samuel French Inc. New York,    -

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Waiting for Al

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Wild Thing

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