Dennis Parlato

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Dennis Parlato
Born (1947-03-30) March 30, 1947 (age 78)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Dancer, actor, singer

Dennis Parlato (born March 30, 1947, in Los Angeles) is an American dancer, actor, and singer.

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Early life and education

He is the son of Charlie Parlato, and the uncle of Grammy-nominated jazz singer Gretchen Parlato. [1] [2] Parlato taught high school English in San Francisco before realizing he wanted to perform. He was performing in chamber concert groups and teaching full-time. While on vacation with his first wife, they decided to see the ballet nearby just as something to do. He went to the Nederlands Dans Theater, a premier theatre company that, unbeknownst to him, was putting on a ballet of Carmina Burana . After watching the ballet, it inspired him when he got back home to switch to half-time teaching and study ballet. [3] He met Austin Tichenor (of Reduced Shakespeare Company) when Parlato joined the Metropolitan Ballet of Oakland (not the Oakland Ballet) as a featured solo dancer and Tichenor was stage manager. [1]

He moved to New York when he was thirty years old. [4] His fiancée at the time Maggie Caponio had a scholarship to the New York City Ballet and he decided to go with her. [1] He auditioned for everything, even though he had no formal vocal or acting lessons. He was cast in A Chorus Line and after that was able to afford proper lessons. [3]

Parlato is probably best known for his work in soap operas, where he played Barton Crane on All My Children , Michael Grande on One Life to Live , and Clay Alden on Loving . He also portrayed Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light , stepping in for an ailing Michael Zaslow. [5] [6] [7]

Career

Broadway credits

Off-Broadway/regional credits

Films

Television

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Episode 275. Actor Dennis Parlato - REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY - CastRoller". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Gretchen Parlato Interview, guest Tierney Sutton". Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  3. 1 2 Reichardt, Nancy M. (December 4, 1994). "Look Who's Talking: 'Loving's' Dennis Parlato". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Life Doesn't Imitate Soaps for Parlato - Chicago Tribune". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  5. ↑ Havens, Candace (15 January 1989). "Dennis Parlato Joins 'One Life to Live'". Janesville Sunday Gazette. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Aig, Marlene (6 August 1995). "Actor goes from soaps to Shakespeare". Santa Ana Orange County Register. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Lang, Steven. "Utter Dismay". People.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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