Becoming Ricky Roma: Joe Mantegna on Originating the Cutthroat Charmer of Glengarry Glen Ross
A little over four decades ago, theater audiences first met Richard Roma, the strutting, soliloquizing top-dog salesman of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. In the hands of the actor Joe Mantegna, Roma was a masterclass in wily seduction, wielding a silver tongue that could captivate as well as eviscerate. Mamet went on to win the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama while Mantegna took home the Tony Award for his perf…