Tony Nominee Chat: The Normal Heart's Joe Mantello on Being up Against 'Real Actors' Like Al Pacino
It’s a time-honored Broadway tradition: the day after the Tony nominations are announced, the lucky nominees get gussied up to meet the press. Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek caught up with Joe Mantello, a Tony-winning director who is now nominated for Best Actor for his role in Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart. Mantello chatted about the pitfalls of acting rather than directing—like &ldqu…