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Bruce MacVittie

Birth Place: Providence, RI, USA

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BIO

Bruce MacVittie was born in Providence, RI in 1956. He began acting in high school, attended Boston University, studied with Jerzy Grotowski in 1976 and moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting in 1979. He began his career at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in 1980 in Edward Allen Baker's "Prairie Avenue", where he worked for many years as a member. He was a founding member of Naked Angels Theater Company. Bruce spent over ten years at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference under Lloyd Richards, 10 seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival under Michael Ritchie and Jenny Gersten, and was a member of the Blue Light Theatre Company where he began a collaboration with Joanne Woodward for several years on the plays of Clifford Odets. In 1982, he began as understudy to James Hayden in David Mamet's American Buffalo with Al Pacino and J.J. Johnston at Circle In the Square, eventually replacing Hayden in the subsequent Broadway production, national tour, and West End Productions with Pacino and Johnston. MacVittie, a character actor, had a long tenure playing guest-starring roles in television and film beginning with Barney Miller (1975) in 1981 working on both coasts, but predominantly in New York. In New York, he worked in most off-Broadway theaters including the Public, Playwright's Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre, and the Cherry Lane. He appeared in over 75 film and television productions over 32 years.

STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater & Signature Theatre Company Co-Production, 2011
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
2001
Frederico

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 2000
Frye

[Off-Broadway]
1998
Tournel

[Off-Broadway]
1996
Ron/Waiter/Scones/Lounge Singer

[Off-Broadway]
1995
Eddie Fuseli

[Off-Broadway]
1994
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Psychocompany (Phantasies)

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Des

[Off-Broadway]
1985
Skip

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1983
Bobby [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1980
Billy/Boo (Understudy)


Movies

The Chosen
[ 1981 ] Bully
The Cotton Club
[ 1984 ] Vince Hood
The Whoopee Boys
[ 1986 ] New York Policeman
Vibes
[ 1988 ] Tony
Born on the Fourth of July
[ 1989 ] Patient #2
The January Man
[ 1989 ] Rip
Queens Logic
[ 1991 ] Joey ClamsNephew
He Said, She Said
[ 1991 ] Lou the Florist
Deceived
[ 1991 ] Social Security Man
The Doors
[ 1991 ] UCLA Student
Mr. Wonderful
[ 1993 ] Martin
Stonewall
[ 1995 ] Vinnie
The Peacemaker
[ 1997 ] DOE Helo Tech
Trouble on the Corner
[ 1997 ] Sandy
O.K. Garage
[ 1998 ] Chuck
Hi-Life
[ 1998 ] Cluck
54
[ 1998 ] Music Producer
Luminous Motion
[ 1998 ] Norman
Claire Dolan
[ 1998 ] Obstetrician
Where the Money Is
[ 2000 ] Karl
Hannibal
[ 2001 ] FBI Tech with Lecter's Letter
Dust
[ 2001 ] Paramedic
Happy End
[ 2003 ] Benito
Million Dollar Baby
[ 2004 ] Mickey Mack
2BPerfectlyHonest
[ 2004 ] Peter
Just Like the Son
[ 2006 ] Bill
Lonely Hearts
[ 2006 ] Det. Etman
Bernard and Doris
[ 2006 ] Doctor
Brooklyn's Finest
[ 2009 ] Father Scarpitta Bruce Macvittie
Earthwork
[ 2009 ] Peter B Kaplan
My Secret Billionaire
[ 2011 ] Reynolds
Ass Backwards
[ 2013 ] Club Owner
Sweet Kandy
[ 2015 ] producer
The Last Full Measure
[ 2019 ] Senator Martin Clayborne
Killer Among Us
[ 2021 ] Sergeant Corbucci
Call Jane
[ 2022 ] Director Richardson
The Good Nurse
[ 2022 ] Malcolm Burrel

TV Shows

Law & Order
Frank Andreas, Bill Parker, Larry Brunig
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Judge Harvey Frye, Arnie Cox
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kurt Mulhall, Mr. Tandy

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Mabou Mines Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Season Culminating In A Four-Day 50th Anniversary Celebration

Mabou Mines today announces its Winter/Spring 2022 season, with the iconic company re-engaging its past to celebrate its 50th anniversary—and presenting new work that continues to vitally push the boundaries of theatrical experience.
LISTEN: Kelli O'Hara, Barbara Walsh & More Pay Tribute to Joseph Siravo on THE VORACIOUS STUDENT Podcast

Prolific stage and screen actor Joseph Siravo (Oslo, The Light in the Piazza) is celebrated and remembered in the most recent episode of The Voracious Student podcast.
Mabou Mines Has Added a Free Film Screening and PROMENADE Concert Performance

Mabou Mines, the esteemed experimental theater company, and Weathervane Productions, in association with Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival, add free documentary film screening and Promenade concert performance, and announce complete casting for a unique upcoming celebration of legendary playwright and director María Irene Fornés. The February 21-March 7 engagement centers on the New York premiere of Philip Glass' transformation of her five-page play Drowning into an opera and a version of Fornés' acclaimed Mud. JoAnne Akalaitis directs these two intimate productions-both with new music composed by Glass-at Mabou Mines (150 First Avenue).
TV: Broadway Beat Meets the Company of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE...

On Tuesday, March 2, the company of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES met the press. Cast members Michael Cristofer, Linda Emond, Michael Esper, K. Todd Freeman, Bruce MacVittie, Hettienne Park, Steven Pasquale, Molly Price, Danielle Skrastaad, Stephen Spinella and Brenda Wehle, and director Michael Greif and playwright Tony Kushner were on hand for the photo op and BroadwayWorld brings you coverage below.
Photo Coverage: THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE Meets the Press

Yesterday, March 2, the company of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES met the press. Cast members Michael Cristofer, Linda Emond, Michael Esper, K. Todd Freeman, Bruce MacVittie, Hettienne Park, Steven Pasquale, Molly Price, Danielle Skrastaad, Stephen Spinella and Brenda Wehle, and director Michael Greif and playwright Tony Kushner were on hand for the photo op and BroadwayWorld brings you coverage below.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE

The Public Theater presents the New York premiere of Tony Kushner's THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. Michael Greif, who directed the world premiere at the Guthrie in April 2009, will direct the New York premiere. Rehearsals begin Monday, February 7 in New York. Check out rehearsals of the cast and crew in rehearsal below!
Parker, Broderick Set for Naked Angels' Valentine's Day Ball, 2/14

Naked Angels will celebrate its 25th Anniversary as one of the most innovative theatre companies in New York with a spectacular Gala at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street). Naked Angels company members Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are Honorary Co-Chairs for the event. Conceived as an imagined history of Naked Angels - and promising to be bigger than all of the company's previous parties put together - One Big Ball will be a frivolous and inauthentic romp through Naked Angels' 25 years, written and performed by Naked Angels members, with many friends and surprise guests. Naked Angels company member and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello directs the evening.
Parker, Broderick Set for Naked Angels' Valentine's Day Ball, 2/14

Naked Angels will celebrate its 25th Anniversary as one of the most innovative theatre companies in New York with a spectacular Gala at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street). Naked Angels company members Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are Honorary Co-Chairs for the event. Conceived as an imagined history of Naked Angels - and promising to be bigger than all of the company's previous parties put together - One Big Ball will be a frivolous and inauthentic romp through Naked Angels' 25 years, written and performed by Naked Angels members, with many friends and surprise guests. Naked Angels company member and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello directs the evening.
The Ensemble Studio Theatre Presents OCTOBERFEST 10/8-11/14

Long before New York had a Fringe Festival, New York had the Ensemble Studio Theatre's OCTOBERFEST, a marathon of new, old and developing plays crammed together on two floors of the theatre company's home at 549 West 52nd Street. The first OCTOBERFEST was in 1981.
Hartford Stage Launches 'Brand:NEW' Festival with Emery, DeVito, Magnussen and More, 10/16

Hartford Stage has announced that Lisa Emery, Lucy DeVito and Billy Magnussen are among the actors who have been cast in their Brand:NEW fall festival, which begins October 16 and runs through October 20.
Hartford Stage Launches 'Brand:NEW' Festival with Emery, DeVito, Magnussen and More, 10/16

Hartford Stage has announced that Lisa Emery, Lucy DeVito and Billy Magnussen are among the actors who have been cast in their Brand:NEW fall festival, which begins October 16 and runs through October 20.
The Ensemble Studio Theatre Presents OCTOBERFEST 10/8-11/14

Long before New York had a Fringe Festival, New York had the Ensemble Studio Theatre's OCTOBERFEST, a marathon of new, old and developing plays crammed together on two floors of the theatre company's home at 549 West 52nd Street. The first OCTOBERFEST was in 1981.
The Ensemble Studio Theatre Presents OCTOBERFEST 10/8-11/14

Long before New York had a Fringe Festival, New York had the Ensemble Studio Theatre's OCTOBERFEST, a marathon of new, old and developing plays crammed together on two floors of the theatre company's home at 549 West 52nd Street. The first OCTOBERFEST was in 1981.
Ruck, Robards, Rimmer, Boccitto & Cast Hold ALBUM Talk-back At Group Theatre Too

The Group Theatre Too's recent production of David Rimmer's 'Album' culminated with a star-studded opening and a 'talk back' after the performance. Alan Ruck, who performed 'Album' in Chicago, and Sam Robards who replaced the original Cherry Lane cast in 1981, joined David Rimmer, director Justin Boccitto and the cast of the 2009 revival at the Hudson Guild Theater as they answered questions and spoke about the history of 'Album' over the last twenty five years.
Naked Angels To Present 'Gospel According To Adam' At Playwrights Horizons

New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the premiere of The Gospel According to Adam, a new American play by Geoffrey Nauffts and winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation's 2008 Theatre Visions Fund award. Performances begin Sunday, December 7 at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street), with Opening Night set for Wednesday, December 17.
Latessa, Masur an Others Join Tomei in 'Golden Boy' Reading

Broadway and film actor Ned Eisenberg, Tony Award winner Dick Latessa, Emmy nominee Richard Masur and others will join previously announced Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei to read the classic play 'Golden Boy,' written by Clifford Odets and directed by Joanne Woodward, on Monday, August 25, 7 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, and Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director).
Naked Angels To Present 'Gospel According To Adam' At Playwrights Horizons

New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the premiere of The Gospel According to Adam, a new American play by Geoffrey Nauffts and winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation's 2008 Theatre Visions Fund award. Performances begin Sunday, December 7 at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street), with Opening Night set for Wednesday, December 17.
Naked Angels To Present Off-Bway Premiere of 'The Talk'

New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the Off Broadway premiere of The Talk, a new American play by Frank Pugliese, directed by Sheryl Kaller.
E.S.T. One-Act Festival Includes LaBute, Cho, Etc.

Ensemble Studio Theatre will present Marathon 2007, E.S.T.'s 29th festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Thursday May 31st, and continue through Sunday, June 30th.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Bruce MacVittie been in?

Bruce MacVittie has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

How many West End shows has Bruce MacVittie been in?

Bruce MacVittie has not appeared in the West End.

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