James Anthony Carpinello (born August 13, 1975) is an American actor
who came to national attention with his appearances in Tori Spelling's
VH1 sitcom So Notorious. He is also part of the musical Rock of
Ages.Carpinello first appeared on Broadway in the 1999 musical
Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero. The musical is based on the 1977
film Saturday Night Fever in which the role of Manero was played by
John Travolta.He was next cast as Link Larkin in the Broadway musical
version of Hairspray, but left the show prior to its first
pre-Broadway performances in Seattle in order to shoot the film The
Great Raid in 2002. He was replaced by Matthew Morrison.For his third
Broadway outing, Carpinello was cast in the Broadway musical Xanadu.
Like Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu is based on a film of the same
nameâ€"1980s Xanadu, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Michael Beck
as Sonny, the leading role for which Carpinello was cast. Due to
breaking his leg in three places while roller skating during a
rehearsal on June 12, 2007, Carpinello was forced to leave the
production just two weeks before its scheduled June 26, 2007, opening
at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson assumed the role of Sonny
as of June 22, 2007; the musical's opening was rescheduled for July
10, 2007.
who came to national attention with his appearances in Tori Spelling's
VH1 sitcom So Notorious. He is also part of the musical Rock of
Ages.Carpinello first appeared on Broadway in the 1999 musical
Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero. The musical is based on the 1977
film Saturday Night Fever in which the role of Manero was played by
John Travolta.He was next cast as Link Larkin in the Broadway musical
version of Hairspray, but left the show prior to its first
pre-Broadway performances in Seattle in order to shoot the film The
Great Raid in 2002. He was replaced by Matthew Morrison.For his third
Broadway outing, Carpinello was cast in the Broadway musical Xanadu.
Like Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu is based on a film of the same
nameâ€"1980s Xanadu, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Michael Beck
as Sonny, the leading role for which Carpinello was cast. Due to
breaking his leg in three places while roller skating during a
rehearsal on June 12, 2007, Carpinello was forced to leave the
production just two weeks before its scheduled June 26, 2007, opening
at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson assumed the role of Sonny
as of June 22, 2007; the musical's opening was rescheduled for July
10, 2007.
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