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Anthony Marciona

Born in New York City, Anthony began a career in the entertainment business at age five, playing Kirk Douglas' godson in the film, "The Brotherhood". Never stopping since, he has worked on Broadway, international stages, in cinema, and on TV with numerous celebrities as diverse as Angela Lansbury, Dustin Hoffman, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, Pete Townshend, Jennifer Lopez, John Guare, Kander & Ebb, F. Murray Abraham, Marisa Tomei, Stephen Schwartz, and Andrew Lloyd Weber.


Quite the renaissance man, Anthony studied filmmaking at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York, UCLA and also received a business degree at SMC. A consummate musician, he composes and plays piano and was a composition major at the Manhattan School of Music. His drama education includes studying at some of the greatest institutions including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, HB Studios, the Groundlings, BANG and coaches Sanford Meisner, Bill Esper, Diane Castle, John Kirby and currently Joseph Pearlman. He studied dance with the legendary Phil Black in New York, at The Edge in Los Angeles, and continues to dance professionally.


With over 50 years of performing under his belt, Anthony is active behind the scenes as well. In 1990, he founded and is artistic director of etc.inc. a non-profit organization which presented new American theatre in Rome, Italy. While a producer with D.I.Y.N. Productions, he completed four short films; most of which have won awards on PBS and the festival circuit. He created The Space, a multi-media arts complex in Hollywood, consisting of 2 performing arts theatres, multiple casting studios, production offices and rehearsal facilities. He was a commercial casting session director, having cast and performed for McDonalds, Dr. Pepper, Mercedes and many other accounts. He has also garnished an LA TV Critics Award for Best Actor. After playing and writing pop music with two bands: "Interpret" and "Ariel & Anthony" for 7 years, he turned his composition skills toward the stage. He is a composer in development with ANMT, having finished his first musical "Murder at the Palace" and developing a musical about Amelia Earhart and the first women flyers. Traveling extensively throughout the years through Europe, Asia, Australia and especially in the US (covering all 50 states!) Anthony is naturally very interested in cultures and food! He was co-founder of Thats A Nice!, a specialty all-natural Sicilian food line, honored with a SOFI Silver Award (the "Oscars" of the food biz) and a Bronze Medal at the World-Wide Mustard Competition.


Anthony has recently joined the writing team as a Reviewer for LA Dance Chronicle. (www.LADANCECHRONICLE.com)
Always ready for the next project, Anthony is currently writing an auto-biographical musical, a hospital/caregiver primer, a comedy web-series and a bio-pic of the late Sal Mineo.