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Maria Callas in "Master Class" youtu.be/5NmCF2nhQlA

Angela Iannone 2024

"Iannone’s Brutus is sheer brilliance. The actress’ perfectly tempered voice echoes... at precisely the right moments and her... elegance is perfectly suited for William Shakespeare’s tragic hero..."

- Shepherd Express

Footlights Award (Milwaukee, WI) - Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Earnest In Love (2017)
Queens Kudos Award (Queens, NYC) - Best Supporting Actress in a Play, The Importance of Being Earnest (2016)
Broadway World Best Actress Award (Milwaukee, WI), Maria Callas in Master Class (2015)
Ten Chimneys Olympia Dukakis Greek Theater Fellow - A week long intensive study led by Master Teacher Olympia Dukakis focusing on Greek theater styles and performance, sponsored by the Ten Chimneys/Lunt-Fontanne Estate (2015)
Lunt-Fontanne Fellow - A week long intensive study led by Master Teacher David Hyde Pierce, focused on the Lunt/Fontanne repertory, sponsored by the Ten Chimneys/Lunt-Fontanne Estate (2014)
Ruth Schudson Leading Lady Award - Recognition by Milwaukee Chamber Theatre for outstanding work as a Leading Lady in Milwaukee Area Theater (2014)
Milwaukee Repertory Associate Artist (ongoing title) - Recognition by Milwaukee Rep for outstanding work and contributions to the Milwaukee Rep artistic community.
Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago, IL) - Best Leading Actress in a Musical, Adelaide in Guys & Dolls (1997)
Four-time Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee, Best Actress Award - Medea in Medea (2002), Diana Vreeland in Full Gallop (2006), Kate Hepburn in Tea at Five (2011), and multiple roles in A Christmas Carol (2017)

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Iannone is Charles Dickens giving a U.S. reading tour after the release of A Christmas Carol – that doesn’t detract from the work; for 80 minutes, I was transported by a performance that was a masterclass in the art of storytelling. Iannone beautifully braids together empathy, wonder, and a sense of urgency, making the well-worn tale of Scrooge, Cratchit, and the three spirits feel as though it’s just occurred to her – simultaneously finely crafted and immediate.

With only Iannone on stage the entire time, there’s nothing to hide behind, no trickery, but plenty of theatre magic brought on by her movements (in conjunction with Hoffmann’s direction) and Fassi’s light in a dance that evokes gaping time shifts and other worlds. She has a voice for each character, but we know who’s going to speak with subtle shifts in body language and facial expression. The other thing that struck me repeatedly with this dazzling performance was what a marvel of control and dynamics it is. Keeping to a few square feet of stage and a tight vocal range, she evokes the joy of the Cratchit family, the tragic resignation of Marley, the loneliness, and later, the terror of Scrooge without the crutch of histrionics. - Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground.

American Shakespeare Center's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is a Treat for All Seasons

Performances will run through November 19, and will be joined in repertory with Hamlet and Coriolanus by late September-early October.

By: Andrew WhiteAug. 12, 2023

Don John’s plot succeeds spectacularly, and Hero is publicly accused of adultery, by Claudio, at what was supposed to be their wedding. And it is at this point in most productions when the question of dramatic balance becomes acute. How heavy will this scene be? How gut-wrenching the aftermath? The answer comes in the person of Angela Iannone’s incomparable Leonato. As Hero’s father, Iannone’s dignity and rage seem to have no top and no bottom, and in the immediate aftermath of the wrecked marriage ceremony she takes you to the lowest emotional depths. Which renders the rest of the action that much more exquisite.

An explosive ‘Coriolanus’ rules at American Shakespeare Center

This company can add a dangerous edge to scenes so raw you’re not sure where the next blow will come from.

By Andrew Walker White -

October 31, 2023

As Volumnia, his mother, Angela Iannone tops her other performances in the fall repertory—no mean feat, given her track record in the other shows here. The fount and cause of Coriolanus’ contempt, she realizes only too late the monster she has created; and her desperate plea for mercy at Coriolanus’ feet, as his invasion of Rome is afoot, is heartstoppingly, heartbreakingly vivid.

"The Best Show I've seen in CATCO history." An Iliad

9 to 5 The Musical! CATCO, Columbus, Ohio

Iannone rips into the iconic role of Violet and makes it her own with whip-crack comedic timing and sizzling singing on songs that introduce us to the world of the show, like “Around Here” and “One of the Boys.” - Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground