John Tartaglia

Puppeteer

John Tartaglia was born in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, United States on February 16th, 1978 and is the Puppeteer. At the age of 46, John Tartaglia biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 16, 1978
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, United States
Age
46 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Profession
Actor, Puppeteer, Singer, Television Actor, Voice Actor
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Michael Shawn Lewis, ​ ​(m. 2012; div. 2016)​
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John Tartaglia Career

In 2003, he performed DJ 2 in Animal Jam.

Tartaglia created and puppeteered the roles of Princeton (the recent college grad) and Rod (the closeted Republican investment banker) in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q, which opened July 31, 2003. For the roles, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2004. He left the cast on January 30, 2005.

Tartaglia appeared in 2004 at the 14th annual Broadway Bares, which raised $525,000 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Tartaglia reprised his roles as Princeton and Rod in the Las Vegas sit-down production of Avenue Q, starting in August 2005 until December 11, 2005. He then appeared in the musical Newsical 2006: The Next Edition in New York City, in a limited engagement in December 2005.

Tartaglia joined the cast of Beauty and the Beast as Lumière on November 21, 2006, until early June 2007.

He appeared in his own television series for Playhouse Disney called Johnny and the Sprites as creator, executive producer, and star. While the episodes began as only 5-minute interstitials, the show began a full 30-minute series on January 13, 2007. The show began filming Season 2 during mid-2007.

In 2007, Tartaglia provided the voice for Mr. Bluelight in Kmart commercials.

He played the roles of Pinocchio, Puss in Boots, and the Magic Mirror and puppeteered the dragon in Shrek The Musical. After a try-out in Seattle, the show opened on Broadway at The Broadway Theatre on December 14, 2008. Tartaglia performed in the show until August 16, 2009, and was replaced by Robb Sapp. He returned on December 14, 2009, and stayed until the production closed on January 3, 2010.

Tartaglia created and wrote John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean which was produced Off-Broadway at New World Stages, running from March 31, 2010, to September 4, 2011. The show has music and lyrics by William Wade, with puppets designed and built by The Puppet Kitchen and the set design by Robert Kovach. ImaginOcean is a puppet show about fish intended for audiences between the ages of 2 and 8. The puppets glow in the dark while the actors are in black, giving the effect that the puppets are floating. The show was nominated for the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.

Tartaglia performed in Los Angeles in the Blank Theatre Company production of The Temperamentals, running from April 9 to May 22, 2011, at the 2nd Stage Theatre.

He played Genie in the production of Aladdin in St. Louis at The Muny from July 5–13, 2012.

In 2011, Tartaglia was named a "Givenik Ambassador" by the Broadway/charity site Givenik.

Tartaglia hosts a radio show on Sirius XM On Broadway called Sunday Funday with John Tartaglia.

In 2016, he created the series Splash and Bubbles for PBS Kids, in which he voices Splash and other recurring characters.

In 2017, he performed Hank in Julie's Greenroom.

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