Sal Mistretta

Sal Mistretta was an actor and singer who worked on Broadway, in television, film and cabaret. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he trained at Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA in theater and a BS in radio and television. His stage work ranged from Evita and Sunset Blvd to the Phantom in Ken Hill's American premiere of The Phantom of the Opera, alongside turns as Gus and Growltiger in Cats and Uncle Grahame in The Fix. Those roles brought him the Helen Hayes Award and critics' awards in Boston and St. Louis. He played Pirelli in the Ace Award winning television production of Sweeney Todd (1982), filmed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion under director Terry Hughes and starring Angela Lansbury. Rob Marshall and Sam Mendes cast him in their Cabaret, which toured the country twice and reached Tokyo and Broadway, and he appeared on Law & Order.