Biografia
Jack Hallett appeared on Broadway in "1940's Radio Hour" at the St. James Theatre and Martin Charnin's "The First" at the Martin Beck Theatre. Off-Broadway, he performed as Sir Toby in "Twelfth Night" at the Lincoln Center Institute, appeared in "Angry Housewives" at the Minetta Lane Theatre, "The Education of Hyman Kaplan" at the American Jewish Theatre directed by Lonny Price, Charles Grodin's comedy "One of the All-Time Greats" at the Vineyard Theatre, and played Henry in the Playwrights Horizons workshop of Michael John LaChiusa's "Henry and Ellen" alongside Marin Mazie.
Regionally, he starred in the world premiere of Richard Nelson's "An American Comedy" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, "The Vinegar Tree" with Kate Burton, Hope Lange, and Mason Adams, and "Harvey" with George Grizzard and Barbara Baxley at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. He also appeared in Jules Feiffer's "Hold Me" at the Little Fox Theatre in San Francisco.
His other credits include performances at Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Stage Company, Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Arena Stage in Washington, DC, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, NY, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Jack has worked with directors such as John Madden, David Warren, Doug Hughes, Daniel Sullivan, Gregory Mosher, Robert Allen Ackerman, Walter Bobbie, Charles Repole, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Michael Apted, Ron Howard, Ken Kwapis, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Gerald Gutierrez. He toured the US and Canada as Luther Billis in "South Pacific" starring Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden and was personally selected by creators Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, and Peter Gennaro to play the title role in their revival of "Fiorello!" at the Goodspeed Opera House.
As a director, he led dinner theatre tours featuring Gale Gordon, Margaret O'Brien, Gene Rayburn, Dennis Day, Al Lewis, Jay Thomas, Mickey Shaughnessy, Dan Dailey, and helmed the world premiere of "Who Wants Fat Hair?" starring Morey Amsterdam.
