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Julio Agustín (born Julio Agustín Matos, Jr) is an American actor, director, author, and recipient of the Broadway Legacy Robe. He performed in the original Broadway companies of Fosse, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown starring Patti LuPone, Steel Pier, Never Gonna Dance, the revival of Bells Are Ringing, and was featured opposite Bebe Neuwirth in Chicago (musical). He's appeared in the movies Center Stage and The Producers and is active in voice overs, commercials, and commercial print. In addition to his extensive work as a Broadway performer, he is an award-nominated director/choreographer.
He is the author of The Professional Actor’s Handbook: From Casting Call to Curtain Call (2nd
edition) and “Navigating the Industry for Latinx Actors” in Latinx Actor Training, and various
scholarly articles on diversity in musical theatre. Agustín’s consulting business, Agustin
Consulting and Theatrical Services, LLC, serves to guide professional actors through the many
phases of the performing arts industry.
Early life
Julio Agustín was born in The Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. Agustín began playing the piano for his high school choir. It is through his accompaniment work that Agustin discovered his passion for musical theatre.
Career
After graduating from Florida State University with a BM in Music Theatre, Julio Agustín began his professional career as a swing in the national tour of Kiss of the Spider Woman from 1994 to 1996, where he worked with Chita Rivera. He booked his first Broadway show shortly afterwards. In 1997, he performed as a swing for the Original Broadway Cast of Steel Pier at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
A few years later, Agustín performed as a company member for the Original Broadway Cast of Fosse at the Broadhurst Theatre. Agustín would work on this show from 1999-2001 with names such as Elizabeth Parkinson and Scott Wise. Nearly immediately after working in Chicago, Agustin jumped straight into performing in the Original Broadway Cast of Bells Are Ringing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (at the time known as the Plymouth Theatre) in 2001 with Faith Prince on this production.
Agustín returned to school to earn his MFA in acting from Columbia University where he studied from 2001 to 2002. He then took a break to return to the professional world. In 2003, Agustin traveled to Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse to perform in Evita. He would play Che opposite to Felicia Finley. Agustín performed as Rome Tome in the 2003 Original Broadway Cast of Never Gonna Dance at the Broadhurst Theatre. He worked with Nancy Lemenager and Noah Racey on this production.
After transitioning from school to the professional world and back, Agustín graduated from Pennsylvania State with his MFA in Directing in 2007. Agustín began his professional career in directing and choreographing. In 2007, he was the director/choreographer of Pennsylvania Center Stage's Movin' On (previously Out of Line).
Julio Agustín again returned to Broadway's Chicago from 2007 to 2008 to play Fred Casely(u/s) at the Shubert Theatre. He worked with Bebe Neuwirth and Bianca Marroquín during his second round in the production.
In 2008, Agustín traveled to the North Carolina Theatre to direct/choreograph Whistle Down the Wind. From 2010 to 2011, Agustín returned to Broadway to play Ambite in the Original Broadway cast of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Belasco Theatre. He would work with Patti LuPone and Sherie Rene Scott and receive the Broadway Legacy Robe for this show.
In 2012, Agustín would direct Sweet Charity at The New Haarlem Arts Theatre. This show would go on to win an Audelco Award for best choreography by Lanie Munro.
In the summer of 2016, Julio choreographed In the Heights at the Hangar Theatre and again at the Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY.
Theater Credits
= Broadway
== Tours / Regional
=Directing/Choreography
Filmography
= Film
=Awards and nominations
References
"Gypsy Robe." Actors Equity. http://actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/news2010/nov9.GypsyWomenVerge.asp.
"Julio Agustin Matos." Theatre Credits. http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Julio-Agustin/. 18 Sept. 2016.
League, The Broadway. "IBDB.com." Julio Agustin – Broadway Cast & Staff. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/julio-agustin-29433. 18 Sept. 2016.
@playbill. "Julio Agustin | Playbill." Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/person/julio-agustin-vault-0000088244. 18 Sept. 2016.
Theater, Lincoln Center. "Julio Agustin | Lincoln Center Theater." Lincoln Center Theater. http://www.lct.org/shows/people/julio-agustin/. 18 Sept. 2016.
Webster, Andy. "If This Dancer’s Amigas Could See Her Now." Nytimes. New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/theater/reviews/sweet-charity-at-new-haarlem-arts-theater.html.
External links
http://www.julioagustin.com/
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/julio-agustin-29433
http://www.playbill.com/person/julio-agustin-vault-0000088244
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041908/
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538188866/The-Professional-Actors-Handbook-From-
Casting-Call-to-Curtain-Call-Second-Edition
https://latinxactortraining.com/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_IKnPQIAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.julioagustin.com/movinon
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