Background
He is the son of Charlie Parlato.
He is the son of Charlie Parlato.
Parlato used to teach high school English in San Francisco before realizing he wanted to perform. He was performing in chamber concert groups and teaching full-time. He went to the Nederlands Dans Theater, a premier theatre company that, unbeknownst to him, was putting on a ballet of Carmina Burana.
After watching the ballet, it inspired him when he got back home to switch to half-time teaching and study ballet.
He met Austin Tichenor (of Reduced Shakespeare Company) when Parlato joined the Oakland Ballet as a featured solo dancer and Tichenor was stage manager. He moved to New York when he was thirty years old.
His fiancee at the time Maggie Caponio, had gotten a scholarship to the New York City Ballet and he decided to go with her. He auditioned for everything, even though he had no formal vocal or acting lessons.
He got into A Chorus Lincolnshire and after that was able to afford proper lessons.
Office-Broadway/Regional credits Moby Dick (1986), Starbuck Have I Got a Girl Foreign You! (1986), Igor Romance/Romance (1986) The Knife (1987), Doctor Bauer Shylock (1987), Antonio Violent Peace (1990) Hello Again (1993), The Husband Down By The Ocean (1994), Dan Bailey Jack"s Holiday (1995), Inspector Thomas Byrnes Overtime (1996), Antonio Barefoot Boy with Shoes On (1999) When We Dead Awaken (2002), Rubek Guys and Dolls (2004), Sky Masterson Amazing Grace (2012), Captain Newton.