Antonio Cipriano built a dual career in musical theater and television after breaking through as a high school performer in Michigan. He gained national attention as a 2017 Jimmy Awards finalist before originating the role of Phoenix in the Alanis Morissette stage musical Jagged Little Pill. The show brought him to Broadway in 2019 and earned him a Grammy Award as a featured cast recording artist. In 2021, Cipriano publicly exited the production to support non-binary colleagues amid workplace concerns. His focus then pivoted toward television. He secured main roles as Oren Bradley in the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History and John Logan in the streaming adaptation of Off Campus. He also took supporting roles in Harlan Coben's Shelter, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and the feature film The Alto Knights. Throughout his career, he has balanced screen acting with concert performances at venues such as Feinstein's 54 Below.
Antonio Cipriano originated the role of Phoenix on Broadway in Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and starred as Oren Bradley in the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History. He is an American actor and singer from Michigan. On screen, he was cast as John Logan in the series adaptation of Off Campus and appeared in television shows including Harlan Coben's Shelter and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.
Personal life
Antonio Cipriano grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He has Italian and Lebanese heritage, with roots tracing back to Palermo, Sicily. He attended local schools and graduated from University Liggett School in 2018.
He dated Broadway performer Reneé Rapp from 2019 to 2021. Since August 2023, he has been in a relationship with performer Justine Verheul.
Stage career and Jagged Little Pill
Cipriano began singing with the Michigan Opera Theatre Children's Chorus. School plays followed. In 2017, he represented Michigan at the National High School Musical Theater Awards, also called the Jimmy Awards, where he finished in fourth place. He also won a Sutton Foster Ovation Award for his high school stage work.
In 2018, Cipriano joined the world premiere of Jagged Little Pill at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originated the role of Phoenix. The production transferred to Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in late 2019 and received fifteen Tony Award nominations. Cipriano shared in the show's Grammy Award win for Best Musical Theater Album as a principal vocalist on the original cast recording.
In September 2021, Cipriano announced he would leave Jagged Little Pill, citing allegations of mistreatment directed at non-binary cast members. Outside that show, he took part in a 2019 staged reading of The Notebook musical as Young Noah, played Prince Topher in Cinderella at Westport Country Playhouse, and performed in the staged concert run of In Pieces.
Television and film
Television appearances began alongside his stage work. In 2019, Cipriano appeared in episodes of CBS's God Friended Me and Showtime's drama City on a Hill. Guest parts continued with Max's comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls in 2021.
In 2022, he starred as Oren Bradley in the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History. Other television roles followed. He played Buck Renna in the 2023 Prime Video miniseries Harlan Coben's Shelter and portrayed Johnny in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.
Cipriano was cast as hockey player John Logan in the Prime Video adaptation Off Campus. In film, he made his feature debut portraying Young Vito in the 2025 mob drama The Alto Knights.
Quick facts
- Finished fourth at the 2017 National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards.
- Performed as a young soloist with the Michigan Opera Theatre Children's Chorus.
- Originated the role of Phoenix in the 2018 American Repertory Theater premiere of Jagged Little Pill before transferring with the production to Broadway in 2019.
- Won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a principal vocalist on the Jagged Little Pill original Broadway cast recording.
- Announced his departure from Jagged Little Pill in September 2021 over the production's reported treatment of non-binary cast members.
- Portrayed Young Noah in the 2019 staged reading of Ingrid Michaelson's musical adaptation of The Notebook.
- Starred as Oren Bradley across ten episodes of the Disney+ adventure series National Treasure: Edge of History.
- Cast as collegiate hockey player John Logan in the Prime Video series adaptation of Elle Kennedy's Off Campus books.
- Made his feature film debut playing Young Vito in the 2025 mob drama The Alto Knights.
- Starred as the vocal soloist in the 2019 music video for composer Joey Contreras's song 'Wild'.
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