He directed over seventy productions by a great number of writers, including Truman Capote, Jean Cocteau, Thornton Wilder, Jean Genet and Brendan Behan.
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In 1968, Quintero travel to México to directed the Mexican star Dolores del Río in The Lady of the Camellias but was dismissed by the actress because of his problem with alcohol.
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Later that year, Quintero's production of the New York premiere of Long Day's Journey into Night established his reputation as the quintessential director of O'Neill's dramas and won Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Actor (Fredric March).
José Agustín Quintero, (1829–1885), journalist, lawyer, poet, and revolutionary
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After an unsuccessful out-of-town tryout in Washington, Clothes for a Summer Hotel opened at Broadway's Cort Theatre on March 26, 1980, with José Quintero directing and Page and Kenneth Haigh leading the cast.