Carmelina
St. James Theatre
Previews Began: March 29, 1979
Opening Night: April 8, 1979
Closing Night: April 21, 1979
Music: Burton Lane
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Joseph Stein
An Italian woman collects child support checks from three American soldiers, each of whom thinks he is the father of her daughter, and each of whom returns to her village for a nostalgic tour suggested by the film Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
It’s Time for a Love Song……………………Vittorio Bruno
Why Him?………………….Signora Carmelina Campbell,
Vittorio Bruno
I Must Have Her……………………………….Vittorio Bruno
Someone in April…………Signora Carmelina Campbell
Signora Campbell……….Signora Carmelina Campbell,
Rosa, Father Tommaso,
Mayor Nunzio Manzoni,
Townspeople
Love Before Breakfast….Signora Carmelina Campbell,
Vittorio Bruno
Yankee Doodles Are Coming to Town…..Townspeople
One More Walk Around the
Garden……………….Walter Braddock, Steve Karzinski,
Katherine Smith
All That He’d Want Me To Be…………….Gia Campbell,
Friends
It’s Time for a Love Song (Reprise)…….Vittorio Bruno
ACT TWO
Carmelina…………………………………………Vittorio Bruno
The Image of Me………………………….Walter Braddock,
Steve Karzinski,
Carlton Smith
I’m a Woman……………….Signora Carmelina Campbell
The Image of You…….Flo Braddock, Walter Braddock
It’s Time for a Love Song
(Reprise)……………………..Signora Carmelina Campbell
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Georgia Brown Signora Carmelina Campbell
Cesare Siepi Vittorio Bruno
Frank Bouley Father Tommaso
Ensemble
Kita Bouroff Mildred Karzinski
Ensemble
Kathryn Carter Ensemble
Joseph d’Angerio Roberto Bonafaccio
Jossie de Guzman Gia Campbell
Karen DiBianco Ensemble
Spence Ford Ensemble
Ramon Galindo Ensemble
Liza Gennaro Ensemble
Marc Jordan Bellini
Grace Keagy Rosa
John Michael King Carlton Smith
Laura Klein Ensemble
Michael Lane Ensemble
Gonzalo Madurga Mayor Nunzio Manzoni
Virginia Martin Flo Braddock
Debra Mathews Swing Dancer
Gordon Ramsey Walter Braddock
Morgan Richardson Ensemble
Michael Rivera Swing Dancer
Howard Ross Steve Karzinski
Judy Sabo Signora Bernardi
Ensemble
Charles Spoerri Ensemble
Caryl Tenney Katherine Smith
Ensemble
David E. Thomas Father Federico
Ensemble
Ian Michael Towers Salvatore
Ensemble
Kevin Wilson Ensemble
Lee Winston Ensemble
Understudies: Frank Bouley (Walter Braddock, Carlton Smith), Lorraine Serabian (Signora Carmelina Campbell)