Carmelina.
Carmelina is a stage musical based on the film Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell.
Cast[]
- Cesare Siepi - Vittorio Bruno
- Georgia Brown - Signora Carmelina Campbell
- Grace Keagy - Rosa
- Jossie de Guzman - Gia Campbell
- Gordon Ramsey - Walter Braddock
- Howard Ross - Steve Karzinski
- John Michael King - Carlton Smith
- Gonzalo Madurga - Mayor Nunzio Manzoni
- Frank Bouley - Father Tommaso
Plot[]
The story focuses on an Italian woman who has raised her teenaged daughter Gia to believe her father was an American who died heroically in World War II. Supposedly she spurns the constant advances of local café owner Vittorio because her heart still belongs to the man she tragically lost. In reality, she had affairs with three different GIs and has no idea who fathered the girl. Trouble ensues when the three veterans decide to reunite in Carmelina's small hometown.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "It's Time for a Love Song" - Vittorio
- "Why Him?" - Carmelina and Vittorio
- "I Must Have Her" - Vittorio
- "Someone in April" - Carmelina
- "Signora Campbell" - Rosa, Carmelina, Father Tommaso, Mayor Manzoni and Townspeople
- "Love Before Breakfast" - Carmelina and Vittorio
- "Yankee Doodles Are Coming to Town" - Townspeople
- "One More Walk Around the Garden" - Braddock, Karzinski and Smith
- "All That He'd Want Me to Be" - Gia and Friends
- "It's Time for a Love Song" (Reprise) - Vittorio
- Act II
- "Carmelina" - Vittorio
- "The Image of Me" - Braddock, Karzinski and Smith
- "I'm a Woman" - Carmelina
- "The Image of You" - Flo and Braddock
- "It's Time for a Love Song" - Flo and Braddock