Gene Varrone

Gene Varrone
Born:	October 30th, 1929 New York City, New York, United States
Died:	June 6th, 1997 New York City, New York, United States
Productions:	The Pajama Game as Ensemble Peter Pan as Mr. Smee Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 Goldilocks as Max's Assistant/Ensemble (original Broadway cast) Take Me Along as Townsman/The Drunk (original Broadway cast), Dave Macomber Wildcat as Ensemble (original Broadway cast) Subways Are for Sleeping as Sleeper/Jack/Max Hillman (original Broadway cast), Director of the Centre Bravo Giovanni as Musician/Troubadour/Pizza Maker/Brigadiere (original Broadway cast) Second Policeman Tovarich as Count Ivan Shamforoff (original Broadway cast) Coco as Loublaye/Lapidus (original Broadway cast), Claude/Papa (understudy) 1776 as Robert Livingston Fade Out - Fade In as Gangster Extra/Ensemble (original Broadway cast) Byron Prong (understudy) Drat! The Cat as Mallet (original Broadway cast) Dear World as The Waiter (original Broadway cast) Promenade as Mr. T. A Little Night Music as Mr. Erlanson (original Broadway cast) So Long, 174th Street as Ziegfeld/Barrymore/Waiter/Pike (original Broadway cast) The Grand Tour as Conductor/Bride's Father (original Broadway cast) The Most Happy Fella as Giuseppe
Recordings:	Goldilocks (original cast recording) Subways Are for Sleeping (original cast recording) Bravo Giovanni (original cast recording) Tovarich (original cast recording) Fade Out - Fade In (original cast recording) Drat! The Cat! (original cast recording) Coco (original cast recording) Dear World (original cast recording) A Little Night Music (original cast recording) The Grand Tour (original cast recording)
Vocal Type:	Tenor

Gene Varrone was an American actor.

Biography

Born in New York City,

Singing

Varrone was an ensemble member in number of Broadway musicals, playing character parts in such musicals as Take Me Along, Subways Are for Sleeping and Bravo Giovanni.

Varrone also originated roles in such major musicals as Drat! The Cat (as Mallet), Mr. Erlanson in A Little Night Music and The Conductor/Bride's Father in The Grand Tour.

Stage

Peter Pan (1956)

• Pirate Song
• Hook's Tango
• Hook's Tarantella
• Captain Hook's Waltz

Goldilocks (1958)

• Pirate Orgy
• Two Years in the Making
• Heart of Stone (Pyramid Dance)

Take Me Along (1959)

• The Parade
• Sid Ol' Kid
• For Sweet Charity
• Take Me Along (Reprise)

Wildcat (1960)

• Oil!
• Give a Little Whistle (Reprise)
• Tall Hope
• Tall Hope (Act I Finale)
• Procession
• El Sombrero
• Corduroy Road
• Finale

Subways Are for Sleeping (1961)

Sleeper

• Subways Are for Sleeping

Bravo Giovanni (1962)(originated the role)

Musician

• Signora Pandolfo
• The Kangaroo

Troubadour

• Ah! Camminare (contains solo lines)

Pizza Maker

• Uriti Kitchen (contains solo lines)

Tovarich (1963)(originated the role)

• Nitchevo (contains solo lines)
• It Used to Be (contains solo lines)
• Make a Friend (contains solo lines)

Fade Out - Fade In (1964)

Byron Prong (understudy)

• The Thirties (solo)
• Fear (Reprise)(contains solo lines)
• I'm With You (contains solo lines)
• My Fortune Is My Face (solo)
• Close Harmony (contains solo lines)
• The Fiddler and the Fighter (contains solo lines)

Drat! The Cat! (1965)(originated the role)

• Drat! The Cat! (contains solo lines)
• A Pox Upon the Traitor's Brow (contains solo lines)
• Today is a Day for a Band to Play (contains solo lines)
• Justice Triumphant
• Today is a Day for a Band to Play (Reprise)

Dear World (1969)(originated the role)

• Each Tomorrow Morning
• Garbage
• I Don't Want to Know Ballet
• Dear World
• Finale

Promenade (1969)

• Unrequited Love (contains solo lines)
• Four (contains solo lines)
• Little Fool (contains solo lines)

Coco (1969)

Papa (understudy)

• Gabrielle (solo)

1776 (1972)

• But Mr. Adams (contains solo lines)

A Little Night Music (1973)(originated the role)

• Overture (contains solo lines)
• The Glamorous Life
• Remember? (contains solo lines)
• Night Waltz I
• Night Waltz II (contains solo lines)
• Perpetual Anticipation (contains solo lines)
• Reprises (contains solo lines)

So Long, 174th Street (1976)(originated the role)

Ziegfeld

• You (contains solo lines)

The Grand Tour (1979)(originated the role)

Conductor

• We're Almost There (contains solo lines)

Bride's Father

• Wedding Conversation (duet)
• Mazeltov (contains solo lines)

The Most Happy Fella (1979)

• Abbondanza (contains solo lines)
• Sposalizio (contains solo lines)
• Benvenuta (contains solo lines)
• Abbondanza (Reprise)(contains solo lines)

Gallery

Mr. Erlanson in A Little Night Music.