Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes is a 2005 romantic comedy musical.

Cast[]

Singing roles[]

James Gandolfini - Nick Murder
Susan Sarandon - Kitty Kane
Kate Winslet - Tula
Bobby Cannavale - Fryburg
Christopher Walken - Cousin Bo
Mandy Moore - "Baby" Murder
Mary-Louise Parker - Constance Murder
Aida Turturro - "Rosebud" Murder
Eddie Izzard - Father Gene Vincent

Non-singing roles[]

Steve Buscemi - Angelo
Elaine Stritch - Nick's Mother
Amy Sedaris - Frances

Plot[]

Nick and Kitty Murder are married middle-aged working class New Yorkers. Kitty catches Nick in an indiscretion when she finds a love poem, extolling the virtues of one specific body part, Nick wrote to his mistress, Tula. The poem is the last straw for Kitty regarding their marriage. Kitty has the support of their three grown daughters - biological or other - her cousin Bo, her pastor and others at the church. They help her with among other things finding and thus dealing with Tula, who she does not know, and looking back at if she made a mistake in choosing Nick over her first love.

On the other side, Nick turns to his co-worker Angelo, and a local police officer/ex-military man for advice, which he also gets unsolicited from his tough talking mother. Nick still has Tula, a frank-talking Northern English sex shop clerk, who truly loves Nick's body parts as he loves hers. A little emotional distance may provide Nick and Kitty the best perspective of what their future holds.

Musical numbers[]

"A Man Without Love" - Nick and Citizens
"Piece of My Heart" - Kitty, Father Gene and Choir
"Hot Pants" - Fryburg
"Prisoner of Love" - Kitty, Nick, Urologist and Patients
"Delilah" - Bo and Patrons
"I Want Candy" - Baby, Constance and Rosebud
"Scapricciatiello (Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me)" - Tula and Customers
"Red Headed Woman" - Bo, Nick, Medic, Rosebud and Chorus
"Little Water Song" - Tula
"The Girl That I Marry" - Nick and Kitty
"Ten Commandments of Love" - Priest and Choristers
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" - Rosebud