Overview
Synopsis
Taking place in the small Italian village of San Forino, about eighteen years after the end of World War II, the show concerns Carmelina and her 17-year-old daughter, Gia. Carmelina has told her daughter that her father is an American soldier, who had heroically died in battle. Even though a local café owner, Vittorio, woos Carmelina, she refuses to love again. However, Carmelina harbors a painful secret. She had actually had love affairs with three different American soldiers “ and she does not know which one is the father of Gia. Trouble ensues when the three American Veterans decide to have a reunion back in San Forino.
Show Information
- Book
- Joseph Stein , Alan Jay Lerner
- Music
- Burton Lane
- Lyrics
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1979
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult, Late Teen Characters, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Songs
Act I
- It's Time for a Love Song
- Why Him?
- I Must Have Her
- Someone in April
- Signora Campbell
- Love Before Breakfast
- Yankee Doodles Are Coming to Town
- One More Walk Around the Garden
- All That He'd Want Me To Be
- It's Time for a Love Song (Reprise)
Act II
- Carmelina
- The Image of Me
- I'm a Woman
- The Image of You
- It's Time for a Love Song (Reprise)
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
Monologues
Scenes
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