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

Music
Burton Lane
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

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Vittorio Bruno

Lead

Male

Signora Carmelina Campbell

Lead

Female

Rosa

Supporting

Female

Gia Campbell

Supporting

Female

Walter Braddock

Supporting

Male

Steve Karzinski

Supporting

Male

Carlton Smith

Supporting

Male

Bellini

Male

Mayor Nunzio Manzoni

Male

Salvatore

Male

Signora Berardi

Female

Robert Bonafaccio

Male

Father Tommaso

Male

Flo Braddock

Female

Mildred Karzinski

Female

Katherine Smith

Female

Father Federico

Male

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.

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