Production Info

Previews: May 16, 1962 (3 previews)
Opening May 19, 1962
Closing: September 15, 1962
Length of Run: 76 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Stanley Prager
... Choreography	Carol Haney

Cast

... Giovanni Venturi	Cesare Siepi
... Signor Bellardi	George S. Irving
... Amedeo	David Opatoshu
... Miranda	Michele Lee
... Moscolito	Arnold Soboloff
... Carlo	Al Lanti
... Signora Pandolfi	Maria Karnilova
... Night Club Manager	Buzz Miller
... Troubadour	Gene Varrone
... Celestina	Lu Leonard

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Rome .... Giovanni
Uriti .... Bellardi and Full Ensemble
Breachy's Law .... Giovanni and Amedeo
I'm All I've Got .... Miranda
The Argument .... Giovanni and Bellardi
Signora Pandolfi .... Amedeo, Pandolfi, Manager and Musicians
The Kangaroo .... Pandolfi, Manager, Waiters, Musicians and Kitchen Help
If I Were the Man .... Giovanni
Steady, Steady .... Miranda
We Won't Discuss It .... Giovanni and Amedeo
Ah! Camminare .... Troubadour, Giovanni and Entire Company

Act Two

Breachy's Law (Reprise) .... Giovanni, Amedeo, Pandolfi and Miranda
Uriti Kitchen .... Bellardi, Moscolito, Carlo, Head Chef, Pizza Maker, Salad Chef, Bakers, Soup Cook and Helpers
Virtue Arrivederci .... Bellardi
Bravo, Giovanni .... Giovanni, Bellardi and Singing Ensemble
One Little World Apart .... Miranda
Connubiality .... Pandolfi and Amedeo
Miranda .... Giovanni

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

Philadelphia Song List

Trivia & History

Some online sources incorrectly give the date of the first Broadway preview as May 17, 1962. The production started Broadway previews on May 16.

The production went on hiatus after the performance on July 14, 1962, due to awful grosses. It was announced that the show would re-open after Labor Day. It was hoped that once the summer slump that used to afflict Broadway was over, grosses would improve significantly. When the production re-opened on Friday, September 7, it was quickly clear this was not going to happen to anything like a degree that would justify keeping the show running. It closed permanently the following weekend.