Carolee Carmello - 1776 (original run)

[wsondheim94]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 3:58pm

Are there any photos of this? I swear I have seen one of her as Abigail Adams...

 

Anyone?

Bonus points if you saw her in it and can speak to her performance :)

[nealb1]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 4:04pm

She was never in the original production of "1776."  She was born in 1962, and "1776" opened in 1969.  

Updated On: 7/29/24 at 04:04 PM

[wsondheim94]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 4:11pm

sorry - I didn't phrase that well.

Her original run i.e. the '97 revival. NOT looking for photos of her in the recent revival :)

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 5:10pm

Loved this revival. I saw it both at the Criterion Center and at the Gershwin so got to see both Linda Emond and Carolee Carmello. Both were terrific in different ways. Linda Emond is a deeply wonderful actress with a lovely voice for the role and she held the audience in rapt attention. Carolee has a resplendent voice and was able to fill the cavernous Gershwin with her interpretation of Abigail. I think they were each the right person to play opposite their John Addams - Brent Spiner and Michael McCormick. I preferred the intimacy of Criterion Center (Molasses to Rum to Slaves was actually pretty terrifying in such close quarters), but I loved the show both times I saw it. 

[wsondheim94]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 5:23pm

Very interesting and makes total sense. I had to google that theater. Only 6 broadway productions played it before it was turned into a Toys R Us :/ 

[earbox]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 2:23pm

that's completely untrue. it was Roundabout's Broadway home for most of the 90s.

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 4:39pm

^in which 6 Broadway productions played there lol. What are you saying  

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 4:56pm

There were far more than 6 productions. If you're looking at the Olympia Theatre wiki page, it lists 6 of the Roundabout productions when it became the Criterion...but there were definitely more than what's listed. I'm not sure if every production listed as Stage Right on the Criterion Center page was actually on Broadway, but the Olympia page is definitely missing Little Me and She Loves Me and...my guess is that most of those shows listed were Broadway productions. 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 5:04pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "^in which 6 Broadway productions played there lol. What are you saying"

Definitely more than 6 productions credited there

https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/criterion-center-stage-right-1129

[wsondheim94]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 9:20am

Ah you're right! Guess I shouldn't take Wikipedia as gospel lol