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Carolee Ann Carmello (born September 1, 1962) is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway theatre, Broadway Musical theatre, musicals and for playing the role of Maple LaMarsh on the television series ''Remember WENN'' (1996–1998). She is a three-time Tony Awards, Tony Award nominee and a five-time Drama Desk nominee, winning the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role in ''Parade (musical), Parade''.
Carmello graduated from the University at Albany with a degree in business administration.
Carmello made her Broadway debut in a small role in ''City of Angels (musical), City of Angels'' and returned to close the show in the role of "Oolie/Donna". She left ''City of Angels'' to take the role of Florence in the tour of ''Chess (musical), Chess'', from January 1990 to May 1990. She played "Cordelia, the kosher caterer" in the original Broadway company of ''Falsettos'' and also played Abigail Adams in the revival of ''1776 (musical), 1776''. In the Broadway company of ''The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical), The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Carmello was a replacement in the role of "Marguerite St. Just". She originated the role of Lucille Frank in ''Parade (musical), Parade'' at Lincoln Center, for which she won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with Bernadette Peters) and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Next Carmello played "Kate" in the Broadway revival of ''Kiss Me, Kate'' and "Ms. Pennywise" in ''Urinetown''. She starred as "Gabrielle" in ''Lestat (musical), Lestat'', for which she received nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
She appeared as Donna Sheridan in the long-running hit musical ''Mamma Mia! (musical), Mamma Mia!'' several times, joining the show initially in October 2004. She again joined the cast as Donna in September 2006, taking a leave from March 14, 2007, to May 13, 2007, to appear in an early version of ''Saving Aimee''.
Carmello originated the role of Alice Beineke in the musical version of ''The Addams Family (musical), The Addams Family''. For this role she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.
She took over the role of the Mother Superior from Victoria Clark in the Broadway production of ''Sister Act (musical), Sister Act'' on November 19, 2011. In 2012, she played Aimee Semple McPherson on Broadway in the musical ''Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, Scandalous'', for which she received a Drama Desk nomination and a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She performed the role of Mrs. du Maurier in the Broadway musical ''Finding Neverland (musical), Finding Neverland'' from March 2015 through February 2016 and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Carmello appeared in the role of Mae Tuck in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''Tuck Everlasting (musical), Tuck Everlasting'' at the Broadhurst Theatre, beginning in April 2016. Following ''Tuck Everlastings closing in May, she returned to ''Finding Neverland'' on July 5, 2016, for the show's last six weeks.
Carmello joined the US national tour of ''Hello, Dolly! (musical), Hello, Dolly'', playing Dolly Levi, from September 2019 to its closing in March 2020.
"Splendid on the Screen and Stage: Actress Carolee Carmello"
''(201) magazine'', April 4, 2017. Accessed June 26, 2017. "Carmello returns home to Leonia after each evening performance of Sweeney Todd. A divorced mother of two, a son and daughter, she's lived there for 14 years, after spending seven years in Teaneck."
Carolee Carmello interview
American Theatre Wing website (via soundcloud.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:Carmello, Carolee 1962 births American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Living people Actors from Albany, New York People from Leonia, New Jersey People from Teaneck, New Jersey 20th-century American actresses Drama Desk Award winners 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York (state) University at Albany, SUNY alumni
Career
Carmello graduated from the University at Albany with a degree in business administration.
Carmello made her Broadway debut in a small role in ''City of Angels (musical), City of Angels'' and returned to close the show in the role of "Oolie/Donna". She left ''City of Angels'' to take the role of Florence in the tour of ''Chess (musical), Chess'', from January 1990 to May 1990. She played "Cordelia, the kosher caterer" in the original Broadway company of ''Falsettos'' and also played Abigail Adams in the revival of ''1776 (musical), 1776''. In the Broadway company of ''The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical), The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Carmello was a replacement in the role of "Marguerite St. Just". She originated the role of Lucille Frank in ''Parade (musical), Parade'' at Lincoln Center, for which she won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with Bernadette Peters) and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Next Carmello played "Kate" in the Broadway revival of ''Kiss Me, Kate'' and "Ms. Pennywise" in ''Urinetown''. She starred as "Gabrielle" in ''Lestat (musical), Lestat'', for which she received nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
She appeared as Donna Sheridan in the long-running hit musical ''Mamma Mia! (musical), Mamma Mia!'' several times, joining the show initially in October 2004. She again joined the cast as Donna in September 2006, taking a leave from March 14, 2007, to May 13, 2007, to appear in an early version of ''Saving Aimee''.
Carmello originated the role of Alice Beineke in the musical version of ''The Addams Family (musical), The Addams Family''. For this role she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.
She took over the role of the Mother Superior from Victoria Clark in the Broadway production of ''Sister Act (musical), Sister Act'' on November 19, 2011. In 2012, she played Aimee Semple McPherson on Broadway in the musical ''Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, Scandalous'', for which she received a Drama Desk nomination and a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She performed the role of Mrs. du Maurier in the Broadway musical ''Finding Neverland (musical), Finding Neverland'' from March 2015 through February 2016 and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Carmello appeared in the role of Mae Tuck in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''Tuck Everlasting (musical), Tuck Everlasting'' at the Broadhurst Theatre, beginning in April 2016. Following ''Tuck Everlastings closing in May, she returned to ''Finding Neverland'' on July 5, 2016, for the show's last six weeks.
Carmello joined the US national tour of ''Hello, Dolly! (musical), Hello, Dolly'', playing Dolly Levi, from September 2019 to its closing in March 2020.
Theatre credits
Broadway
Sources: Playbill, BroadwayWorldNational tours
* ''Big River (musical), Big River'' as Mary Jane Wilkes (1987) * ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' (1987) * ''Falsettos'' as Trina (1993) * ''Chess (musical), Chess'' as Florence (January 1990-May 1990) *''Hello, Dolly! (musical), Hello, Dolly!'' as Dolly Gallagher Levi (September 2019-March 2020)Regional
* ''Bells Are Ringing (musical), Bells are Ringing'' Reprise! (Los Angeles), 1999 * ''The King and I'' Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey), 2002 * ''On The Twentieth Century'' as Lily Garland, Reprise! (Los Angeles), 2003 * ''Baby (musical), Baby'' as Arlene Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey) 2004 * ''Saving Aimee'' Signature Theatre (Arlington VA), Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia) 2007 * ''Little Shop of Horrors (musical), Little Shop of Horrors'' Charles Playhouse (Boston) * ''Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, Scandalous'' (Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow / UK) * ''The Music Man'' (Schenectady Light Opera) * ''Grease'' as Sandy (Pittsburgh C.L.O) 1989 * ''Tuck Everlasting'' (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Georgia), 2015 * ''Gypsy (musical), Gypsy'' at Broadway Sacramento, Broadway At Music Circus in Sacramento, California 2018 *''Sweeney Todd (musical), Sweeney Todd'' as Mrs. Lovett (Opera Saratoga), 2022Off-Broadway
Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database, BroadwayWorld * ''I Can Get It for You Wholesale'' (1991) * ''Hello Again (musical), Hello Again'' (1993) * ''Das Barbecu'' (1994) * ''John & Jen'' (1995) * ''A Class Act'' (2000) * ''The Vagina Monologues'' (2000) * ''Elegies (William Finn), Elegies'' (2003) * ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2017) as Mrs. Nellie LovettConcerts
*''Funny Girl (musical), Funny Girl'' (Actors Fund of America, Actors Fund Benefit Concert), 2002 * ''Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'' as Sylvia Rosewater (Cooper Union), 2003 * ''Showboat (musical), Showboat'' as Julie (Carnegie Hall), 2008 * ''1776 (musical), 1776'' (54 Below), 2017Accolades
Source: PlaybillAwards and Nominations
Personal life
She is divorced from fellow actor Gregg Edelman. They have two children. She resides in Leonia, New Jersey.Spelling, Ian"Splendid on the Screen and Stage: Actress Carolee Carmello"
''(201) magazine'', April 4, 2017. Accessed June 26, 2017. "Carmello returns home to Leonia after each evening performance of Sweeney Todd. A divorced mother of two, a son and daughter, she's lived there for 14 years, after spending seven years in Teaneck."
References
External links
* * *Carolee Carmello interview
American Theatre Wing website (via soundcloud.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:Carmello, Carolee 1962 births American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Living people Actors from Albany, New York People from Leonia, New Jersey People from Teaneck, New Jersey 20th-century American actresses Drama Desk Award winners 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York (state) University at Albany, SUNY alumni