Boccaccio

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Edison Theatre , (11/24/1975 - 11/30/1975)

First Preview:	Oct 15, 1975	Total Previews:	48
Opening Date:	Nov 24, 1975
Closing Date:	Nov 30, 1975	Total Performances:	7

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Setting: A villa outside Florence in the year 1348.

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Norman Kean
Produced by Rita Fredricks, Norman Kean and Theatre Now, Inc.
Originally presented as a showcase production at the Williamstown Theatre; Subsequently produced at Arena Stage (Zelda Fichhandler: Artistic Director); Directed at Arena Stage by Gene Lesser
Based on stories from "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio; Music by Richard Peaslee; Dramatized by Kenneth Cavander; Lyrics by Kenneth Cavander; Musical Director: Ken Bichel; Music orchestrated by Walt Levinsky and Richard Peaslee; Music arranged by Walt Levinsky and Richard Peaslee
Directed by Warren Enters; Musical Staging by Julie Arenal
Scenic Design by Robert U. Taylor; Lighting Design by Patrika Brown; Costume Design by Linda Fisher; Hair Design by Steve Atha; Wig Design by Joanne Doloff; Make-Up Consultant: Rober Winslow Baker
General Manager: Theatre Now, Inc.
Production Stage Manager: Ron Abbott; Stage Manager: John Beven; Assistant Stage Mgr: Claudia Burk
General Press Representative: Les Schecter Associates; Casting: Howard Feuer; Vocal Coach: Jim Litt; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Photographer: Kenn Duncan

Cast

Armand Assante	Masetto Beltramo's Younger Brother
	Ferondo
D'Jamin Bartlett	Isabella Masetto's Mistress
	Sister Angelica
Richard Bauer	Anichino Steward to the Family
	Nuto
	Abbot
Jill Choder	Alibech Masetto's Friend
	Sister Makaria
Munson Hicks	Rustico A Cousin
	Leonetto
	Brother Perdurabo
Caroline McWilliams	Beatrice Beltramo's Widowed Sister
	Sister Teresa
	Ferondo's Wife
Virginia Vestoff	Giletta Beltramo's Wife
	Abbess
Michael Zaslow	Beltramo Count of Rossiglione
	Egano

Standbys: Michael Forella (Abbot, Anichino, Beltramo, Brother Perdurabo, Egano, Ferondo, Leonetto, Masetto, Nuto, Rustico) and Sheilah Rae (Abbess, Alibech, Beatrice, Ferondo's Wife, Giletta, Isabella, Sister Angelica, Sister Makaria, Sister Teresa)

music by Richard Peaslee; lyrics by Kenneth Cavander

ACT 1	Sung By
Introduction	Company
Masetto's Song	Masetto (Beltramo's Younger Brother) and Nuto
Nuns's Song	Abbess and Nuns
God Is Good	Masetto (Beltramo's Younger Brother) and Nuns
Now My Season's Here	Company
Only in My Song	Anichino (Steward to the Family)
Egano D'Galluzzi	Anichino (Steward to the Family) and Egano
The Men Who Have Loved Me	Beatrice (Beltramo's Widowed Sister)
In the Garden	Anichino (Steward to the Family) and Egano
Lucky Anichino	Company
Pretend You're Living	Isabella (Masetto's Mistress)
Devil in Hell	Alibech (Masetto's Friend), Rustico (A Cousin) and Company
ACT 2	Sung By
She Doctor	Giletta (Beltramo's Wife) and Beltramo (Count of Rossiglione)
Lover Like a Blind Man	Giletta (Beltramo's Wife)
If You Had Seen	Giletta (Beltramo's Wife)
Love Was Just a Game	Beltramo (Count of Rossiglione)
Madonna Isabella	Isabella (Masetto's Mistress) and Company
My Holy Prayer	Abbot and Monks
Hold Me Gently	Ferondo's Wife
Finale	Company