![]() ![]() He composed lyrics and music for Three Postcards, with a book by Craig Lucas, which was staged off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons in 1987 and revived by Circle Rep in 1994.įor the musical Sweet Smell of Success (2002), he teamed with composer Marvin Hamlisch, with whom he also composed songs for the 2002 Nora Ephron play Imaginary Friends. įrom there he wrote full scores, both lyrics and music, for the short-lived Broadway musical Is there life after high school? (1982), which is still performed in stock, amateur, and regional theatres. Ĭarnelia's songs were heard with the work of other writers in the Stephen Schwartz conceptual revue Working (1978). His Poster Boy (2016) was performed at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Carnelia has one child, actress Daisy Carnelia, and lives in Springfield, Missouri with his wife, actress Lisa Brescia. Īfter a short stint in the production, Carnelia pursued songwriting and, later, musical theatre composition. While attending Hofstra University he won the role of The Boy in off-Broadway's The Fantasticks, and dropped out of school as a sophomore. He played guitar, was in a folksinging group and taught himself to play the piano. ![]() ![]() He was exposed to Broadway at the age of fourteen when he was inspired by the Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. Craig Carnelia (born 1949) is an American musical theater composer and singer, known for his collaboration on the musicals Working and Sweet Smell of Success.Ĭarnelia grew up in Floral Park, New York. ![]()
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