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AL CARMINES (1936 - 2005) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Born Alvin Allison Carmines Jr in Hampton Virginia on July 25th 1936. Al's father was a captain on a fishing trawler and his strict Protestant mother a teacher. He showed a talent for music at an early age and won a music scholarship but decided instead to go into the ministry - he enrolled at Union Theological Seminary and earned degrees - Bachelor of Divinty and Master of Sacred Theology. He was hired as assistant minister at Judson Memorial Church , New York. The senior minister asked him to help found a theatre company at the church with playwright Robert Nichols. He took up composing and acting.He provided music and lyrics to numerous musicals and in all won five Obie Awards - including a lifetime achievement. He suffered an aneurysm in 1977 and underwent a long operation and months of therapy. He died on August 9th 2005 and is survived by his partner Paul Rounsaville.
Plays by Al Carmines
Christmas Rappings | ||
| 1st Produced: | Judson Memorial Church, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #77078 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | music and lyrics by Al Carmines | |||||
Synopsis: | Christmas Rappings, a December perennial for 14 years at Judson Memorial Church since its inception in 1970, is an oratorio based on the Christmas story as presented in the four gospels. The music by the late Al Carmines covers all genres, from country to classical to blues to gospel, plus a tango to 'show tunes | |||||
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Faggot | ||
| 1st Produced: | Truck & Wharehouse Theatre, New York | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | carmines-faggot | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59184 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
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| Probably the first gay musical - it managed to encompass all sorts of aspects of gay life from hustlers and bars, to in-laws and fag hags. And famous gay and lesbian people - Oscar & Bosie, Gertrude & Alice etc. | |||||
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In Circles | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80802 | |||
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Genre: | operetta | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on Gertude Stein's A Circular Play | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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