Carolee Carmello

{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Carolee Carmello

| image = Carolee Carmello after Good Day New York.png

| caption = Carolee Carmello following an appearance on Good Day New York on March 16, 2023 to promote Bad Cinderella on Broadway.

| birth_date =

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| occupation = Actress, singer

| spouse = {{marriage|Gregg Edelman|1995|2015|end=divorced}}

| children = 2

| alma_mater = University at Albany, SUNY

| years_active = 1985–present

}}

Carolee Carmello is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway musicals and for playing the role of Maple LaMarsh on the television series Remember WENN (1996–1998). She is a three-time Tony Award nominee and a five-time Drama Desk nominee, winning the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role in Parade.

Career

File:Carolee Carmello at Gimme A Break Gala.jpg Gala 2013]]

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 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, from January 1990 to May 1990.{{Cite web|title=Chess – Broadway Musical – Tour|url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/chess-514341|url-status=live|access-date=November 7, 2017|website=Internet Broadway Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119031159/https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/chess-514341 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 }} She played "Cordelia, the kosher caterer" in the original Broadway company of Falsettos and also played Abigail Adams in the revival of 1776. In the Broadway company of The Scarlet Pimpernel, Carmello was a replacement in the role of "Marguerite St. Just". She originated the role of Lucille Frank in 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){{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=May 9, 1999|title=1999 Drama Desk Winners: Tie! Peters & Carmello, Outstanding Actress (Musical)|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/1999-drama-desk-winners-tie-peters-carmello-outstanding-actress-musical-com-81788|url-status=live|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420163620/https://www.playbill.com/article/1999-drama-desk-winners-tie-peters-carmello-outstanding-actress-musical-com-81788 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 }} 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, 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.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}

She appeared as Donna Sheridan in the long-running hit musical Mamma Mia! several times, joining the show initially in October 2004.{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=August 26, 2004|title=Carolee Carmello Will Join McLane and McCartney in Broadway's Mamma Mia!|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-will-join-mclane-and-mccartney-in-broadways-mamma-mia-com-121596|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012757/http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-will-join-mclane-and-mccartney-in-broadways-mamma-mia-com-121596 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }} She again joined the cast as Donna in September 2006,{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=September 27, 2006|title=Carmello Returns to Mamma Mia! Sept. 27|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-returns-to-mamma-mia-sept-27-com-135214|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004907/http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-returns-to-mamma-mia-sept-27-com-135214 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }} taking a leave from March 14, 2007, to May 13, 2007, to appear in an early version of Saving Aimee.{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=January 31, 2007|title=Melançon Will Head Mamma Mia! While Carmello is Saving Aimee|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/melancon-will-head-mamma-mia-while-carmello-is-saving-aimee-com-138138|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014902/http://www.playbill.com/article/melancon-will-head-mamma-mia-while-carmello-is-saving-aimee-com-138138 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}

Carmello originated the role of Alice Beineke in the musical version of 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.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=July 22, 2009|title=Addams Family Musical Finds a Broadway Home|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/addams-family-musical-finds-a-broadway-home-com-162955|url-status=live|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118041311/https://www.playbill.com/article/addams-family-musical-finds-a-broadway-home-com-162955 |archive-date=November 18, 2021 }}

She took over the role of the Mother Superior from Victoria Clark in the Broadway production of Sister Act on November 19, 2011.{{Cite web|date=November 1, 2011|title=Raise Your Voice! Carolee Carmello Replaces Victoria Clark in SISTER ACT as 'Mother Superior' 11/19|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Raise-Your-Voice-Carolee-Carmello-Replaces-Victoria-Clark-in-SISTER-ACT-as-Mother-Superior-1119-20111101|url-status=live|website=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103210958/http://broadwayworld.com:80/article/Raise-Your-Voice-Carolee-Carmello-Replaces-Victoria-Clark-in-SISTER-ACT-as-Mother-Superior-1119-20111101 |archive-date=November 3, 2011 }} In 2012, she played Aimee Semple McPherson on Broadway in the musical Scandalous, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination and a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical.{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=April 30, 2013|title=Nominations Announced for 67th Annual Tony Awards; Kinky Boots Earns 13 Nominations|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/nominations-announced-for-67th-annual-tony-awards-kinky-boots-earns-13-nominations-com-204910|url-status=live|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031075309/https://www.playbill.com/article/nominations-announced-for-67th-annual-tony-awards-kinky-boots-earns-13-nominations-com-204910 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 }} She performed the role of Mrs. du Maurier in the Broadway 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 at the Broadhurst Theatre, beginning in April 2016.{{Cite web|title=Tuck Everlasting – Broadway Musical – Original|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tuck-everlasting-501949|url-status=live|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Internet Broadway Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515065643/http://www.ibdb.com:80/broadway-production/tuck-everlasting-501949 |archive-date=May 15, 2018 }} Following Tuck Everlasting's closing in May, she returned to Finding Neverland on July 5, 2016, for the show's last six weeks.{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=June 29, 2016|title=Carolee Carmello Will Return to Broadway's Finding Neverland|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-will-return-to-broadway-39-s-finding-neverland|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630234433/http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-will-return-to-broadway-39-s-finding-neverland |archive-date=June 30, 2016 }}

Carmello joined the US national tour of Hello, Dolly, playing Dolly Levi, from September 2019 to its closing in March 2020.{{Cite web|last=Clement|first=Olivia|date=June 6, 2019|title=Carolee Carmello to Replace Betty Buckley in Hello, Dolly! Tour|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-to-replace-betty-buckley-in-hello-dolly-tour|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608044318/http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-to-replace-betty-buckley-in-hello-dolly-tour |archive-date=June 8, 2019 }} In 2023, Carmello played the role of the Stepmother in the Broadway musical Bad Cinderella.{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=December 7, 2022 |title=Carolee Carmello, Grace McLean, More Board Broadway's Bad Cinderella |url=https://playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-grace-mclean-more-board-broadways-bad-cinderella |access-date=February 24, 2023 |website=Playbill}}

Theatre credits

=Broadway and West End=

Sources: Playbill,{{Cite web|title=Carolee Carmello|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/carolee-carmello-vault-0000055513|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2017|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227035836/http://www.playbill.com:80/person/carolee-carmello-vault-0000055513 |archive-date=February 27, 2016 }} BroadwayWorld{{Cite web|title=Carolee Carmello Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Carolee-Carmello/|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2017|website=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428234218/http://broadwayworld.com:80/people/Carolee-Carmello/ |archive-date=April 28, 2012 }}

class="wikitable"

!Year(s)

!Production

!Role

!Location

1989

| City of Angels

| Ensemble/Oolie/Donna{{Cite web|title=City of Angels Original Broadway Cast - 1989 Broadway|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/City-of-Angels-4032/cast#content|access-date=November 7, 2017|website=BroadwayWorld}}

| Virginia Theatre

1992–93

| Falsettos

| Cordelia

| John Golden Theatre

1997–98

| 1776

| Abigail Adams{{Cite web|title=1776 – Broadway Musical – 1997 Revival {{!}} Replacements|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1776-4754#Replacements|url-status=live|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Internet Broadway Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521184610/http://www.ibdb.com:80/broadway-production/1776-4754 |archive-date=May 21, 2018 }}

| Gershwin Theatre

1998–99

| Parade

| Lucille Frank

| Vivian Beaumont Theatre

1999–2000

| The Scarlet Pimpernel

| Marguerite St. Just

| Neil Simon Theatre

2001

| rowspan=2|Kiss Me, Kate

| rowspan=2|Lilli Vanessi/Katharine

| Martin Beck Theatre

2002

| Victoria Palace Theatre

2003–04

| Urinetown

| Penelope Pennywise

| Henry Miller's Theatre

2004

| Mamma Mia!

| Donna Sheridan

| Winter Garden Theatre

2006

| Lestat

| Gabrielle

| Palace Theatre

2006–07

| Mamma Mia!

| Donna Sheridan

| Winter Garden Theatre

2010–11

| The Addams Family

| Alice Beineke

| Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

2011–12

| Sister Act

| Mother Superior{{Cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=November 19, 2011|title=Carolee Carmello Gets Into Broadway's Sister Act Beginning Nov. 19|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-gets-into-broadways-sister-act-beginning-nov-19-com-184726|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014714/http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-gets-into-broadways-sister-act-beginning-nov-19-com-184726 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}

| Broadway Theatre

2012

| Scandalous

| Aimee Semple McPherson{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=December 9, 2012|title=Scandalous, the Pop Musical About a Religious Superstar, Closes Dec. 9|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/scandalous-the-pop-musical-about-a-religious-superstar-closes-dec-9-com-200545|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515095757/http://www.playbill.com:80/article/scandalous-the-pop-musical-about-a-religious-superstar-closes-dec-9-com-200545 |archive-date=May 15, 2017 }}

| Neil Simon Theatre

2015–16

| Finding Neverland

| Madame du Maurier{{Cite web|title=Finding Neverland – Broadway Musical – Original|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/finding-neverland-498337|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2017|website=Internet Broadway Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811223521/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/finding-neverland-498337 |archive-date=August 11, 2016 }}

| Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

rowspan="2"|2016

| Tuck Everlasting

| Mae Tuck{{Cite web|last=Viagas|first=Robert|date=April 26, 2016|title=Tuck Everlasting Opens on Broadway Tonight|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tuck-everlasting-opens-on-broadway-tonight|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427113238/http://www.playbill.com/article/tuck-everlasting-opens-on-broadway-tonight |archive-date=April 27, 2016 }}

| Broadhurst Theatre

Finding Neverland

| Madame du Maurier

| Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

2022–23

| 1776

| John Dickinson

| American Airlines Theatre

2023

| Bad Cinderella

| The Stepmother

| Imperial Theatre

=National tours=

  • Big River as Mary Jane Wilkes (1987){{Cite web|last=Churnin|first=Nancy|date=August 27, 1987|title=Theater Review: 'Big River' Returns Home to Sound of Cheers|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-27-ca-4292-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Les Misérables as Ensemble, u/s Cosette & u/s Fantine (1987){{Cite web|title=Les Misérables – Broadway Musical – First National Tour|url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/les-misrables-first-national-510668|url-status=live|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Internet Broadway Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107115058/https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/les-misrables-first-national-510668 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • Falsettos as Trina (1992-93) and Cordelia (1994){{Cite web|last=Drake|first=Sylvie|date=1993-03-20|title=THEATER REVIEW : An Ode to Modern Living : 'Falsettos,' the story of a man who leaves his wife and son to move in with his male lover, enlightens through wit.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-20-ca-12944-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717070759/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-20-ca-12944-story.html|archive-date=July 17, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Chess as Florence (January 1990-May 1990){{Cite web|title=CHESS Onstage - The U.S. Tour|url=http://www.squareone.org/Chess/tour.html|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2017|website=squareone.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991117095928/http://squareone.org:80/Chess/tour.html |archive-date=November 17, 1999 }}
  • Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Gallagher Levi (September 2019-March 2020)
  • Kimberly Akimbo as Kimberly Levaco (2024-25)

=Regional=

  • Evita as Eva Perón at An Evening Dinner Theatre, 1985
  • Grease as Sandy at Pittsburgh C.L.O., 1989{{Cite web|title=Grease at Benedum Center for the Performing Arts 1989|url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/44786-grease-at-benedum-center-for-the-performing-arts-1989|access-date=June 7, 2019|website=abouttheartists.com}}
  • Company as Marta at Birmingham Theatre, 1989
  • Bells are Ringing Reprise! as Ella at Freud Playhouse (Los Angeles), 1999{{Cite web|last=Manus|first=Willard|date=April 12, 1999|title=Carmello and Bogardus Head Reprise's Bells Are Ringing Cast, May 12–24|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-and-bogardus-head-reprises-bells-are-ringing-cast-may-12-24-com-81205|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020732/http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-and-bogardus-head-reprises-bells-are-ringing-cast-may-12-24-com-81205 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • The King and I as Anna at Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey), 2002{{Cite web|last1=Simonson|first1=Robert|last2=Jones|first2=Kenneth|date=April 2, 2002|title=Carmello and Gray Open in Paper Mill's The King and I|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-and-gray-open-in-paper-mills-the-king-and-i-com-104825|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020008/http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-and-gray-open-in-paper-mills-the-king-and-i-com-104825 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • On The Twentieth Century Reprise! as Lily Garland at Freud Playhouse (Los Angeles), 2003{{Cite web|last1=Gans|first1=Andrew|last2=Simonson|first2=Robert|date=January 21, 2003|title=Carmello and Gunton Are On the Twentieth Century, Jan. 21 in L.A.|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-and-gunton-are-on-the-twentieth-century-jan-21-in-la-com-111097|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014516/http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-and-gunton-are-on-the-twentieth-century-jan-21-in-la-com-111097 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • Baby as Arlene at Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey) 2004{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=March 31, 2004|title='The Story Goes On': Baby Begins Previews at Paper Mill Playhouse|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/the-story-goes-on-baby-begins-previews-at-paper-mill-playhouse-com-118781|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005726/http://www.playbill.com/article/the-story-goes-on-baby-begins-previews-at-paper-mill-playhouse-com-118781 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • Saving Aimee at Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia), 2007{{Cite web|last=Toscano|first=Michael|date=April 23, 2007|title=Saving Aimee|url=https://www.theatermania.com/washington-dc-theater/reviews/saving-aimee_10580.html|website=TheaterMania}}
  • Little Shop of Horrors at Charles Playhouse (Boston)
  • Scandalous at Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow)
  • The Music Man at Schenectady Light Opera (Schenectady, New York){{Cite web|last=Filichia|first=Peter|date=April 3, 2002|title=Getting to Know Carolee Carmello|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/getting-to-know-carolee-carmello_2056.html|url-status=live|website=TheaterMania|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713202639/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/getting-to-know-carolee-carmello_2056.html |archive-date=July 13, 2018 }}
  • Tuck Everlasting as Mae Tuck at Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia), 2015{{Cite web|date=January 21, 2015|title=World Premiere of TUCK EVERLASTING Begins Tonight at Alliance Theatre|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/World-Premiere-of-TUCK-EVERLASTING-Begins-Tonight-at-Alliance-Theatre-20150121|url-status=live|website=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124085456/http://www.broadwayworld.com:80/article/World-Premiere-of-TUCK-EVERLASTING-Begins-Tonight-at-Alliance-Theatre-20150121 |archive-date=January 24, 2015 }}
  • Gypsy as Rose at Broadway Sacramento, 2018{{Cite web|last=Symes|first=Courtney|date=July 26, 2018|title=BWW Review: Let GYPSY Entertain You at Broadway At Music Circus|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/sacramento/article/BWW-Review-Let-GYPSY-Entertain-You-at-Broadway-At-Music-Circus-20180726|url-status=live|website=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607114107/https://www.broadwayworld.com/sacramento/article/BWW-Review-Let-GYPSY-Entertain-You-at-Broadway-At-Music-Circus-20180726 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 }}
  • Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett at Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, New York), 2022{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=May 25, 2022|title=Carolee Carmello Will Be Mrs. Lovett in Opera Saratoga's Sweeney Todd|url=https://playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-will-be-mrs-lovett-in-opera-saratogas-sweeney-todd|website=Playbill}}
  • Into the Woods as The Witch at Pittsburgh C.L.O., 2023{{Cite web|title=Carolee Carmello, Patti Murin, Frenchie Davis & More to Star in Pittsburgh CLO's 2023 Summer of Musicals|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Carolee-Carmello-Patti-Murin-Frenchie-Davis-More-to-Star-in-Pittsburgh-CLOs-2023-Summer-of-Musicals-20230605|access-date=July 14, 2023|website=broadwayworld.com}}
  • Nine as Liliane LaFleur at Kennedy Center, 2024

=Off-Broadway=

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database,{{Cite web|title=Carolee Carmello|url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/1975|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-30|website=Internet Off-Broadway Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019160640/http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/1975 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 }} BroadwayWorld

  • I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1991)
  • Hello Again (1993)
  • Das Barbecu (1994){{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=1994-11-13|title=Das Barbecu|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/das-barbecu-1200439431/|url-status=live|website=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818055530/http://variety.com:80/1994/film/reviews/das-barbecu-1200439431/ |archive-date=August 18, 2016 }}
  • John & Jen (1995)
  • A Class Act (2000){{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=November 9, 2000|title=A Class Act, Spotlighting Songwriter Kleban, Opens Nov. 9 at MTC|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/a-class-act-spotlighting-songwriter-kleban-opens-nov-9-at-mtc-com-93078|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021806/http://www.playbill.com/article/a-class-act-spotlighting-songwriter-kleban-opens-nov-9-at-mtc-com-93078 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • The Vagina Monologues (2000){{Cite web|last=Simonson|first=Robert|date=December 19, 2000|title=Carmello, Maffia and McClanahan Joins OB's Monologues, Dec. 19-Jan. 7|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-maffia-and-mcclanahan-joins-obs-monologues-dec-19-jan-7-com-93910|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004537/http://www.playbill.com/article/carmello-maffia-and-mcclanahan-joins-obs-monologues-dec-19-jan-7-com-93910 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • Elegies (2003){{Cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=2003-03-28|title=THEATER REVIEW; Departed Friends Vibrantly Recalled in Song|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/28/movies/theater-review-departed-friends-vibrantly-recalled-in-song.html|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2017) as Mrs. Nellie Lovett{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=April 11, 2017|title=Norm Lewis and Carolee Carmello Join Cast of Sweeney Todd April 11|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/norm-lewis-and-carolee-carmello-join-cast-of-sweeney-todd-april-11|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412215722/http://www.playbill.com:80/article/norm-lewis-and-carolee-carmello-join-cast-of-sweeney-todd-april-11 |archive-date=April 12, 2017 }}

=Concerts=

  • Funny Girl as Fanny (Actors Fund Benefit Concert), 2002{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=September 23, 2002|title=Fifteen Fannys: All Star Funny Girl Concert Presents A Slew of Fannys Sept. 23|url=https://playbill.com/article/fifteen-fannys-all-star-funny-girl-concert-presents-a-slew-of-fannys-sept-23-com-108458|website=Playbill}}
  • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater as Sylvia Rosewater (Cooper Union), 2003{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=March 6, 2003|title=Menken & Ashman's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Gets NYC Concert March 7|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/menken-ashmans-god-bless-you-mr-rosewater-gets-nyc-concert-march-7-com-111930|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702163613/http://www.playbill.com/article/menken-ashmans-god-bless-you-mr-rosewater-gets-nyc-concert-march-7-com-111930 |archive-date=July 2, 2017 }}
  • Showboat as Julie (Carnegie Hall), 2008{{Cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Kenneth|last2=Gans|first2=Andrew|date=June 10, 2008|title=Show Boat Concert, with Carmello, Gunn and deVaughn, Anchors at Carnegie Hall|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/show-boat-concert-with-carmello-gunn-and-devaughn-anchors-at-carnegie-hall-com-150764|url-status=live|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020119/http://www.playbill.com/article/show-boat-concert-with-carmello-gunn-and-devaughn-anchors-at-carnegie-hall-com-150764 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}
  • 1776 as John Adams (54 Below), 2017{{cite web|title=An All-Female Cast Presents 1776|url=https://54below.com/events/female-cast-presents-1776/|url-status=live|access-date=17 June 2017|website=Feinstein's/54 Below|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085149/https://54below.com/events/female-cast-presents-1776/ |archive-date=February 4, 2017 }}

Accolades

Source: Playbill{{Cite web|title=Carolee Carmello|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/carolee-carmello-vault-0000055513|url-status=live|access-date=September 4, 2022|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227035836/http://www.playbill.com:80/person/carolee-carmello-vault-0000055513 |archive-date=February 27, 2016 }}

She won $14,000 on an appearance on the Scrabble game show in 1989.{{Citation|last=Chad Mosher|title=Scrabble - Champion/Carolee, Heidi/Mike (Sept. 11, 1989)|date=2023-12-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucDlZLpIb3c&t=412}}

=Awards and nominations=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Association

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

1996

|Screen Actors Guild Awards

|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

|Remember WENN

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|1999

| Tony Awards

| Best Actress in a Musical

| rowspan="2"|Parade

| {{nom}}

Drama Desk Awards

| Outstanding Actress in a Musical

| {{won}}

rowspan="3"|2006

| Tony Awards

| Best Featured Actress in a Musical

| rowspan="3"| Lestat

| {{nom}}

Drama Desk Awards

| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

| {{nom}}

Drama League Awards

| Distinguished Performance

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|2010

| Drama Desk Awards

| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

| rowspan="2"| The Addams Family

| {{nom}}

Outer Critics Circle Awards

| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|2013

| Tony Awards

| Best Actress in a Musical

| rowspan="2"|Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson

| {{nom}}

Drama Desk Awards

| Outstanding Actress in a Musical

| {{nom}}

2015

| Drama Desk Awards

| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

| Finding Neverland

| {{nom}}

Personal life

She is divorced from fellow actor Gregg Edelman.{{cite web|last=Barnes |first=Steve |url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/UAlbany-grad-Carolee-Carmello-reveals-ups-downs-4832654.php |title=UAlbany grad Carolee Carmello reveals ups, downs of Broadway |date=September 21, 2013 |website= Times Union}}[http://digitalpub.chron.com/article/Marilyn_Maye_And_Gregg_Edelman_/908068/91456/article.html "Marilyn Maye And Gregg Edelman"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002195525/http://digitalpub.chron.com/article/Marilyn_Maye_And_Gregg_Edelman_/908068/91456/article.html |date=2015-10-02 }} digitalpub.chron.com, The Grand — Volume 2, 2011-2012 Season, accessed September 18, 2015 They have two children.Beckerman, Jim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031326/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-51797907.html "PLAYING STRONG-WILLED WOMEN"], The Record (Bergen County), March 31, 2002. Accessed May 27, 2008. "After starring in such New York shows as Kiss Me Kate, 1776, Parade and City of Angels, Leonia resident Carolee Carmello wanted to do something closer to home." She resides in Leonia, New Jersey.Spelling, Ian. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/life/2017/04/04/splendid-screen-and-stage-actress-carolee-carmello/100011046/ "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."

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