{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{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 = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | occupation = {{hlist|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 and singer, 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]]''.
==Career== [[File:Carolee Carmello at Gimme A Break Gala.jpg|right|thumb|Carolee Carmello at [[Transport Group]] Gala 2013]] Carmello graduated from the [[University at Albany]] with a degree in business administration.<ref name=albany/>
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.<ref name=":0">{{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 }}</ref> 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)<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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]].{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}
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.<ref name=":1">{{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 }}</ref> She again joined the cast as Donna in September 2006,<ref name=":2">{{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 }}</ref> taking a leave from March 14, 2007, to May 13, 2007, to appear in an early version of ''Saving Aimee''.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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/broadway-production/tuck-everlasting-501949|archive-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Following ''Tuck Everlasting'''s closing in May, she returned to ''Finding Neverland'' on July 5, 2016, for the show's last six weeks.<ref name=":3">{{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 }}</ref>
Carmello joined the US national tour of ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly]]'', playing Dolly Levi, from September 2019 to its closing in March 2020.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> In 2023, Carmello played the role of the Stepmother in the Broadway musical [[Cinderella (Lloyd Webber musical)|''Bad Cinderella'']].<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
==Theatre credits==
===Broadway and West End=== Source: [[Playbill]]<ref>{{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/person/carolee-carmello-vault-0000055513|archive-date=February 27, 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Year(s) !Production !Role !Location |- | 1989 | ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'' | Ensemble/Oolie/Donna{{CN|date=July 2025}} | [[August Wilson Theatre|Virginia Theatre]] |- | 1992–93 | ''[[Falsettos]]'' | Cordelia | [[John Golden Theatre]] |- | 1997–98 | ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' | [[Abigail Adams]]<ref>{{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/broadway-production/1776-4754#Replacements|archive-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> | [[Gershwin Theatre]] |- | 1998–99 | ''[[Parade (musical)|Parade]]'' | Lucille Frank | [[Vivian Beaumont Theatre]] |- | 1999–2000 | ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' | Marguerite St. Just | [[Neil Simon Theatre]] |- | 2001 | rowspan=2|''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' | rowspan=2|Lilli Vanessi/Katharine | [[Al Hirschfeld Theatre|Martin Beck Theatre]] |- | 2002 | [[Victoria Palace Theatre]] |- | 2003–04 | ''[[Urinetown]]'' | Penelope Pennywise | [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Henry Miller's Theatre]] |- | 2004 | ''[[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Mamma Mia!]]'' | Donna Sheridan<ref name=":1" /> | [[Winter Garden Theatre]] |- | 2006 | ''[[Lestat: The Musical|Lestat]]'' | Gabrielle | [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]] |- | 2006–07 | ''Mamma Mia!'' | Donna Sheridan<ref name=":2" /> | Winter Garden Theatre |- | 2010–11 | ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' | Alice Beineke | [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] |- | 2011–12 | ''[[Sister Act (musical)|Sister Act]]'' | Mother Superior<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]] |- | 2012 | ''[[Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson|Scandalous]]'' | [[Aimee Semple McPherson]]<ref>{{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/article/scandalous-the-pop-musical-about-a-religious-superstar-closes-dec-9-com-200545|archive-date=May 15, 2017|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> | [[Neil Simon Theatre]] |- | 2015–16 | ''[[Finding Neverland (musical)|Finding Neverland]]'' | Madame du Maurier<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] |- | rowspan="2"|2016 | ''[[Tuck Everlasting (musical)|Tuck Everlasting]]'' | Mae Tuck<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | [[Broadhurst Theatre]] |- | ''Finding Neverland'' | Madame du Maurier<ref name=":3" /> | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre |- | 2022–23 | ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' | [[John Dickinson]] | [[American Airlines Theatre]] |- | 2023 | ''[[Cinderella (Lloyd Webber musical)|Bad Cinderella]]'' | The Stepmother | [[Imperial Theatre]] |}
===National tours=== * ''[[Big River (musical)|Big River]]'' as Mary Jane Wilkes (1987)<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' as Ensemble, u/s [[Cosette]] & u/s [[Fantine]] (1987)<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[Falsettos]]'' as Trina (1992-93) and Cordelia (1994)<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]'' as Florence (January 1990-May 1990)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{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/Chess/tour.html|archive-date=November 17, 1999}}</ref> *''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' as Dolly Gallagher Levi (September 2019-March 2020) *''[[Kimberly Akimbo (musical)|Kimberly Akimbo]]'' as Kimberly Levaco (2024-25)
===Regional=== * [[Evita (musical)|''Evita'']] as Eva Perón at An Evening Dinner Theatre, 1985 * ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' as Sandy at [[Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera|Pittsburgh C.L.O.]], 1989<ref>{{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}}</ref> * [[Company (musical)|''Company'']] as Marta at Birmingham Theatre, 1989 * ''[[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|Bells are Ringing]]'' Reprise! as Ella at [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television|Freud Playhouse]] ([[Los Angeles]]), 1999<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[The King and I]]'' as Anna at [[Paper Mill Playhouse]] ([[Millburn, New Jersey]]), 2002<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[On The Twentieth Century]]'' Reprise! as Lily Garland at [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television|Freud Playhouse]] (Los Angeles), 2003<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[Baby (musical)|Baby]]'' as Arlene at Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey) 2004<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[Saving Aimee]]'' at [[Signature Theatre (Arlington VA)|Signature Theatre]] ([[Arlington, Virginia]]), 2007<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' at [[Charles Playhouse]] ([[Boston]]) * ''[[Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson|Scandalous]]'' at [[Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow)|Pavilion Theatre]] ([[Glasgow]]) * ''[[The Music Man]]'' at [[Schenectady Light Opera Company|Schenectady Light Opera]] ([[Schenectady, New York]])<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[Tuck Everlasting (musical)|Tuck Everlasting]]'' as Mae Tuck at [[Alliance Theatre]] ([[Atlanta, Georgia]]), 2015{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} * ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'' as Rose at [[Broadway Sacramento]], 2018{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} *''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]'' as Mrs. Lovett at [[Opera Saratoga]] ([[Saratoga Springs, New York]]), 2022<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''[[Into the Woods]]'' as The Witch at Pittsburgh C.L.O., 2023{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} * [[Nine (musical)|''Nine'']] as Liliane LaFleur at [[Kennedy Center]], 2024
===Off-Broadway=== Source: Internet Off-Broadway Database<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* ''[[I Can Get It for You Wholesale]]'' (1991) * ''[[Hello Again (musical)|Hello Again]]'' (1993) * ''Das Barbecu'' (1994)<ref>{{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/1994/film/reviews/das-barbecu-1200439431/|archive-date=August 18, 2016|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref> * ''[[John & Jen]]'' (1995) * ''[[A Class Act]]'' (2000)<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' (2000)<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[Elegies (William Finn)|Elegies]]'' (2003)<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' (2017) as Mrs. Nellie Lovett<ref>{{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/article/norm-lewis-and-carolee-carmello-join-cast-of-sweeney-todd-april-11|archive-date=April 12, 2017|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
===Concerts=== *''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' as Fanny ([[Actors Fund of America|Actors Fund]] Benefit Concert), 2002<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''[[Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater|God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater]]'' as Sylvia Rosewater ([[Cooper Union]]), 2003<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[Showboat (musical)|Showboat]]'' as Julie (Carnegie Hall), 2008<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' as John Adams (54 Below), 2017<ref>{{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 }}</ref> *''[[Follies]]'' as Sally Durant Plummer (Carnegie Hall), 2024
==Accolades== Source: [[Playbill]]<ref>{{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/person/carolee-carmello-vault-0000055513|archive-date=February 27, 2016}}</ref>
She won $14,000 on an appearance on the ''[[Scrabble (game show)|Scrabble]]'' game show in 1989.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===Awards and nominations=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |- |1996 |[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] |''[[Remember WENN]]'' | {{nom}} |- |rowspan="2"|1999 | [[Tony Awards]] | [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] | rowspan="2"|''[[Parade (musical)|Parade]]'' | {{nom}} |- | [[Drama Desk Awards]] | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3"|2006 | [[Tony Awards]] | [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] | rowspan="3"| ''[[Lestat (musical)|Lestat]]'' | {{nom}} |- | [[Drama Desk Awards]] | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Drama League Awards]] | Distinguished Performance | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"|2010 | [[Drama Desk Awards]] | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]] | rowspan="2"| ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' | {{nom}} |- | [[Outer Critics Circle Awards]] | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"|2013 | [[Tony Awards]] | [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] | rowspan="2"|''[[Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson]]'' | {{nom}} |- | [[Drama Desk Awards]] | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]] | {{nom}} |- | 2015 | [[Drama Desk Awards]] | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]] | ''[[Finding Neverland (musical)|Finding Neverland]]'' | {{nom}} |}
==Personal life== She is divorced from fellow actor [[Gregg Edelman]].<ref name=albany>{{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}}</ref><ref>[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</ref> They have two children.<ref>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."</ref> She resides in [[Leonia, New Jersey]].<ref>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."</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|138366}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{iobdb name|1975}} * [https://soundcloud.com/american-theatre-wing/episode38 Carolee Carmello interview], American Theatre Wing website (via soundcloud.com)
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