# Carolee Carmello

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American actress

Carolee Carmello Carolee Carmello following an appearance on Good Day New York on March 16, 2023 to promote Bad Cinderella on Broadway. Alma mater University at Albany, SUNY Occupations Actress singer Years active 1985–present Spouse Gregg Edelman ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2015)​ Children 2

**Carolee Carmello** is an American actress and singer, best known for her performances in [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) [musicals](/source/Musical_theatre) and for playing the role of Maple LaMarsh on the television series *[Remember WENN](/source/Remember_WENN)* (1996–1998). She is a three-time [Tony Award](/source/Tony_Awards) nominee and a five-time Drama Desk nominee, winning the 1999 [Drama Desk Award](/source/Drama_Desk_Award) for [Outstanding Actress in a Musical](/source/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Actress_in_a_Musical) for her role in *[Parade](/source/Parade_(musical))*.

## Career

Carolee Carmello at [Transport Group](/source/Transport_Group) Gala 2013

Carmello graduated from the [University at Albany](/source/University_at_Albany) with a degree in business administration.[1]

Carmello made her Broadway debut in a small role in *[City of Angels](/source/City_of_Angels_(musical))* 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](/source/Chess_(musical))*, from January 1990 to May 1990.[2] She played "Cordelia, the kosher caterer" in the original Broadway company of *[Falsettos](/source/Falsettos)* and also played Abigail Adams in the revival of *[1776](/source/1776_(musical))*. In the Broadway company of *[The Scarlet Pimpernel](/source/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel_(musical))*, Carmello was a replacement in the role of "Marguerite St. Just". She originated the role of Lucille Frank in *[Parade](/source/Parade_(musical))* at Lincoln Center, for which she won the 1999 [Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical](/source/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Actress_in_a_Musical) (in a tie with Bernadette Peters)[3] and was nominated for the [Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Musical). Next Carmello played "Kate" in the Broadway revival of *[Kiss Me, Kate](/source/Kiss_Me%2C_Kate)* and "Ms. Pennywise" in *[Urinetown](/source/Urinetown)*. She starred as "Gabrielle" in *[Lestat](/source/Lestat_(musical))*, for which she received nominations for the [Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical](/source/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Featured_Actress_in_a_Musical) and the [Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actress_in_a_Musical).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

She appeared as Donna Sheridan in the long-running hit musical *[Mamma Mia!](/source/Mamma_Mia!_(musical))* several times, joining the show initially in October 2004.[4] She again joined the cast as Donna in September 2006,[5] taking a leave from March 14, 2007, to May 13, 2007, to appear in an early version of *Saving Aimee*.[6]

Carmello originated the role of Alice Beineke in the musical version of *[The Addams Family](/source/The_Addams_Family_(musical))*. For this role she was nominated for the [Drama Desk Award](/source/Drama_Desk_Award) and the [Outer Critics Circle Award](/source/Outer_Critics_Circle_Award) for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.[7]

She took over the role of the Mother Superior from [Victoria Clark](/source/Victoria_Clark) in the Broadway production of *[Sister Act](/source/Sister_Act_(musical))* on November 19, 2011.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In 2012, she played [Aimee Semple McPherson](/source/Aimee_Semple_McPherson) on Broadway in the musical *[Scandalous](/source/Scandalous%3A_The_Life_and_Trials_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson)*, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination and a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical.[8] She performed the role of Mrs. du Maurier in the Broadway musical *[Finding Neverland](/source/Finding_Neverland_(musical))* 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](/source/Tuck_Everlasting_(musical))* at the [Broadhurst Theatre](/source/Broadhurst_Theatre), beginning in April 2016.[9] Following *Tuck Everlasting'*s closing in May, she returned to *Finding Neverland* on July 5, 2016, for the show's last six weeks.[10]

Carmello joined the US national tour of *[Hello, Dolly](/source/Hello%2C_Dolly!_(musical))*, playing Dolly Levi, from September 2019 to its closing in March 2020.[11] In 2023, Carmello played the role of the Stepmother in the Broadway musical [*Bad Cinderella*](/source/Cinderella_(Lloyd_Webber_musical)).[12]

## Theatre credits

### Broadway and West End

Source: [Playbill](/source/Playbill)[13]

Year(s) Production Role Location 1989 City of Angels Ensemble/Oolie/Donna[citation needed] Virginia Theatre 1992–93 Falsettos Cordelia John Golden Theatre 1997–98 1776 Abigail Adams[14] Gershwin Theatre 1998–99 Parade Lucille Frank Vivian Beaumont Theatre 1999–2000 The Scarlet Pimpernel Marguerite St. Just Neil Simon Theatre 2001 Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi/Katharine Martin Beck Theatre 2002 Victoria Palace Theatre 2003–04 Urinetown Penelope Pennywise Henry Miller's Theatre 2004 Mamma Mia! Donna Sheridan[4] Winter Garden Theatre 2006 Lestat Gabrielle Palace Theatre 2006–07 Mamma Mia! Donna Sheridan[5] Winter Garden Theatre 2010–11 The Addams Family Alice Beineke Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 2011–12 Sister Act Mother Superior[15] Broadway Theatre 2012 Scandalous Aimee Semple McPherson[16] Neil Simon Theatre 2015–16 Finding Neverland Madame du Maurier[17] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 2016 Tuck Everlasting Mae Tuck[18] Broadhurst Theatre Finding Neverland Madame du Maurier[10] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 2022–23 1776 John Dickinson American Airlines Theatre 2023 Bad Cinderella The Stepmother Imperial Theatre

### National tours

- *[Big River](/source/Big_River_(musical))* as Mary Jane Wilkes (1987)[19]

- *[Les Misérables](/source/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical))* as Ensemble, u/s [Cosette](/source/Cosette) & u/s [Fantine](/source/Fantine) (1987)[20]

- *[Falsettos](/source/Falsettos)* as Trina (1992-93) and Cordelia (1994)[21]

- *[Chess](/source/Chess_(musical))* as Florence (January 1990-May 1990)[2][22]

- *[Hello, Dolly!](/source/Hello%2C_Dolly!_(musical))* as Dolly Gallagher Levi (September 2019-March 2020)

- *[Kimberly Akimbo](/source/Kimberly_Akimbo_(musical))* as Kimberly Levaco (2024-25)

### Regional

- [*Evita*](/source/Evita_(musical)) as Eva Perón at An Evening Dinner Theatre, 1985

- *[Grease](/source/Grease_(musical))* as Sandy at [Pittsburgh C.L.O.](/source/Pittsburgh_Civic_Light_Opera), 1989[23]

- [*Company*](/source/Company_(musical)) as Marta at Birmingham Theatre, 1989

- *[Bells are Ringing](/source/Bells_Are_Ringing_(musical))* Reprise! as Ella at [Freud Playhouse](/source/UCLA_School_of_Theater%2C_Film_and_Television) ([Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)), 1999[24]

- *[The King and I](/source/The_King_and_I)* as Anna at [Paper Mill Playhouse](/source/Paper_Mill_Playhouse) ([Millburn, New Jersey](/source/Millburn%2C_New_Jersey)), 2002[25]

- *[On The Twentieth Century](/source/On_The_Twentieth_Century)* Reprise! as Lily Garland at [Freud Playhouse](/source/UCLA_School_of_Theater%2C_Film_and_Television) (Los Angeles), 2003[26]

- *[Baby](/source/Baby_(musical))* as Arlene at Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey) 2004[27]

- *[Saving Aimee](/source/Saving_Aimee)* at [Signature Theatre](/source/Signature_Theatre_(Arlington_VA)) ([Arlington, Virginia](/source/Arlington%2C_Virginia)), 2007[28]

- *[Little Shop of Horrors](/source/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(musical))* at [Charles Playhouse](/source/Charles_Playhouse) ([Boston](/source/Boston))

- *[Scandalous](/source/Scandalous%3A_The_Life_and_Trials_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson)* at [Pavilion Theatre](/source/Pavilion_Theatre_(Glasgow)) ([Glasgow](/source/Glasgow))

- *[The Music Man](/source/The_Music_Man)* at [Schenectady Light Opera](/source/Schenectady_Light_Opera_Company) ([Schenectady, New York](/source/Schenectady%2C_New_York))[29]

- *[Tuck Everlasting](/source/Tuck_Everlasting_(musical))* as Mae Tuck at [Alliance Theatre](/source/Alliance_Theatre) ([Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia)), 2015[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- *[Gypsy](/source/Gypsy_(musical))* as Rose at [Broadway Sacramento](/source/Broadway_Sacramento), 2018[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- *[Sweeney Todd](/source/Sweeney_Todd_(musical))* as Mrs. Lovett at [Opera Saratoga](/source/Opera_Saratoga) ([Saratoga Springs, New York](/source/Saratoga_Springs%2C_New_York)), 2022[30]

- *[Into the Woods](/source/Into_the_Woods)* as The Witch at Pittsburgh C.L.O., 2023[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- [*Nine*](/source/Nine_(musical)) as Liliane LaFleur at [Kennedy Center](/source/Kennedy_Center), 2024

### Off-Broadway

Source: Internet Off-Broadway Database[31]

- *[I Can Get It for You Wholesale](/source/I_Can_Get_It_for_You_Wholesale)* (1991)

- *[Hello Again](/source/Hello_Again_(musical))* (1993)

- *Das Barbecu* (1994)[32]

- *[John & Jen](/source/John_%26_Jen)* (1995)

- *[A Class Act](/source/A_Class_Act)* (2000)[33]

- *[The Vagina Monologues](/source/The_Vagina_Monologues)* (2000)[34]

- *[Elegies](/source/Elegies_(William_Finn))* (2003)[35]

- *[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street](/source/Sweeney_Todd%3A_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street)* (2017) as Mrs. Nellie Lovett[36]

### Concerts

- *[Funny Girl](/source/Funny_Girl_(musical))* as Fanny ([Actors Fund](/source/Actors_Fund_of_America) Benefit Concert), 2002[37]

- *[God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater](/source/Kurt_Vonnegut's_God_Bless_You%2C_Mr._Rosewater)* as Sylvia Rosewater ([Cooper Union](/source/Cooper_Union)), 2003[38]

- *[Showboat](/source/Showboat_(musical))* as Julie (Carnegie Hall), 2008[39]

- *[1776](/source/1776_(musical))* as John Adams (54 Below), 2017[40]

- *[Follies](/source/Follies)* as Sally Durant Plummer (Carnegie Hall), 2024

## Accolades

Source: [Playbill](/source/Playbill)[41]

She won $14,000 on an appearance on the *[Scrabble](/source/Scrabble_(game_show))* game show in 1989.[42]

### Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result 1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Remember WENN Nominated 1999 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Musical Parade Nominated Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical Won 2006 Tony Awards Best Featured Actress in a Musical Lestat Nominated Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Nominated 2010 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Addams Family Nominated Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated 2013 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson Nominated Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated 2015 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Finding Neverland Nominated

## Personal life

She is divorced from fellow actor [Gregg Edelman](/source/Gregg_Edelman).[1][43] They have two children.[44] She resides in [Leonia, New Jersey](/source/Leonia%2C_New_Jersey).[45]

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## External links

- [Carolee Carmello](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138366/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Carolee Carmello](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/34581) at the [Internet Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Broadway_Database)

- [Carolee Carmello](https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/1975) at the [Internet Off-Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Off-Broadway_Database) (archived)

- [Carolee Carmello interview](https://soundcloud.com/american-theatre-wing/episode38), American Theatre Wing website (via soundcloud.com)

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Imelda de Martin (1964) No Awards (1965–1968) Dorothy Loudon / Bernadette Peters (1969) Lauren Bacall / Sandy Duncan / Ethel Merman (1970) Helen Gallagher / Alexis Smith (1971) Jonelle Allen (1972) Glynis Johns / Michele Lee (1973) Ruby Lynn Reyner (1974) Angela Lansbury (1975) Donna McKechnie (1976) Clamma Dale (1977) Nell Carter (1978) Angela Lansbury (1979) Patti LuPone (1980) Lena Horne (1981) Jennifer Holliday (1982) Natalia Makarova (1983) Chita Rivera (1984) No Award (1985) Bernadette Peters (1986) Teresa Stratas (1987) Patti LuPone (1988) Toni DiBuono (1989) Tyne Daly (1990) Lea Salonga (1991) Faith Prince (1992) Chita Rivera (1993) Donna Murphy (1994) Glenn Close (1995) Julie Andrews (1996) Bebe Neuwirth (1997) Natasha Richardson (1998) Carolee Carmello / Bernadette Peters (1999) Heather Headley (2000) Marla Schaffel (2001) Sutton Foster (2002) Marissa Jaret Winokur (2003) Donna Murphy (2004) Victoria Clark (2005) Christine Ebersole (2006) Audra McDonald / Donna Murphy (2007) Patti LuPone (2008) Allison Janney (2009) Catherine Zeta-Jones / Montego Glover (2010) Sutton Foster (2011) Audra McDonald (2012) Laura Osnes (2013) Jessie Mueller (2014) Kristin Chenoweth (2015) Cynthia Erivo (2016) Bette Midler (2017) Jessie Mueller (2018) Stephanie J. Block (2019) Adrienne Warren (2020) No Award (2021) Joaquina Kalukango (2022) See also: Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical (2023-present)

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