Capiche!

F. Italian Jokes… Top Ten List – “You know your neighbors in the  Mob when…” Italian Phrases – The Audience gets to answer what certain funny Italian Phrases are… Participation Songs – “Lazy Mary”, Eh Cumpari and “Pepino, The Italian Mouse

Lyrics to “Lazy Mary”:

C’ ‘na luna mezz’u mare
Mamma mia m’a maritare
Figlia mia a cu te dare
Mamma mia pensace tu

• Lazy Mary you better get up The Interactive Italian – Silver Wedding Anniversary Party & Italian/American Sing-a-Long Event
• Great Music, Great Italian Food – Funny Interactive Audience Involved Plot – Based around Salvatore (Sal) and Annuziata (Anne) Celanatano’s 25th Wedding Anniversary Party!!!
• Similar to the very popular and very successful “Tony And Tina’s Wedding”, only a much more intimate event, featuring the rich Italian Standards made popular in the 1950’s/1960’s by the incredible Italian/American balladeers such as, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Connie Francis, Al Martino, Vic Damone, Jerry Vale, Rosemary Clooney, Lou Monte, and Julius LaRosa, to name a few.
• Possible Featured Songs for this interactive event – “That’s Amore”, “Mambo Italiano”, “Al Di La”, “Oh Marie”, “Pepino, The Italian Mouse”, “Volare”, “Non Dementicar”, “Arrivederci Roma”, “Lazy Mary”, “Eh Cumpari” and lots, lots more.
• The Band – “Nunzio’s Goomba Quartet” – (fictional band) – 4 Piece.

Show Itinerary – (Please Note: Plot and Characters all subject to change, adjustment and/or revision)

A. Meet and Greet – Actors meet and greet the audience as they enter the pub welcoming them to the Anniversary Party.  Each guest receives a Name Label giving them a new Italian Name – Examples: Sal Manilla, Lynn Guini, etc.

B. Music – The band starts playing popular Italian Hits to draw in the crowd, as the servers take drink and food orders.

(Please Note:  Suggestion –  It might be fun to serve a “Family Style Italian Dinner” with guests getting bowls of Italian Food Favorites on the table and passing the food to one another, much like an “Old School” Italian Family Dinner!)

C. Scene 1 – Uncle Enrico Crocetti, brother to Annuziata, will start the Festivities by saying a toast and then introducing,  Bitzy Celanantano, the daughter of Sal and Anne, who will sing their favorite tune “The Anniversary Song”.

“Oh, how we danced on the night we were wed
We vowed our true love, though a word wasn’t said
The world was in bloom, there were stars in the skies
Except for the few that were there in your eyes…”

We will also meet the other characters in the show and the audience will begin to understand their relationship to one another.

The Characters – (Please Note: Plot and Characters all subject to change or revision)

Salvatore Celantano – Husband to Anne Celentano

Annuziata Celantano – Wife to Sal Celentano

Fiametta Celantano – Sal’s Mother

Bitzy “Mary” Celantano – Daughter of Sal and Anne Celentano

Jimmy “Two Step” Cosentino – Fiancé of Bitzy

Enrico Crocetti – Brother to Anne

Fidele Castelluccio – The Fraud

The Scene Ends with Enrico doing the prayer and then everyone singing “That’s Amore”…

“When the moon hits your eye
Like a big-a pizza pie
That’s amore
When the world seems to shine
Like you’ve had too much wine
That’s amore…”

D. Dinner is Served – Mangia “Eat until you eat no longer”!!!

E. Scene 2 – Birthday and other Anniversary Announcements and then into scene.  Additional Plot Conflicts…
She answered back I am not able
Lazy Mary you better get up

Lyrics to “Eh Cumpari” :

Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari

Chi si sona

U friscalettu

E comu si sona u friscalettu

U friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam

 

Lyrics to “Pepino the Italian Mouse”:

Pepino, oh, you little mouse,

Oh, won’t you go away.

Find yourself another house to run around and play.

You scare my girl, you eat my cheese, you even drink my wine.

I try so hard to catch you but you trick me all the time.

G. Scene 3 – More Plot Unfolds and More Songs are offered up… Conclusion – Epilogue

H. Finale –

All’s well that ends well!!!

This interactive event includes: 4 piece band, 7 actors, stage manager, props, costumes, sing-a-long books, and small program.

Venue provides sound amplification, lighting (if necessary) and dinner for the “Capiche” Staff.

Pricing Per Performance or Set of Performances – Negotiable

 

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