Passion
Book by James Lapine
Based on the novel Fosca by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti and the film Passione d'Amore
The Notion
"1863. Milan. Giorgio, a handsome young captain in the Italian army, is having an affair with a beautiful married woman named Clara. He is unexpectedly sent to a remote military outpost, where the commanding officer's cousin Fosca, an unattractive and aggressive young woman given to fits of hysteria, falls in love with and relentlessly pursues him."
- Stephen Sondheim in Look, I Made a Hat -Â
Songs
Scene One
Happiness
Scene Two
First Letter ("Clara, I cried")
Second Letter ("Giorgio, I too have cried")
Third Letter ("Clara, I'm in hell")
Fourth Letter ("How could I forget you?")
I Read
Transition #1 ("How can I describe her?")
Scene Three
Garden Sequence
Scene Four
Transition #2 ("All the time I watched from my room")
Scene Five
Trio
Transition #3 ("I watched you from my window")
Scene Seven
I Wish I Could Forget You
Scene Eight
Soldiers' Gossip #1
Scene Nine
Flashback
Scene Ten
Sunrise Letter
Is This What You Call Love?
Scene Eleven
Soldiers' Gossip #2
Scene Twelve
Transition #4 ("To feel a woman's touch")
Forty Days
Loving You
Transition #5 ("How long were we apart?")
Soldiers' Gossip #3
Scene Thirteen
"Giorgio, I didn't tell you in my letter"
Scene Fourteen
Farewell Letter
Scene Fifteen
No One Has Ever Loved Me
Scene Seventeen
Finale: Your Love Will Live in Me
Albums
Non-English Albums
Video
The following are unofficial video recordings, and as such, they are subject to being taken down at any time. Not all videos are the complete show.
Productions & Casts
Awards
1994 Original Broadway Production
Carousel won the following:
Nicholas Hytner: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Direction
Audra McDonald: Tony Award for Featured Actress
An Inspector Calls won the following:
Rick Fisher: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Lighting Design
Ian MacNeilDrama Desk Award for Set Design
Other winners:
Sunset Boulevard: Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
Boyd Gaines: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Leading Actor (She Loves Me)
Jarrod Emick: Tony Award for Featured Actor (Damn Yankees)
Ann Hould-Ward: Tony Award for Costume Design (Beauty and the Beast)
Howard Crabtree: Drama Desk Award for Costume Design (Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo)
Tony Awards
10 Nominations
4 Wins
1996 Original London Production
Other winners:
Martin Guerre: Olivier Award for Best Musical
Clive Rowe: Olivier Award for Supporting Performer (Guys and Dolls)
Tim Hatley: Olivier Award for Set Design (Stanley)
Olivier Awards
4 Nominations
1 Win
2005 Lincoln Center Concert
Emmy Awards
1 Nominations
1 Wins
2010 London Revival
Other winners:
Into the Woods: Olivier Award for Musical Revival
Sheridan Smith: Olivier Award for Leading Actress (Legally Blonde)
Nancy Carroll: Evening Standard Award for Leading Actress (After the Dance)
Miriam Buether: Evening Standard Award for Design (Sucker Punch)
Olivier Awards
3 Nominations
1 Win
2013 Off-Broadway Revival
Pippin won the following:
Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Revival of a Musical
Diane Paulus: Drama Desk Award for Direction
Andrea Martin: Drama Desk Award for Featured Actress
Other winners:
The Piano Lesson: Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
John Tiffany: Drama Desk Award for Direction (Once)
Billy Porter: Drama Desk Award for Leading Actor (Kinky Boots)
Bertie Carvel: Drama Desk Award for Featured Actor (Matilda)
Martin P. Vidnovic: Drama Desk Award for Featured Actor (Baby)
Justin Townsend: Drama Desk Award for Lighting Design (Here Lies Love)
Scott Lehrer & Drew Levy: Drama Desk Award for Sound Design (Chaplin: The Musical)
Steve Canyon Kennedy: Drama Desk Award for Sound Design (Hands on a Hardbody)
Tony Meola: Drama Desk Award for Sound Design (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Awards from All Productions
Tony Awards: 4 wins from 10 nominations
Laurence Olivier Awards: 2 wins from 7 nominations
Drama Desk Awards: 6 wins from 18 nominations
Evening Standard Awards: 2 wins from 4 nominations
Lucille Lortel Awards: 0 wins from 1 nomination
Outer Critics Circle Awards: 0 wins from 2 nominations
Theatre World Awards: 1 award
Emmy Awards: 1 win from 1 nomination
Grammy Awards: 1 win from 1 nomination