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Craig Carnelia (born 1949) is an American musical theater composer and singer, known for his collaboration on the musicals ''Working'' and ''Sweet Smell of Success''. ==Biography== Carnelia grew up in Floral Park, New York. He was exposed to Broadway at the age of fourteen when he was inspired by the Richard Rodgers musical ''No Strings''. He played guitar, was in a folksinging group and taught himself to play the piano. While attending Hofstra University he won the role of The Boy in off-Broadway's ''The Fantasticks'', and dropped out of school as a sophomore.〔Filichia, Peter.("A Conversation With Craig Carnelia" ), theatermania.com, January 9, 2004〕 After a short stint in the production, Carnelia pursued songwriting and, later, musical theatre composition. Carnelia's songs were heard with the work of other writers in the Stephen Schwartz conceptual revue ''Working'' (1978).〔(" 'Working' information ) musicalschwartz.com, accessed February 2, 2010〕 From there he wrote full scores, both lyrics and music, for the short-lived Broadway musical ''Is there life after high school?'' (1982), which is still performed in stock, amateur, and regional theatres. He composed lyrics and music for ''Three Postcards'', with a book by Craig Lucas, which was staged off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons in 1987 and revived by Circle Rep in 1994. For the musical ''Sweet Smell of Success'' (2002), he teamed with composer Marvin Hamlisch,〔Jones, Kenneth.("PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Craig Carnelia" ), playbill.com, January 15, 2002〕 with whom he also composed songs for the 2002 Nora Ephron play ''Imaginary Friends''. Carnelia also performs in concert or cabaret, at venues such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in 2004.〔Rendell, Bob.( "NJPAC Coup: Craig Carnelia in Performance" ), broadwaytalk.com, January 14, 2004〕 His partner is American theatre actress Lisa Brescia.〔 He has received the Johnny Mercer Award, "Emerging American Songwriter", the first annual Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award, and the Kleban Award. He also is a mentor to young writers through the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, the Dramatists Guild Musical Theatre Fellowship and the Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference.〔(American Music Theatre Project biography ) amtp.northwestern.edu, accessed February 2, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Carnelia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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