Bravo Giovanni

• Original Broadway Production (1962)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Rome
• Uriti
• Breachy's Law
• I'm All I've Got
• The Argument
• Signora Pandolfi
• The Kangaroo
• If I Were the Man
• Steady, Steady
• We Won't Discuss It
• Ah! Camminare
• Uriti Kitchen
• Virtue Arrivederci
  • aka Virtue, Arrivederci [no note]
• Bravo, Giovanni
• One Little World Apart
• Connubiality
  • aka Jump In [no note]
• Miranda

Cut prior to opening

• Beside a Bridge
  • aka Along the River Tiber [no note]

Cut after Philadelphia tryout

• Give All Your Love Away

Based on Howard Shaw's novel The Crime of Giovanni Venturi.

Giovanni Venturi is the owner of a small, family-style trattoria in Rome. When a branch of the upscale Uriti restaurant chain opens up next door and threatens him with bankruptcy, his friend Amadeo suggests he tunnel from his basement to the Uriti basement kitchen, steal food from the dumbwaiter, and serve it in his place at reduced prices in order to stay competitive. Giovanni and his girlfriend Miranda successfully build the tunnel, and their efforts are profitable.

• Bravo, Giovanni (no note)
• The Crime of Giovanni Venturi (no note)