THE ROSE TATTOO 2008/ NYU (Director: Nancy Rhodes) A play by Tennessee Williams Original Incidental Music Score by Joe Gianono
This classic drama centers on Serafina, a widowed Sicilian woman living in the American South who is left devastated by the death of her husband. Grief turns her into a recluse, however she is drawn back into the world when she learns of her late husband's infidelities. Meanwhile, the arrival of a new lodger, handsome truck driver Alvaro, offers hope of a new love in her life. The music is typically Italian.