An unseen narrator looks back to 1956, on Staten Island, when Buddy, an Italian guy with big dreams, buys a house planning to live upstairs with his wife Estelle and run a bar downstairs. The first problem is Estelle's lack of confidence in Buddy. Then, Irish tenants upstairs refuse to move and won't pay rent; plus, the woman upstairs is about to have a baby. The next problem is the baby: once he's born, it's clear his father was Black. The Irish guy splits; Buddy evicts mother and child, then feels guilt and sets her up in a flat while she sorts out an adoption. Estelle's lack of faith, the Irish lass's spirit, Buddy's dream, racial prejudice, and the baby's fate play out.
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Two Family House
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I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
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There's No Tomorrow
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Lonely For You
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Papa Loves Mambo
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Calypso Italiano
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Christopher Guardino:
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Dot's Cheesecake
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John Pizzarelli:
Bob haggart (as b. haggart) lyrics
John Bunch: Writer John Pizzarelli Trio: Performer |
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Wouldn't Trade You
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Have Another One, Not Me
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Questa o quella (This Woman or That)
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Writer
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Where Are the Stars
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David Heneker:
Writer
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La donna è mobile (Woman Is Fickle)
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Writer
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Easy Beat
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Malcolm Lockyer:
Writer
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