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Roundabout musical director Philip A. Campanella Passes Away

By: May. 23, 2005
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Philip A. Campanella leaves behind a distinguished theatrical legacy after having passed away on May 6th at the age of 56. The composer, musical director, performer and sound designer died at the Greenville Hospital in Jersey City, NJ, with the cause of death attributed to arterial thrombosis.

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Campanella was the musical director and composer-in-residence for the Roundabout Theatre Company, where he supervised music for over 100 productions. He composed the original music for productions of Hamlet, The Master Builder, All My Sons and Misalliance, and did the same for the 1973 Broadway production of Roundabout's The Play's the Thing--a show in which he also appeared as an actor.

Campanella, who received degrees in music and theatre from St. Peter's College, handled the sound design for revivals of A Taste of Honey, The Homecoming and Philadelphia, Here I Come! He was also the executive director of the Singers Forum academy, and the director-producer of dozens of tribute performances, including a recent one to Singers Forum founder Andy Anselmo.

A revival of the Harold Rome review Pins and Needles featured musical direction by Campanella and was broadcast on CBS, and a revival of Look Back in Anger with Malcolm McDowell was similarly shown on Showtime.

As a composer and lyricist, he adapted James Joyces' Dubliners, which was published by Samuel French. Campanella conducted the actress Geraldine Fitzgerald's Streetsongs at the White House and other venues, and also accompanied such performers as Maxene Andrews of the Andrews Sisters.





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