Classic Stage Company is pleased to announce a benefit performance of Fiorello!, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical with a book by six-time Tony Award winner George Abbott (Damn Yankees) and Jerome Weidman (I Can Get It For You Wholesale), music by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Bock (Fiddler on the Roof), and lyrics by three-time Tony Award winner Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof). Directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes).
Fiorello!
book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman
music by Jerry Bock
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
directed by Kathleen Marshall
Featuring
Tony Nominee
Christopher Fitzgerald
as
Fiorello Laguardia
Monday, October 7 at 7pm
at CSC’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater .
ABOUT FIORELLO!
The name’s LaGuardia!
Long before he was worthy of having an airport bear his name, Fiorello LaGuardia was an irascible New Yorker determined to represent the powerless against the all-powerful Tammany Hall. On his way to becoming a beloved mayor, he would face love, loss, and an unwelcoming political machine. This 1959 musical comedy by legendary songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick and book writers George Abbott and Jerome Weidman took home the Pulitzer Prize and remains as illuminating as ever about the ins, outs, and upside downs of our elections.
FIORELLO! CAST
Christopher Fitzgerald was nominated for the Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Waitress, for which won both the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Awards. He was previously nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his performance in Young Frankenstein, and Tony and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his work in Finian’s Rainbow, for which he won the Drama Desk Award. He also received Drama Desk Award nominations for his work in Amour and Saturday Night. Other Broadway performances include the recent revivals of Spamalot and Company, An Act of God, Chicago and the original cast of Wicked. On film he starred in the Lionsgate feature “Girl Most Likely” opposite Kristin Wiig and Annette Bening. His recent credits include Godless (Netflix), Happy! (Syfy), Let Them All Talk (HBOMax), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon). Photo credit: Bruce Glikas
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