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| Music | Jerry Bock |
| Lyrics | Sheldon Harnick |
| Book | Jerome Weidman George Abbott |
| Based upon | Life of New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia |
| Productions | 1959 Broadway |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
Fiorello! is a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, a reform Republican who took on Tammany Hall. Jerry Bock (born November 23 1928) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize -winning American Musical theatre Composer Sheldon Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American Lyricist best known for his collaborations with Composer Jerry Bock Jerome Weidman ( April 4, 1913, Lower East Side, NYC - October 6, 1998, Upper East Side, NYC was an American George Francis Abbott ( June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was an American Theater producer and director, Playwright The City of New York LaGuardia redirects here For the airport see LaGuardia Airport. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical first awarded in 1949 The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918 From 1918 to 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes during these years the The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918 From 1918 to 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes during these years the Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. The City of New York LaGuardia redirects here For the airport see LaGuardia Airport. Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party Political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants (most notably With a book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock, the show opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on 23 November 1959 and ran for 795 performances. Jerome Weidman ( April 4, 1913, Lower East Side, NYC - October 6, 1998, Upper East Side, NYC was an American George Francis Abbott ( June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was an American Theater producer and director, Playwright Sheldon Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American Lyricist best known for his collaborations with Composer Jerry Bock Jerry Bock (born November 23 1928) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize -winning American Musical theatre Composer The Broadhurst Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 235 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] Tom Bosley originated the role of LaGuardia in the original Broadway cast, opposite veteran character actor Howard Da Silva as the Republican machine boss Ben Marino. Thomas Edward Bosley (born October 1, 1927) is an American Actor, best known on-stage for his work in Fiorello!, and Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Howard Da Silva ( May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American Actor. It is one of only seven musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918 From 1918 to 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes during these years the
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Summary
The musical contains several songs built around a group of machine politicians: "Politics and Poker", in which Republican machine politicians try to pick a congressional candidate in a district they consider hopeless, while playing a game of poker; "The Bum Won", in which these same politicians commiserate with one another after LaGuardia has won the election without their support; and "Little Tin Box", in which they imagine a series of Tammany politicians attempting to explain to a judge that their wealth came from their scrupulous habits of saving ("I can see Your Honor doesn't pull his punches/ And it looks a trifle fishy, I'll admit,/ But for one whole week I went without my lunches/ And it mounted up, Your Honor, bit by bit. A political machine is an unofficial system of a political organization based on Patronage, the Spoils system, "behind-the-scenes" control and longstanding The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into / Up Your Honor, bit by bit. ") In "I Love a Cop", woman factory worker describes her hapless situation of having fallen in love with a policeman who was called out against a strike by her union; "The Name's La Guardia" has LaGuardia campaigning in English, Italian and Yiddish. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High There is also a ragtime number, "Gentleman Jimmy" about bon vivant mayor James J. "Jimmy" Walker, and "Marie's Law" in which Marie proposes a "law" about how husbands should treat their wives ("Every girl shall have a honeymoon, which will last at least a year,/ During which aforesaid honeymoon, every care shall disappear…"). Ragtime (alternately spelled Rag-time) is an American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918 James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James ( June 19, 1881 &ndash November 18, 1946 [2]
Besides the inevitable invention of some peripheral characters, the musical plays a bit fast and loose with some basic facts of LaGuardia's life. In fact, LaGuardia's first wife, Thea (played by Ellen Hanley in the original Broadway production),[3] died after only three years of marriage, but the fictional Thea lives another eight years, so that her death can be one more calamity during LaGuardia's unsuccessful 1929 mayoral campaign; also, the script downplays LaGuardia's generally successful congressional career to make him seem more of an outsider and increase the triumph of his eventual mayoral victory in 1933. Ellen Hanley ( May 15 1926 - February 12 2007) was a Musical theater performer best known for playing Fiorello H
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An additional song, "Where Do I Go from Here?" (originally written for Marie to sing in Act I) was cut out of town; it can be heard on the Liz Callaway album Lost In Boston (Varese Sarabande VSD-5475). Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American Actress and Cabaret Singer. "Till Tomorrow" and "Unfair" were written "on spec" before Bock and Harnick were hired for the show. "Little Tin Box" was added on the road in Philadelphia. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə [1]
Original Cast Album
Fiorello!, originally on Capitol records, later a Broadway Angel CD #ZDM 7243 5 65023 2 1.
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Notes
- ^ a b Frank Kelly, The Unofficial Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick Appreciation Page, accessed 7 March 2007. The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel
- ^ No formal reference; all of this can easily be verified from the script or the soundtrack.
- ^ Fiorello! at the Internet Broadway Database
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| Preceded by J.B. by Archibald MacLeish |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1960 |
Succeeded by All the Way Home by Tad Mosel |
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