Classic Stage's one-night benefit performance of FIORELLO!, dir. Kathleen Marshall & starring Chris Fitzgerald
Classic Stage's one-night benefit performance of FIORELLO!, dir. Kathleen Marshall & starring Chris Fitzgerald
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#1Classic Stage's one-night benefit performance of FIORELLO!, dir. Kathleen Marshall & starring Chris Fitzgerald
Posted: 9/9/24 at 2:25pm
Intriguing!
Wonder if this is a true one-off or if CSC is considering a revival of the show in a future season?
I can't say I loved the show at Encores a decade ago, but there are some great Bock & Harnick tunes and it is an interesting product of its time.
https://www.classicstage.org/fiorello/
#2Classic Stage's one-night benefit performance of FIORELLO!, dir. Kathleen Marshall & starring Chris Fitzgerald
Posted: 9/10/24 at 1:47am
Thanks - I would love to see this if I could! (I can't).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
#3Classic Stage's one-night benefit performance of FIORELLO!, dir. Kathleen Marshall & starring Chris Fitzgerald
Posted: 10/2/24 at 6:00pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kerry-Butler-L-Morgan-Lee-and-Krysta-Rodriguez-Join-FIORELLO-at-Classic-Stage-Company-20241002
Joining the previously announced Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress, Spamalot) as Fiorello LaGuardia will be Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler (Beetlejuice) as Marie, Robert Creighton (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) as Floyd, Billy Cohen (CSC’s I Can Get It For You Wholesale) as Neil, Tony Award nominee Andy Grotelueschen (CSC’s Assassins) as Morris, Tony Award nominee L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop) as Mitzi, Krysta Rodriguez (Into the Woods) as Thea, Tony Award nominee Sarah Stiles (Tootsie) as Dora, Nik Walker (Spamalot) as Marino, and Major Attaway (Aladdin), Todd Buonopane (Grease), Rick Crom (Encores! Fiorello!), Alan H. Green (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory), Shawna Hamic (1776), and Branch Woodman (The Music Man) as the Political Hacks. Alex Finke (Come From Away), Leah Horowitz (NY City Center’s Titanic), Claire Saunders (Sweeney Todd), and Aurelia Williams (Parade) round out the ensemble.
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