March 4, 1961: It was standing-room only for the first of two performances of “Fiorello!” at the Masonic Temple in Scranton. The biographical musical about the life of late New York City Mayor ...

Best Musical: Jerry Bock won. Best Musical: Sheldon Harnick won. Best Musical: George Abbott won. Best Musical: Jerome Weidman won. 1960 The Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Jerome Weidman ...

What is a progressive politic? Look no further than Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Fiorello!. A big-hearted look at Mayor LaGuardia and his battle for the people of New York City. This charming ...

(AP) What goes around comes around. It’s a key principle in politics, and apparently in musical theater, too. In the 1940s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia saved the building that would become New York City ...

Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Fiorello!,” and creative partner to composer Jerry Block, died on Friday morning at his home in Manhattan, The New York Times confirmed. He was ...

Fiorello! (book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott; music and lyrics by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick). Despite an exclamation point that gives it the look of an Italian war cry, Fiorello! matches ...

March 4, 1961: It was standing room-only for the first of two performances of “Fiorello!” at the Masonic Temple in Scranton. The biographical musical about the life of late New York City Mayor ...