Christopher Fitzgerald Leads 1-Night-Only Fiorello! at Classic Stage Company October 7 | Playbill

Benefits and Galas Christopher Fitzgerald Leads 1-Night-Only Fiorello! at Classic Stage Company October 7

Kerry Butler, L Morgan Lee, Krysta Rodriguez, and more co-star in the benefit performance directed by Kathleen Marshall.

Christopher Fitzgerald

Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald stars in the title role of Pulitzer-winning musical Fiorello! October 7 at Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company. The one-night-only benefit performance is directed by Kathleen Marshall with Joey Chancey as music director.

The cast also includes Kerry Butler (Beetlejuice) as Marie, Robert Creighton (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) as Floyd, Billy Cohen (I Can Get It For You Wholesale) as Neil, Andy Grotelueschen (Assassins) as Morris, L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop) as Mitzi, Krysta Rodriguez (Into the Woods) as Thea, Sarah Stiles (Tootsie) as Dora, and Nik Walker (Spamalot) as Marino, with 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 (Titanic), Claire Saunders (Sweeney Todd), and Aurelia Williams (Parade) round out the company. Casting is by Alaine Alldaffer and Lisa Donadio.

Featuring a book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Fiorello! centers on the life story of famed New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. The show first opened on Broadway in 1959, winning Best Musical at the 1960 Tony Awards, along with that year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Jason Weixelman serves as stage manager, and Emily Pathman is assistant stage manager.

Tickets begin at $100, with some levels including access to a post-show reception. Rush tickets priced at $35 will be available beginning an hour before the performance.

Visit ClassicStage.org for more.

 
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