PhotosNY Mayor Bill de Blasio Visits Fiorello!New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took a trip to see Berkshire Theatre Group’s Fiorello!, a musical about one of his predecessors, and greeted the cast onstage following the September 23 performance.
By
Monica Simoes
September 27, 2016
Fiorello! transferredto the East 13th Street Theater September 4, marking the first full-scale Off-Broadway revival of the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical, and BTG’s debut New York City production.
Last seen on Broadway in 1959, the acclaimed musical chronicles the life of NY Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, including his years as a political crusader, through World War I and onto his election. The show officially opened September 9.
Mr. Garcia was active across numerous international markets, founding one of Asia’s most prolific theatre companies while establishing an extensive working relationship with Lea Salonga.