Tonight is the last night for Fiorello Auditions

by Jeff Shannon

Tonight is the last night for auditions for Watertown Lyric Theater’s fall musical, the Tony Award winning musical Fiorello!

According to an e-mail I received from Producer Kevin Kitto, men are especially needed at tonight’s open auditions.

The auditions are tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the State Office building Auditorium in Watertown.  There are several roles for men and women, and some of the roles are non-singing.

For General Information call: Elizabeth Smith at 788-8781

For questions about audition music call: Rich Muller at 486-3134

You can also go to this link.

Fiorello! will be presented on November 6, 7 & 8 at the Watertown Dulles State Office Building Auditorium.

  Directed by:  Elizabeth Smith
  Produced by: Kevin R. Kitto
  Music by: Rich Muller
  Vocal Coach: Nancy Boynton
  Choreographed by: Kathy Michaels
  Technical Director: Jeff Comet 

Here is information from my previous article:

Fiorello! won the Tony Award for best musical in 1960, and is also one of the few musicals in history to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Fiorello! tells the story of the rise to power of New York’s “Little Flower,” Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (1882-1947). In a time when the crooked political machine known as “Tammany Hall” was up to its ears in graft, vice and corruption, it took this small, honest man to break their stranglehold on New York City politics. With guts and perseverance “The Little Flower” put a bright, new shine on “The Big Apple.”

Unlike most political musicals, which are usually satires, Fiorello! is really a love story set to the music and beat of a New York City in the midst of change.

With a book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, and a score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, “Fiorello!” ran for 795 performances in 3 years on Broadway.

The Main Cast features 5 Men and 4 Women, with extras as Poker Players, Ragtime Dancers and supportive speaking roles in the ensemble.

There are also roles for 3 or 4 Newsies to be played by teenage boys or girls, and some Fort Drum Soldiers are needed for the first Act finale.

A copy of the script is available for perusal at the circulation desk of the Flower Memorial Library.

For more information, visit the Lyric Theater Website

Here is more information about the Original Broadway Musical.

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