Fiorello!

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Genre: Musical Play

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Lyrics
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Music

Later Contributors

This list represents writers who contributed to revisions, etc. following the original production.

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Book (adaptation)
Genre: Musical Play

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Synopsis

In early-20th-century New York, a tenacious lawyer takes on Tammany Hall, championing immigrants and workers while running witty, grassroots campaigns. His reform drive collides with personal commitments as romance and public duty pull in different directions. Friends in clubhouses, loyal secretaries, and hardened bosses sing of favors, ambition, and integrity. Through elections, courtroom battles, and late-night strategy, he learns what it costs to clean up a city—and what it means to lead with heart.

Trivia & History

There were many additional unused songs but these were written very early and discarded long before rehearsals. A song with the title "Temporarily Unemployed" has sometimes been traced as having been a cut song but Sheldon Harnick has stated that no song with that title ever existed. He says it may have been a title contemplated for "Business Is Fundamentally Sound," a song that ended up being cut.

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