All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Rob Fisher and Sheldon Harnick on Sheldon’s 99th birthday in 2023. Photo Courtesy of Rob Fisher
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Fiorello!”
1960 Pulitzer winner “Fiorello!”, by Jerome Weidman, George Abbott, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Fiorello! Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello!
Jerry Bock Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bock
Sheldon Harnick Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick
Fiorello La Guardia Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_La_Guardia
Rob Fisher
https://amp-worldwide.com/artist/rob-fisher/
“Remembering Broadway legend and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick” Terry Gross interview on NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185294793/remembering-broadway-legend-and-fiddler-on-the-roof-lyricist-sheldon-harnick
“To Broadway, To Life!: The Musical Theater of Bock and Harnick” by Phillip Lambert
https://www.amazon.com/Broadway-Life-Musical-Theater-Legacies/dp/0199328064/
Music Theatre International: Fiorello!
https://www.mtishows.com/fiorello
Original Review: “Theatre: Little Flower Blooms Again; ‘Fiorello!’ Begins Run at the Broadhurst” by Brooks Atkinson
https://www.nytimes.com/1959/11/24/archives/theatre-little-flower-blooms-again-fiorello-begins-run-at-the.html
Encores 1994 Review: “Fiorello” by Jeremy Gerard, Variety
https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/fiorello-1200435922/
Encores 1994 Review: “Fiorello” by Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/theater-review-fiorello-city-center-article-1.1252208
Papermill Playhouse Review
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/18/archives/new-jersey-weekly-fiorello-shines-at-paper-mill-high-spirits.html
Berkshire Theatre Group review
https://thetakemagazine.com/review-fiorello-berkshire-theatre-group/
Goodspeed Opera House reviews
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/30/theater/stage-fiorello-at-goodspeed-opera.html
Encores 1994 Review: “Fiorello” by Jeremy Gerard
https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/fiorello-1200435922/
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Broadway & Me
Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.
