TimeLine Theatre :: Fiorello!

2007-08 Season
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APRIL 17 - JUNE 15, 2008
previews 4/13 at 7 pm ; 4/15 & 4/16 at 8 pm

Regular Performance Times:
• Wednesdays at 7:30 pm (5/28, 6/4 & 6/11 only)
• Thursdays at 7:30 pm
• Fridays at 8 pm
• Saturdays at 4 pm & 8 pm (except no performances on 4/19)
• Sundays at 2 pm

Running time:
The running time is
approximately 2 hours 45 minutes,
including one intermission.

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Special Events:
Post-show discussions (FREE) hosted by a TimeLine Company Member and featuring members of the production team and cast on Thursdays 4/24, 5/1 & 5/8 and Sundays 4/27 & 5/11.

Sunday Scholars Series on 5/4 ($10; $5 for TimeLine subscribers) A panel discussion featuring experts on the themes of the play. More info ...

Company Member Discussion on Sunday 5/18 (FREE). The heart of TimeLine is our Company members, who shape the artistic vision and choose the programming for the organization. Join them after this performance for an informal discussion to hear more about how the Company works and the process that brought Fiorello! back to the stage.

FIORELLO!

“Perfect anytime but especially during an election year”
— Chicago Free Press

Fiorello!

A remount of TimeLine's award-winning 2006 production - Recipient of a 2007 Joseph Jefferson Citation for Outstanding Production - Musical

Listen to an interview of award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick by Richard Christiansen (former chief critic of the Chicago Tribune). This interview took place April 29, 2006, as TimeLine's first production of Fiorello! was preparing to open. The MP3 audio recording is approximately 55 minutes long. A transcript is coming soon!
Read the Chicago Tribune review
Read the Chicago Sun-Times review
Read the Time Out Chicago review

by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman
music by Jerry Bock
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
directed by Nick Bowling
musical direction by Doug Peck

In May 2006, TimeLine’s production of the musical Fiorello! became the fastest-selling show in the company’s history. A sample of the critical acclaim garnered by the production includes:

“There are some moments in off-Loop Chicago theater so typified by guts and toil that, in the heat of the show, little else matters. [TimeLine’s] intensely emotional revival of Fiorello! most assuredly is in that category … you will be bowled over by what is achieved here.” — Chicago Tribune

“Guys & Dolls for the political set …
[a] hugely ambitious, high-energy, strikingly sung production.”
— Chicago Sun-Times

Now it’s back by popular demand, as TimeLine presents the return of this sold-out and critically acclaimed production. Ahead of its time when it premiered in 1959 and often called a neglected masterpiece, Fiorello! is a classic Broadway musical that features heartbreaking ballads (“When Did I Fall in Love”), rousing chorus numbers (“Politics and Poker”) and melodic showstoppers (“Little Tin Box”) to tell the story of one small, honest man’s struggle against corruption in big-city politics. With guts and perseverance, Fiorello H. LaGuardia put a bright, new shine on “The Big Apple” and became one of the most enduring figures of the 20th century. This remount will feature the entire original design team and much of the original cast, including TimeLine Artistic Director PJ Powers as the title character.