Fiorello!

Description

The San Francisco Arts Education Project (SFArtsED) celebrates the ninth year of its musical theater company, The SFArtsED Players, with performances of Broadway’s Pulitzer Prize winning, Fiorello! at San Francisco's Eureka Theatre (215 Jackson Street, between Front and Battery) for a three-week engagement beginning Friday, February 5 and continuing through Saturday, February 20. Tickets range in price from $10 for students and seniors to $15 for adults and are available by phone at 415-392-4400 and on the Web at http://www.cityboxoffice.com. A Gala fundraiser will be held Saturday afternoon, February 20, featuring a surprise celebrity host. All tickets for the Gala performance are $30.

One of only seven musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Fiorello! is based on the life of New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. With book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock, the musical follows the life of LaGuardia during World War I and ten years later. As mayor of New York City, LaGuardia reformed city politics by helping end Tammany Hall’s formidable political machine.

These special performances of Fiorello! are a collaboration of SFArtsED, the School of the Arts High School Technical Theater program and Theatre Rhinoceros. The SFArtsED Players, featuring performers ranging in ages from nine through 15, will be sharing the Eureka Theatre performance space and a common set with Theatre Rhinoceros during its 2009-2010 season. The students from School of the Arts High School’s (SOTA) program will design the technical aspects of the performances including the set and props and will be responsible for the stage management of the show, as part of SFArtsED's apprentice programs. Jon Lowe, Theatre Rhinoceros’s lighting designer will mentor the SOTA theater apprentices, teaching the students lighting design and operational skills.

Following its Eureka Theatre run, The SFArtEd Players will perform free matinee performances of Fiorello! at SOTA for San Francisco Unified School District students on Thursday, April 15 and Friday, April 16.

Fiorello! is directed by Danny Duncan. Diana Lee is the Musical Director and Conductor. Vocal directors are Robert Cowan and Ben Keim. Choreography is provided by Natalie Greene, Katie Kerwin and Emily Keeler, who is also the Artistic Director of SFArtsED and the SFArtsED Players.

More Info

Link

http://www.sfartsed.org/events/

Call

415-392-4400 (Box Office)