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Director-coauthor George Abbott cuts the cake at the first birthday party backstage for "Fiorello!," the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy

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Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file

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Fiorello! (Musical)

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Title
Director-coauthor George Abbott cuts the cake at the first birthday party backstage for "Fiorello!," the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy
Names
Graphic House, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file

Productions

Fiorello! (Musical)

Fiorello! (Musical), [File B]

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1960-11-23
Place: New York
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Pho B (Fiorello!)
Topics
Theatrical productions
Bock, Jerry. Fiorello!
Prince, Harold, 1928-
Griffith, Robert E.
Abbott, George, 1887-1995
Bosley, Tom
Wilson, Patricia (Vocalist)
Hanley, Ellen
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Creation/production credits: Music by Jerry Bock; Book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Content: Tom Bosley, who plays the title role, Patricia Wilson, Ellen Hanley his leading ladies and producers Harold S. Prince and Robert E. Griffith get ready with the champagne.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18155739
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 19.501.534
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fb419c10-37c3-0137-a402-0b331298ba18
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  • 1960: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Director-coauthor George Abbott cuts the cake at the first birthday party backstage for "Fiorello!," the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fd6732e0-37c3-0137-a195-2fb7ea8af691

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Director-coauthor George Abbott cuts the cake at the first birthday party backstage for "Fiorello!," the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fd6732e0-37c3-0137-a195-2fb7ea8af691

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1960). Director-coauthor George Abbott cuts the cake at the first birthday party backstage for "Fiorello!," the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fd6732e0-37c3-0137-a195-2fb7ea8af691

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Director-coauthor George Abbott cuts the cake at the first birthday party backstage for "Fiorello!," the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy