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City Center calls on 'Fiorello!' to mark 20 years of its popular Encores! program

May 21, 2012 |The Associated Press

In this April 19, 2012 photo, actor Raul Esparza is shown in New York. Esparza and Kelli O’Hara will star in the 20th Anniversary season of New York City Center’s Tony Award-winning Encores! series will open on January 30. (AP Photo/John Carucci, file)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - To celebrate its 20th anniversary, New York City Center's Encores! series is going back to the beginning.

City Center announced Monday that it will open its next series in January with "Fiorello!," the show that launched the program in 1994.

Two subsequent other shows — "It's a Bird...It's a Plane... It's Superman" and Rodgers and Hart's "On Your Toes" — will fill out the season.

"Fiorello!" is the story of New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuarda with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. It will run Jan. 30 until Feb. 3.

City Centers will also celebrate with a concert starring Tony Award nominees Raul Esparza and Kelli O'Hara on Nov. 12.

The Encores! series unearths forgotten or problematic musicals for a second look.

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Online:

http://www.NYCityCenter.org

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