production of Fiorello!, a musical that chronicles the life of New York City Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. The song was later featured on her album She Loves Him, a tribute to lyricist Sheldon Harnick.

By Lee Siegel Everyone remembers their parents’ “back-in-the-day” references. My mother used to reminisce about Fiorello La Guardia, a legendary New York City mayor, reading the “funny papers” on the ...

His acting career began on stage, where he earned a 1960 Tony Award for his role as New York City's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in the Broadway musical Fiorello! Character: Bosley played Howard ...

An informant, agents said, had accused Muir of encouraging popular New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (another target of anti-communist attacks) to organize a committee to investigate ...

In the 1940s several cities, including New York, banned it. Fiorello La Guardia, the mayor, believed the game led to juvenile delinquency, emptying the “pockets of schoolchildren in the form of ...

Most police forces eyed the new rule without enthusiasm. Days of Indecision. New York’s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia hurried off to Washing ton, D.C. to find out what it was all about. Returning ...

And the first thing he did after alighting from his train in Manhattan last week was to go and see Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. “Will I meet any politicians in Heaven, Lawd?” asked the head of ...

The building has a storied history, housing the campaigns of Fiorello La Guardia when he ran for mayor, and for Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower when they ran for president, according to ...