Launch your theatre season with friends at Philadelphia Theatre Company on Tuesday, October 4th with the previously sold out Theatre Exile production of RIZZO by Bruce Graham, based on the best selling book: Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America by Sal Paolantonio, national correspondent for ESPN. RIZZO was in a limited run last fall and is now at Philadelphia Theatre Company!
Curtain at 6:30 PM. Performance followed by a Politics 2016 panel discussion, featuring Sal Paolantonio, Larry Ceisler, Ken Smuckler & Dick Polman.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Following Frank Rizzo’s trajectory from beat cop to Police Commissioner to Mayor of Philadelphia, this raw and timely drama explores the life of Frank Rizzo as he prepares for the 1991 mayoral election. A big guy who left an indelible impression on Philadelphia history, Rizzo governed with a street-brawler’s bravado that both cooled and fanned the flames of racial unrest. After two terms in office, voters in 1991 were about to cast another ballot for their hero or against the villain they inadvertently helped create.
"Those lucky to see the show were richly rewarded!" - Michael Smerconish, philly.com