Fiorello wasn't the only musical about a NYC mayor .....
JIMMY
2016 These Paper Bullets (1/02) Our Mother's Brief Affair (1/06), Dragon Boat Racing (1/08), Howard - reading (1/28), Shear Madness (2/10), Fun Home (2/17), Women Without Men (2/18), Trip Of Love (2/21), The First Gentleman -reading (2/22), Southern Comfort (2/23), The Robber Bridegroom (2/24), She Loves Me (3/11), Shuffle Along (4/12), Shear Madness (4/14), Dear Evan Hansen (4/16), American Psycho (4/23), Tuck Everlasting (5/10), Indian Summer (5/15), Peer Gynt (5/18), Broadway's Rising Stars (7/11), Trip of Love (7/27), CATS (7/31), The Layover (8/17), An Act Of God (8/31), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (8/24), Heisenberg (10/12), Fiddler On The Roof (11/02), Othello (11/23), Dear Evan Hansen (11/26), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (12/21) 2017 In Transit (2/01), Groundhog Day (4/04), Ring Twice For Miranda (4/07), Church And State (4/10), The Lucky One (4/19), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (5/16), Building The Wall (5/19), Indecent (6/01), Six Degrees of Separation (6/09), Marvin's Room (6/28), A Doll's House Pt 2 (7/25) Curvy Widow (8/01)
Funny Girl: Maybe 60% in NYC. End Act I scenes in Baltimore; much of Act II on Long Island.
42nd Street: Maybe 10%. Only the first and last scenes are in NYC. The rest of the show takes place in Philly.
Hello Dolly: Maybe 85%. Yonkers is not NYC, and that's where the 2nd, 3rd, and final scenes take place.
Mame: Maybe 75%. LONG scenes in Georgia end Act I; an around-the-world tour starts Act II, and a trip to Connecticut dominates mid Act II.
Ragtime: Maybe 20%. Only Tateh's Lower East Side scenes, Goldman's speech in Union Square and Coalhouse's Harlem scenes happen in NYC. The rest range from New Rochelle to Massachusetts to Atlantic City to California for the finale.
Guys and Dolls: 90%. There's one hot trip to Havana mid-Act I.
On A Clear Day: 70% (or 100% if Melinda's British backstory happens in Daisy's head within Mark's analyst's office).
Gypsy: 15%. Only the scenes in Granziger's Theater and the Minsky's strip through the final bare stage for Rose's Turn happen in NYC. The rest all take place across the heartland from Seattle to Wichita to Buffalo.
I gladly welcome anyone to correct any of my errors above.
KISS ME KATE: 100% (please tell me I'm right that the theater is a Broadway house.) APPLAUSE: 90% AIN'T MISBEHAVIN': 100% AMERICAN IDIOT: 50%?
(and now for a few flops:) SATURDAY NIGHT: 100% THE WILD PARTY: 100% BALLROOM:? THE PRINCE OF GRAND STREET: 100% LEGS DIAMOND: 100% (gotta include it cause I worked on this one) BIG: 50%
How Now Dow Jones A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Me and Juliet Top Banana My Favorite Year Face the Music (Berlin) Show Girl (Gershwin) Sweet Adeline (Kern - but only in part)
How Now Dow Jones A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Two above already on my list. Me and Juliet - Could not verify the above on IBDB Top Banana - Excellent added to the list. My Favorite Year - Again excellent added. Face the Music (Berlin) - Brilliant what can I say. Show Girl (Gershwin) Couldn't verify on IMBD. https://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=7971 (This one is in New York, but also takes place in Trenton, NJ. https://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=11023 (This one, no Location listed) Brilliant detective work inspector.
Does GHOST count? - Ghost on my list already, great work though, seen this show twice already, great musical.
How about a few more forgotten shows--
Flora the Red Menace Here's Love - Got the two above thanks. The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N This one is brilliant on the list. The Body Beautiful - Again on the list, but thanks. Copper and Brass - Great and added to the list. Reuben Reuben - Couldn't verify on IMBD. Sweet Adeline (Kern - but only in part) - Unfortunately only part set in New York
What Makes Sammy Run, first couple of scenes, before Sammy emigrates to LA Drat the Cat (not sure) Bright Lights, Big City Pins and Needles (never stated, but it is a union musical) A Broadway Musical