Ask) at La MaMa in early 1974, then toured the show in Europe with the company later that same year. In 1975, Azito was featured in the Cotton Club Gala, with music by Aaron Bell. He reprised his role in Carmilla at La MaMa in 1976. Azito made his Broadway debut in Richard Foreman's 1976 revival of The Threepenny Opera for the New York Shakespeare Festival, in a dancing role ("Samuel") created especially for him. Critics were intrigued by what soon became Azito's style of dance, which made him look like a somewhat off-kilter marionette and was accompanied by stylized facial expressions. An interviewer once described Azito as "a bit like Buster Keaton injected with Silly Putty." This production also began Azito's association with Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, which continued with another Brecht-Weill musical, Happy End (1977). Azito's best-known stage role was in a third production for the New York Shakespeare Festival, as the Sergeant of Police in the 1980 Broadway revival of The Pirates of Penzance, starring Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline. His performance earned him a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award, and he reprised the role in the 1983 film adaptation directed by Leach. He then played Feste in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night directed by Leach in 1986. He went on to perform at Radio City Music Hall, the Mark Taper Forum, and in the American National Theater company at the Kennedy Center. Azito's final Broadway role was in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, also directed by Leach. While in the touring company for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, both of Azito's legs were badly broken when he was hit by a cab. It took a few years for Azito to get back on his feet. He went on to perform in a summer stock revival of She Loves Me in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and in productions of Tom Stoppard's Travesties and the musical Amphigorey. Film and television career Azito's most memorable film role was the Police Sergeant in The Pirates of Penzance. He also appeared in Union City (1980) with Debbie Harry, Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980), Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984), Private Resort (1985) with Rob Morrow and Johnny Depp, Moonstruck (1987) with Cher, Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) with Madonna, and played the lead in the 1976 cult film Apple Pie. Azito's final film role was the Librarian